Lynn’s Tailoring & Custom Design

This business is outrageously overpriced. Unfortunately the prices are not posted anywhere and reading mostly good reviews, I went in with high expectations. She not only did not meet these expectations but I would never recommend this business to anyone. I brought in a bridesmaid dress to be altered and immediately upon putting it on, Lynne told me that I would not be able to wear a strapless bra but insisted that she needed to put cups in. After being told it needed to be taken in, hemmed, cups and straps added, she wrote the receipt for $ 160. The dress originally only cost $ 120. Other nearby seamstresses quoted for the same work under $ 100. No cards are accepted and orders must be paid in cash. All orders can be picked up after 3pm, and on the day I was scheduled to pick the dress up I received a call at 4:00pm. Lynne informed me that she had forgotten to do something and forgotten to add it to my receipt. She told me the balance would be an additional $ 25 to complete the work I thought I had already paid for. This was an hour after I was told it would be compete. I would definitely not recommend Lynne’s services unless you have a lot of extra time and money that you are willing to throw away.

This was my first time going to Lynn’s for tailoring. I was in a bit of a bind and needed a pair of pants hemmed and the waist/​seat taken in by the next day. I called Lynn in the early afternoon and she told me to come in as soon as possible. I drove over within the hour and she made all the necessary markings, advising me of what she planned to do. She was able to have the pants altered in just a few short hours, saving me from looking like an idiot at a very important party. Total cost was $ 49, or $ 35 for seat/​waist and $ 14 for hemming.

I took 2 suits and several dress pants to Lynn’s to get tailored. The hems on the pants turned out fine, but Brenda did a TERRIBLE job on my suit jackets. She took in the sides on one jacket, and now one side is significantly more tapered than the other. The lining is bunched up at the end of the sleeve where she shortened them but didn’t adjust the lining of the sleeve. One sleeve is longer than the other. The shoulder pads feel out of alignment and bunched up in places. She tried to lower the collar (remove the bunching on the top area of the back of the suit) but failed to do so after 2 trips. She took 2 beautifully fitting J Crew suit jackets and butchered them. She probably would have fixed all of these errors if I would have pointed them out to her, but I quickly realized after my second visit that she had no idea what she was doing. I just wanted to take my suits and get as far away from there as I could. On top of the shotty alterations of my suit jackets, she managed to iron the collar on my seersucker suit and take out the «pucker» in the fabric. Luckily after steaming and wetting it multiple times I was able to bring back most of the fabric’s texture. However, Brenda was nice during my experience. But I would not trust her with my suit jackets. The hems on the pants turned out fine, but the local dry cleaners can put a hem in a pant. Now I have basically wasted $ 240 in alterations at Lynns and will most likely have to spend another $ 200 for a more experienced tailor to fix these jackets… if they can be fixed. Take your suits somewhere else.

I wish I could give 6 stars. I’ve been going to Lynn for 10 years: prom dresses, suits and now my wedding dress. She is a master seamstress! I bought my dress at one of the more expensive/​elite stores in Pittsburgh, thinking I wouldn’t need a lot of alterations, but I was so wrong. The dress was cheaply made, and I was not measured properly. I felt very cheated!
Thank goodness for Lynn! She assessed the situation and was honest about how bad it was, but calmed me down and told me she could reconstruct the dress. One month later and my dress is PERFECT. She kept me updated on the status of her work and would not let me come back until she felt the dress was perfect. Lynn is a perfectionist! I’m so relieved that she fixed my wedding dress. It was worth every penny.
I should have had Lynn custom-​make my dress from the beginning. Lynn saved my wedding, and I’ll never go to another tailor.
(Cash/​check only & 50% deposit due at drop off)

I’ve been taking clothes here for alterations for years and never had a problem. Mostly I take pants to be hemmed and the prices are reasonable. For these simpler things, I’d recommend Lynn’s. There’s usually a good two week turn around, but if I can remember to plan ahead, it’s no big deal. And a few times when I’ve asked about picking up earlier, they’ve always accommodated.
*NOTE: cash/​check only, no credit cards — half deposit required at drop off

I strongly recommend you do not go to this place! I brought my wedding dress because I needed it shortened. Some girl there had me put it on and spent over an hour putting pins in it. She said it would be $ 125, ready in 2 weeks. Sounded good enough. I put down the required down payment and left. 3 days before I was supposed to pick it up (and really close to the wedding date because I just moved back to Pittsburgh and ordered my dress elsewhere), I received a call from Lynn herself. This girl that put all the pins in made all kinds of mistakes, what I wanted done can’t be done, I need to come in immediately and by the way, we are talking at least $ 300. I cannot even begin to tell you how mad I was. Telling her that she took the job for 125 didn’t help, she wouldn’t do it. It was too late to go to another place…