Just My Size

As of 9:30 am on May 18, 2016, the phone number is disconnected!

We were referred to Danielle by Trudy’s Bridal and absolutely love her. She not only did an amazing job on my daughters wedding dress but she also did some major alteration to my dress and it’s perfect. I recommend Just My Size to all brides, bridal parties and bridal families for alterations!
Thank you Danielle!!!

Danielle did such an amazing job altering my wedding dress. My wedding dress was a size too big for me and I was scared to take my Oscar de la Renta dress to any ‘ol tailor. I’m so glad I was referred to Danielle by my aunt. Not only did she expertly hem, take in, and bustle my dress, she also added the one thing my dress was missing to make it perfect — sleeves! Danielle custom made a bolero using the exact same lace that was used in my dress. I was able to have sleeves during the ceremony and a strapless gown for the reception.
I also bought my cathedral length veil on Etsy and the placement of the lace appliques were all wrong. Danielle saved the day and redid the appliques to make the veil absolutely perfect. Her prices are also very reasonable especially for the quality of work that you receive.
Danielle took care of all my wedding day tailoring and created a custom traditional Vietnamese wedding dress for my tea ceremony. She went above and beyond to get the dress done perfectly for me and it came out even better than I envisioned. I continue to get so many compliments on my traditional dress.
I highly recommend Just My Size for all your bridal alteration/​sewing needs.

Danielle did an excellent job altering my wedding dress. She expertly dealt with the multitude of layers that made up my dress so that it fit my petite frame. She was even flexible with me when I kept losing weight as the wedding got closer. I definitely will be coming back again for other alterations.

Good customer service. Good quality of work.
My wedding gown was done beautifully (of course very expensive. I think it is to be expected now days) and my husband’s French cuff shirt was altered to a super slim fit just as how he likes it. Overall very good quality of work. She will give you what you ask for. No surprises.

Danielle does an awesome job. Have been using her for some time and always refer friends to her.

I was referred to Danielle by Trudy’s Bridal Store and she was wonderful! She was efficient, and listened to me well. She’s been doing alterations for a long time, so she was able to give me some suggestions about certain alterations for my gown and gave me options and would show me what it might look like in different ways. I appreciated her attention to detail and when I came in for my second fitting, I was so happy with the way the dress looked with the alterations! She was timely and I appreciated her natural charm and kind manner and I honestly thought the alterations were reasonably priced.
If I ever have other clothes that need altering, I’m definitely coming back. Thanks, Danielle! I loved my wedding dress and how it looked on me!

The first fitting went well for my wedding dress. However, the second fitting, it seemed like Danielle was super defensive and didn’t see what I was seeing with the dress — the flare at the bottom started at different sections of the dress, the bust area was not fitted well, and the part in my lower back was not fitted well either.
After voicing these concerns she said that I could just come pick up my dress at my 3^rd fitting and almost didn’t let me try it on when I picked it up. I insisted on it and when I still wasn’t happy with it, she said she wouldn’t cut it anymore. After having a great experience purchasing my dress, the tailor they recommended didn’t reflect the Trudy level of service. Danielle was super rude and defensive after the second fitting; she seemed like a scolding Asian mother scolding her children, except I’m a paying customer and not her child.
Furthermore, her shop was really old with cobwebs and spiders everywhere; could use a good deep cleaning. There were threads on my dress when I picked it up and she even lost my protective garnet bag! Was really upset with the way my dress was tailored.

I was referred to Danielle by a popular boutique in downtown Willow Glen. I recently lost a clothing size and needed all my pants taken in. Danielle did an amazing job! My pants and jeans now fit perfectly. She also altered a handful of dresses. Now they hug in all the right places and look custom made. So happy I found her!

Thank you, Danielle. I heard about Danielle through Trudy’s Bridal Shop and a friend. Your workmanship on altering my wedding dress and 2 bridesmaid dresses (including adding the bustles) was amazing. My dress needed to have 5 bustles added to hold up my lacey train and it held up all night. I was able to dance the night away without stepping on my dress. Danielle even fixed a small tear on one of my bridesmaid dress without charging me. She provided what she promised including steaming all three dresses so they were ready for my wedding day. Her shop is small and very tight but she makes it work. A little upgrade in the seating area would be nice but I would highly recommend Danielle for any alterations.

We had 2 dresses that needed alterations for an upcoming wedding. Just My Size was the perfect place to go! The work was perfect, done in plenty of time and reasonably priced. We will be back!!!

We love Danielle’s work and have been coming to her for alterations since I was little. It was no question who I would go to to get my wedding dress alterations! I am completely pleased!
The good:
1. Danielle did so much extra work for my wedding including: hand-​making the grooms vest, hand-​making my bridesmaids belts, altering the groomsmen vests, hand-​making my fathers tie and my husbands tie, and hand-​making shoulder straps and a belt for my wedding dress. All at reasonable prices.
2. They meet deadlines
3. Danielle gives good fashion advice but knows ‘the customer is always right’ (even though we always aren’t)
4. They have reasonable prices for the great workmanship that they provide! This is hard work people!
The not-​so-​good:
1. The grooms tie was lost, I believe we never received it but Danielle says she gave it to us. Regardless, we paid for another one to be made… then she made it from the wrong material… so it had to be made a third time on her expense.
2. She’s super busy and can over book her appointments or let them go too long, even with an appointment we always have to wait until she finishes with another customer. Though we never tend to wait more than 5 min.
3. The studio can use an update. I know its hard to make these decisions as a business owner with so much more to do but with the prices she charges she should be able to make the building, seating, atmosphere, etc. up to date and more inviting!

I found Danielle through Unilocal and have to say it really worked out. Danielle is funny, and clearly knows what she’s doing. I had my wedding dress and my daughter’s bridesmaid dress altered here. They both were altered perfectly and I would recommend their services to anyone.

We chose Danielle because she will go to Trudy’s for your first fitting. Once you meet her at her shop, it’s a completely different experience; it is dirty and unwelcoming with no where for anyone to sit while you do your fittings.
When I tried the dress on after the first round of alterations, it had been sewn 6 inches past where we had marked it, and I had to wait for her seamstresses to take out the unnecessary stitches. She assured me the dress would be steamed and look good as new when it was picked up and she added a belt and removed an appliqué.
Picking it up she had not removed the appliqué and tried to charge me twice for work she had not done. I ran out of there, frustrated that I had chosen someone so rude to be part of my bridal experience.
Trying the dress on at home (she did not want me to in the shop) I saw she did not steam or press the dress as promised, and that there was a noticeable tear on a seam. I just dropped my dress at my local tailor with an apology for not taking it to her in the first place. Horrible experience, uncaring, and unprofessional. I would not recommend this shop to anyone.

I hate to knock this place down a couple stars but I did receive a stain on my wedding dress. I noticed it 4 days after I picked it up to have it steamed. My wedding was 3 days later and i was panicking b/​c it was a blue marker stain on the back of my dress and on a pearl button. I know I had to have received it here b/​c each time i went in for alterations my mom would accompany me and button me up. She would have noticed this stain. We were so shocked and nervous it wouldn’t come out and thankfully after a trip to Trudy’s where I bought the dress, they were able to get it out. Also, I still noticed some strings hanging a bit from my dress on the wedding day, after Danielle cut my dress with a scissor I thought she would have cleaned this up better but didn’t. It was very expensive to have the dress just taken up in length. That is all I needed and cups put in. It was $ 479 for that. I also was not impressed with the beige color of the cups inserted. I thought it might be ivory or matching my dress inside. For again, the cost I didn’t think it looked that professional.

Such a good experience, definitely coming back to Danielle for all my alterations! I bought the sample gown at a local bridal shop that was at least 8 sizes too big, and Danielle completely restructured the entire dress to fit my body flawlessly (completely new sleeves, top, and train) I’m so happy the bridal shop referred me to her for such an important garment!

They were super friendly — the shop is well run and seems like the quality would be good, but the prices they quoted were pretty high — ended up going elsewhere instead for my wedding gown alterations.
Quotes I received here:
*Bra cups sewn into the dress $ 30 (reasonable — other places quoted $ 20-​$ 35)
*Back lace material cinched up — $ 60 — (this was 2x more expensive than the place I ended up going with)
*Bottom hem — $ 250 (this was comparable to other quotes I received — given the amount of lace that had to be taken away)
Note: There’s a sign that says if they pin your wedding gown and you don’t leave it with them, you’ll be charged a $ 45 pinning fee. This seemed like a standard practice for standard wedding gown alterations. How do you get around this? Tell them upfront that you just want a quote. Put your dress on and show them where work is required, and ask them to not bother pinning it.
When it comes to wedding gown alterations, don’t be afraid to shop around; this is the wedding industry we’re talking about with ZERO price transparency because people are doing a once-​in-​a-​lifetime (hopefully) alteration, have insanely high quality expectations, and have no idea how much customizations should really cost. Result: you will usually get a good result but will get overcharged if you don’t do your homework. Wherever you go, don’t get pressured into giving the work to someone if you haven’t gone to at least one other place for a comparison.

A really great seamstress — I was recommended by Trudy’s.
I am very particular and she did a flawless job of altering my dress and I would definitely come back (even though I live in SF). I thought the price was responsible for the work that was done.
It was easy to get an appointment as well.

WEDDING DRESS ALTERATION
Although the altering was done okay, my experience overall was NOT very good.
1. Upon my second appointment to pick up the dress, I was told it was not ready and that I needed to return again at later date, even though I was originally told it would be ready for pick up that day. The bustle was off center and the zipper had not been fully resown so when I tried on the dress I heard beads FALLING OFF my gown! I asked her if both would be fixed when I returned, she said yes…
2. I returned for the third appointment, same issue with the beads… this is the stuff of nightmares for brides-​to-​be, as I heard them bouncing off my dress and onto the floor!!!
Finally, get the dress on and again the bustle is still off center, I doubt if she even fixed it the first time. Danielle makes some excuse about it was her niece that did the original alterations (it wasn’t, her name was on the original pick up slip). Anyway, she told me I needed to come back again, but I was pretty wary at this point, and really didn’t want to leave without the dress… so she agrees to fix it right then, which she does.
Fast forward a few months, I’m trying on the dress the week before my wedding. SHE SEWED THE BUSTLE THROUGH TO THE FRONT OF THE DRESS! Thank goodness my mom was able to rectify it, but for the $ 210 we spent, I think we should have received a much better product and much better service.
Brides beware, in hindsight I would have gone elsewhere, no question.

I had a really weird sewing request for this place.
I brought in 4 hanging wall charts, that are made of fabric for use in a school classroom. They have plastic, transparent pockets that hold flashcards. I needed to have the the pockets on this chart be a certain size so that the flashcards would fit properly.
An older Asian women helped me. She listened to me explain what I wanted. She scratched her head a lot and gave me a few confused looks. But in the end, she grabbed her chalk and sketched out the sewing lines on my charts.
It looked like her white chalk lines weren’t straight, so when I asked her if the lines would be straight, she gave me the most pathetic look, and said «I’m a seamstress.»
I’m still laughing over that exchange. It was so funny, but you had to be there.
You had to see her tired, annoyed facial expression.
I asked if she could finish by the end of the day and she agreed.
Sure enough, she had it done. Called me at 6:00 PM to say they were ready.
Kudos to this place for taking on a strange sewing project that most shops would probably have refused. And they did it quickly without advance notice.
I have no idea what they would do with a wedding dress, but for my purposes, they helped me out.