Threads Fashion Alterations

Crappy service. This guy has got to run the lousiest excuse for a tailor I have ever seen. Then when you’re tell him you’re not happy he keeps your money and tells you not to come back.
DO NOT TRUST THEM TO ALTER YOUR CLOTHES.
I’m pretty sure the 5 star reviews on here are friends or relatives of the owner. Or they’re blind.

Great price for work, done two days before scheduled, and friendly helpful staff. Done deal.
I just purchased a brand new wool jacket from Sitka that needed to be taken in a bit (got some darts in the back) and biking commuter pants from Mission Workshop that have four way stretch that needed to be hemmed. Both were expensive garments. Both alterations were executed expertly.
I live downtown in Yaletown, and most of the tailors down here aren’t actually tailors — they are laudromats which happen to have sewing machines. I went with Threads due to it’s reputation and informational website. Their service is definitely worth the drive.

Excellent. This guy saved the day with last minute alterations to my wedding dress. So reasonable too.

I have had many of my clothing items altered here and repaired. I have been extremely pleased with the service and quality of work.
I also bring my some of my more expensive collared shirts to Threads to be pressed and laundered. As I like to keep my clothes sharp and like to take good care of my things. I have always been pleased when my clothes are returned to me exactly as I like them to be. I’ve also brought some woolen and fur items here to be cleaned and Threads has always done their best to accomodate.
I recently brought two articles of clothing to another alteration place because I was not in Vancouver and needed some things of mine cleaned. And the other place did not do a good job and actually wrecked my clothes. So I just wanted to take a minute to give some appreciation to Threads for their expertise work and polite service. It means a lot. So thanks! Happy New Year and see you soon!
I would definitely recommend Threads for their quality of service for any Drycleaning, Alterations and Repairs.

Fast, friendly, professional service. I have all my custom fitting and alterations done here.
I’ve brought 3 «fitted» suits to Mike only to have them fitted further to perfection.
Although I am not proud of my physique, my dress shirts are now fitted to my body type in the most flattering fashion.

I brought my wedding dress to Threads to alter. I took Mike’s advice and went from a zipper to a corset back and shorten the front part of the dress so I wouldn’t be stepping on my dress while walking. It’s not easy to alter the length of a wedding dress especially if its a lace dress but he did a great job! Price and customer service was great! Thanks Mike, I would recommend to anyone.

In response to the owner ‘s response below, it’s clear from his lack of truth –telling (never once did he mention $ 200– not did I ever say I «can’t afford this price «- I just did not want to spend an exporbitant amount of money on the altering of a dress to be worn once at a wedding, and he quoted me a price WELL below what he then tried to charge me after not completing the work, and doing a poor job on. what he had), and the negative reviews below aside from my own, this guy has not an ounce of integrity, and is not the kind of person with whom anyone would want to have business dealings. So I’m an actor which means I must’ve made up everything about the darts, and the blood, and the delays, and the amped up prices? Give me a break, Michael. Acting is my profession — LYING is not — though if it were a profession, I would recommend you switch careers, cause you’re certainly better at that than altering clothing.

So far I have only taken jeans and other casual pants in to be taken-​in and slightly altered. I’ve probably brought in about 6 or 7 pairs that needed a bit of love. All but one turned out great and I was happy with the alterations. The one pair I was not so happy about was one where I had a tear in the crotch and asked them to patch it up. With a addition of the patch my movement in those jeans is very restricted. I give this place 4 stars because I was able to breathe life into some older pant and did not have to spend triple the money on new pairs. I can forgive them for the one pair.

My experience at Threads Fashion Alternations was horrible to say the least. I have waited to post this, because it was such a negative experience.
I first brought clothes here because of favorable reviews on Unilocal and because it was on my way home from work.
I brought in a skirt to test and I was happy with the results.
During my next visit, I brought a dress and a few other items, among them a sentimental jacket (the one my dad was married in) which I wanted to made to fit myself.
From this point on, all deadlines given to me to pick up items were missed. I first came in to pick up a dress that I planned to wear at a wedding rehearsal dinner, which wasn’t ready (until after the wedding was over). I was able to pick up the dress and other items later, except for my jacket. I should point out that the hem on my dress was also uneven.
Over the next 8 months I waited for my jacket to be finished. During this time, I came in to pick up my jacket during each deadline given and each time it wasn’t ready. My jacket, to say lightly, was butchered. I was measured multiple times and the jacket was cut too small for me, even though it began with ample room. Extra fabric needed to be added to finally complete the jacket…8 months later.
I was refunded all my money, but this money won’t replace this jacket with significant sentimental value to me.
I would advise anyone to think twice before bringing any items here.

I concur — customer service here is lacking among staff and the turnaround is really slow. And more than that, they don’t seem to be very experienced at even basic work like hemming retaining the original hem — did a sloppy job. Glad I didn’t take in anything more complicated. The only up was that I was able to get environmentally friendly dry cleaning here. But the rest was just not worth the wait.
I’m actually updating this review after looking at the other pair of pants I had hemmed here. They are all wrong! I specifically asked the owner and staff member to retain the original look of the jean-​pant which had a very wide hem — maybe 2 – 2.5 inches. I even discussed with them using the hem to turn the pants up to wear with flats. They completely removed the wide hem. Now, because I picked these pants up a month ago and just looked at them now, (I had a medical emergency that had me out for a month) I’m out of luck and out a BRAND NEW pair of Theory pants. Go somewhere else or you’ll be sorry.

What a joke this place is. Put in my clothes for cleaning and alterations, came back a week later and nothing was done. Clothes came back dirty and I’m not even certain the zipper I asked to be replaced was even done! No enthusiasm from the staff and un apologetic attitude. Don’t go, you’ll be sorry.

Brought in a couple items for alterations. Sleeves on a dress were too long and a top needed to be shortened. The dress sleeves were originally gathered at the wrist with a cuff. I was asked if the cuff was necessary and I said it was fine without. When I picked the dress up (waited 20 minutes outside for the store to open late) the sleeves were cut too short and the gathering was gone completely. They ended up being wide, hanging open sleeves. Completely ruined the dress. The simple top shortening? Totally uneven. I won’t use this shop again.

I had my indochino suit and other items altered here, and I’m happy with the results. Very professional and friendly service, and I plan to come back here long term. Thanks

I ordered a few suits from Indochino that didn’t fit quite right so I needed to search for a tailor who has experience with them. Threads popped up in the search so I decided to check them out. The pinning process went OK and I was told they would be ready in about a week — no problem so I paid up front.
I called to confirm if they would be ready for pickup, which they were. The problem started when I get a phone call saying that I will be charged more for the work that was required. Ok not a big deal, but the real problem happens when I get a second call saying that one of the alterations is not recommended, so we decided not do it, but there would be an additional charge for not doing it??! Makes no sense to me.
Mistakes happen, but waiting until the day of pickup to add charges with 2 seperate phone calls is not a great way to have a happy customer.

Just had my jeans tapered here, and they did a really great job. Kinda pricy at over $ 25, but I love my jeans now and will wear them more… so I guess that balances out?
HIghly recommended. FYI: it did take a 1 week for the work to be done.

I just had a suit jacket tailored here. Staff was friendly and prices were pretty standard (I think). I had the arms shortened and the back taken in and it cost me $ 90 with tax. The tailor, Mike, was a young guy who gave some great advice and seemed to really know his stuff. The turn around time was 10 days.
The jacket was supposed to be finished by Thursday at 1pm, but I received a call at 12:50pm saying that it wouldn’t be ready on time. However, when I went in to talk to Mike at 2pm he offered to finish the jacket that afternoon and personallycome drop it off at my apartment downtown. I thought this was pretty cool and did make up for the initial delay.
Jacket looks good and I’d recommend Threads to others.

Good results with terrible customer service.
I came here specifically because of this shop’s Unilocal rating. I did get what I paid for, but I was extremely disappointed with the overall service I received. If the customer service was better, I would agree — the service for the value is worth 5 stars.
Here’s the experience I had:
I took a dress in for a simple zipper replacement. They gave me a pick up date 12 days later. I initially thought this was a LONG time for such a simple service, but was told they were busy so that was fine. I was going to be out of town when it was supposed to be ready, so I said I would come in after the long weekend (a full two weeks after my drop off).
The morning of my scheduled pick up, I get a voicemail saying the tailor has been sick and he hasn’t gotten to my order yet; but that it will for sure be ready Friday after 1pm (18 days after I brought it in). My boyfriend has that afternoon off, so he went at 2pm to get it. He was told that the tailor who provides this type of alteration hadn’t come into the store yet, but if we came back around 5 it would be ready. We were driving to Whistler that afternoon, so even though I was annoyed it still wasn’t ready, I resolved myself that I’d just get it when we returned to the city.
Monday comes around, my dress has been with the store for a full three weeks, I get another voicemail saying it won’t be ready until closer to 6pm. I call at 12:30 to ask what is up with my dress! I speak with the tailor directly, and while he is apologetic, it’s a very insincere apology along the lines of «yeah, sorry, we’re busy». He promises my dress will be ready by 3pm.
When I finally make it to the store to get my dress, there’s a note on the pick up slip saying «MUST BE READY 1PM MONDAY» Meaning it took this tailor 3 weeks to do 20 minutes of work. He was there when I picked it up and I said to him that while I didn’t have an event that I needed it for, I found this to be unacceptable business practice as they were the ones who said it would be ready within 10 business days originally and then repeatedly ignored this. His response «yeah, it is.»
I like to think I’m generally a very sympathetic customer, but I found the attitude of this store very insincere, and like they didn’t care about me or my business. I’m very disappointed because I’d love to find a reliable tailor in this city :(

Bought a suit a while back and took it here to get a more fitted look as it was a bit bulky on me. The tailor here was great. Took up the length of the jacket and took in the sides so that it fit just right (pants and jackey). It took a bit longer to finish than what I was originally told but it came out great. Well worth the $ 100 buck investment. Friendly service too.

I initially decided to give this shop a try as it was very convenient for me as I drive past it everyday heading downtown to and from work.
First time there I brought in a couple pairs of jeans and a couple pairs of chinos to get hemmed. I asked for all original hem as I prefer that with my jeans, but Mike recommended I simply do a regular hem, on the chino’s as its not necessary to spend the extra money on original hem. Took his advice and everytihng came back perfect.
Since then I’ve had Mike help me take in a couple blazers, and alter sleeves on 6 or 7 dress shirts. Everything came back perfect. I couldnt be happier.
I now find myself dropping by to see Mike at least once or twice a week to drop off and pick up dry cleaning as I wear dress shirts daily (Actually, he helps me get them laundered). Its always a quick turnaround with 2 day pick up.
Love the shop location, love the customer service. Mike’s an awesome guy!

I brought my wedding dress in for dry cleaning (the train and the bottom of the dress was filthy from the photoshoot in the park and from the rest of the wedding festivities). Not only was it returned looking brand new, but it was returned on a hanger with a bust to help keep the shape of the strapless sweetheart neckline – awesome! Pricing for the cleaning was very reasonable (given the material and beading details). My husband also brought in jeans for hemming, and he was happy with the results.
In addition, the owner, Mike, is friendly and takes the time to answer questions and to make suggestions for your garment concerns. Definitely my neighborhood go-​to dry cleaner!