Expert Alterations
Jan's Boutique offers custom alterations for any dress you purchase from Jan's, we do not alter dresses not purchased from Jan's. Our amazing alteration team includes Brenda, Julia, Asunta, Hiba, Ms. Kim and Mira. Jan's team of seamstresses include 6 women with over 100 years of combined experience. Your new dress purchase deserves a professional seamstress from Jan's!
The magic of Jan’s Boutique doesn’t stop in the showroom, it continues in the alterations department. Our alterations team has over 100+ years of experience that alters thousands of wedding, evening and prom dresses for Jan’s clients each year! When your dress arrives at Jan’s Boutique, you’ll receive a text message requesting that stop into the store to give your your dress a quick try on. At that time we can book your first fitting appointment approximately 2 months prior to your wear date. Alteration appointments can not be booked from our website, only a Jan's team member can book your appointment. At each appointment, you’ll book your follow up fitting appointment depending on how much sewing your dress requires.
A little bit more to know about Alterations at Jan’s:
Fitting Appointments
Depending on your dress style or your alterations needs, you’ll have approximately 2 to 3 fitting appointments. Remember, your dress was ordered according to the largest measurement (between hips, bust and waist), therefore it is most likely it will NOT fit properly at your first fitting appointment. At the first appointment your fitter will pin the dress in all of the right places so our sewers can start customizing your dress to your body. This is where the customized Jan’s fitting process begins. Due to space constraints in our Alteration Department, we are adhering to a strict 2 person per party policy. Unfortunately there is limited space and if your party is more than 2 people, additional guests will not be able to be in the Alteration area.
Jan’s Sculpted Fit is our signature alterations process. With an alterations staff of 6 professional seamstresses, we alter your dress to perfection. No other retailer in the world alters a dress like Jan’s, trust us our seamstresses are the best. Your dedicated fitter will properly sculpt the dress in the bust, waist and hips to your liking in 2 to 3 fittings (more or less as needed) in some cases for custom work being performed on your dress 4 fittings could be required to achieve the perfect fit. Many of our clients that take their dress to be altered elsewhere for specific reasons typically come back to us as most seamstresses can’t alter evening and bridal dresses like Jan’s professional seamstresses.
Undergarments To properly fit your dress, you’ll need to know what undergarments you plan to wear on your big day. We suggest that you bring a supportive bra or shape wear to each fitting appointment. If you are unsure about the bra, your fitter will advise you and you can purchase a bra from our selection. Most our clients buy the perfect bra from our store.
Dress Hem: Besides properly fitting the dress through your bodice and hips, we will ensure that the hem is completed to your specifications and heel height. You want your dress to be the perfect length on your big day–that is why its important to bring your shoes to each of your fitting appointments. With that, shoes are required for all of your fittings. If you do not have the exact pair of shoes you’d like to wear on your big day yet, please make sure to bring along a pair of shoes that are the same style and height (think platforms for platforms, stilettos for stilettos, etc.). This way, your dress hem is the appropriate length and is fitted properly, as different styles of shoes change your posture and can alter the fit of your dress.
Jan’s does not sell shoes, so it is important that you search for the perfect pair before your appointment. If you could not bring “the shoe”, we then ask you to bring a pair from your closet that is the height you will most likely buy for your occasion.
Quality Control / Beading Check During quality control, your dress is checked to ensure that each bead, crystal, lace appliqué, sequin, etc. is perfectly in place for your wedding day. If you see any loose beads on your dress or any loose appliqués then please point that out to your seamstress, anything that is loose will be tightened up free of charge prior to your occasion.
The magic of Jan’s Boutique doesn’t stop in the showroom, it continues in the alterations department. Our alterations team has over 100+ years of experience that alters thousands of wedding, evening and prom dresses for Jan’s clients each year! When your dress arrives at Jan’s Boutique, you’ll receive a text message requesting that stop into the store to give your your dress a quick try on. At that time we can book your first fitting appointment approximately 2 months prior to your wear date. Alteration appointments can not be booked from our website, only a Jan's team member can book your appointment. At each appointment, you’ll book your follow up fitting appointment depending on how much sewing your dress requires.
A little bit more to know about Alterations at Jan’s:
Fitting Appointments
Depending on your dress style or your alterations needs, you’ll have approximately 2 to 3 fitting appointments. Remember, your dress was ordered according to the largest measurement (between hips, bust and waist), therefore it is most likely it will NOT fit properly at your first fitting appointment. At the first appointment your fitter will pin the dress in all of the right places so our sewers can start customizing your dress to your body. This is where the customized Jan’s fitting process begins. Due to space constraints in our Alteration Department, we are adhering to a strict 2 person per party policy. Unfortunately there is limited space and if your party is more than 2 people, additional guests will not be able to be in the Alteration area.
Jan’s Sculpted Fit is our signature alterations process. With an alterations staff of 6 professional seamstresses, we alter your dress to perfection. No other retailer in the world alters a dress like Jan’s, trust us our seamstresses are the best. Your dedicated fitter will properly sculpt the dress in the bust, waist and hips to your liking in 2 to 3 fittings (more or less as needed) in some cases for custom work being performed on your dress 4 fittings could be required to achieve the perfect fit. Many of our clients that take their dress to be altered elsewhere for specific reasons typically come back to us as most seamstresses can’t alter evening and bridal dresses like Jan’s professional seamstresses.
Undergarments To properly fit your dress, you’ll need to know what undergarments you plan to wear on your big day. We suggest that you bring a supportive bra or shape wear to each fitting appointment. If you are unsure about the bra, your fitter will advise you and you can purchase a bra from our selection. Most our clients buy the perfect bra from our store.
Dress Hem: Besides properly fitting the dress through your bodice and hips, we will ensure that the hem is completed to your specifications and heel height. You want your dress to be the perfect length on your big day–that is why its important to bring your shoes to each of your fitting appointments. With that, shoes are required for all of your fittings. If you do not have the exact pair of shoes you’d like to wear on your big day yet, please make sure to bring along a pair of shoes that are the same style and height (think platforms for platforms, stilettos for stilettos, etc.). This way, your dress hem is the appropriate length and is fitted properly, as different styles of shoes change your posture and can alter the fit of your dress.
Jan’s does not sell shoes, so it is important that you search for the perfect pair before your appointment. If you could not bring “the shoe”, we then ask you to bring a pair from your closet that is the height you will most likely buy for your occasion.
Quality Control / Beading Check During quality control, your dress is checked to ensure that each bead, crystal, lace appliqué, sequin, etc. is perfectly in place for your wedding day. If you see any loose beads on your dress or any loose appliqués then please point that out to your seamstress, anything that is loose will be tightened up free of charge prior to your occasion.
Jan's select group of seamstresses have over 100+ years of sewing experience.
"looking for someone to alter your new dress?----just right.
Only Jan's Boutique offers qualified professional seamstresses whom can guarantee your dress will be altered professionally and on-time! Your new dress investment deserves a "certified" seamstress. If you purchase your dress from the internet you will not have a store to stand behind the gown, god forbid something goes wrong!
And don't even bother taking your new dress to your local cleaners for alterations because they may just butcher it and then tell you nothings wrong.....that's if you can understand what there trying to tell you! Word to the wise, know who's altering your dress or don't let anyone touch your new dress!