SB Custom Tailor aka B Alterations

This area has quite a few alterations shops and I stumbled upon this one when I was dining at Bantam & Biddy one night. I had just purchased two pairs of «premium» denim jeans for the first time and needed them hemmed. I was nervous to take them in because I spent so much on the jeans (a first time thing).
My jeans were immaculately hemmed and the thread perfectly matched the rest on the pants. I couldn’t even tell they had been altered until I looked inside the cuff. I paid $ 24 for both pair, which is more than reasonable. Wait time was one week.
I’ll definitely go back again for the rest of my alterations needs. I live over in Kirkwood, so it’s not the closest option by far, but finding a good tailor isn’t easy, and this place was well worth the drive.

I brought a wool Brooks Brothers suit to them for fitting, and they did an excellent job. From the outside, you can’t even see that any work has been done. They took two inches out of the waistline in both pants and jacket, while leaving enough room in the shoulders to fit my frame. They also lengthened the pants by an inch or so, and pressed them perfectly. They also wisely left the material in the waistline of the pants, so if I expand in the future they can be let out again!
Doing these alterations wasn’t cheap, but at $ 96 it was a heck of a lot cheaper than buying another custom-​fitted suit! They will be my first choice the next time I need a garment altered.
They may have changed their credit card policy recently, because they accepted mine with no quibbles.

While this location can be convenient you really need to man handle the staff here. A husband and wife combo that speaks little to no English. Be very clear on your expectations & while they always (it NEVER fails) try to obtain payment before the work is complete, express to them you will pay when you pick up your alterations. Alterations have always been completed on time. Men, make sure you are clear where you like your trousers to sit when you have your dress shoes on. Price for changing the length of my pants has gone from $ 10 to $ 12 recently, but the rent at Ansley Mall has also increased… so I get it.

Terrible! I do not fully comprehend what happened to my jeans. First off, they require you to pay in advance which is unusual for services. Ok, I have been there twice. The first time I had a basic dark pair of jeans hemmed (nothing special) and pair of dress pants also hemmed. Everything turned out nice… correct length and professional quality hem. So I go back with a pair of $ 185 jeans that I requested to altered to keep the original hem. OMG sloppy and weird technique! There were 3 hem lines and portions of which were not straight. On top of that the length was still too long!!! Worst part of it all they would not refund me my money. Terrible, Terrible, Terrible!!! I wish I would have taken a photo of the poor work. The only good thing is that because the length was too long it was still possible to have the jeans altered correctly at EL GANT tailor down the street.

I’m 5’1″ so nearly everything I buy has to be altered in some way. I’ve been looking for this tailor all my life. Great work. Great prices. Quick turnaround. What more do you want in alterations?
Mr & Mrs. B are amazing. Sometimes I don’t really know what I need to make a dress fit better, I just know that it needs «a little something.» Mrs. B can take one look at me in the dress, nod her head, stick a few pins in it, and a few days later when I pick it up, it fits like a glove.
A few things to note:
1) You must pay when you drop off your alterations — cash or check only.
2) The shop is open Monday — Saturday 9:30am-6:30pm.
3) Don’t call SB Custom Tailor, just go into the shop. You’ll almost always get the answering machine, and they tend not to return calls anyway. (I think it’s because of a language barrier, not because they don’t care.)
4) SB Custom Tailor is located in Ansley Mall between Starbucks and LA Fitness.