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05-20-2007, 02:10 AM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern CA
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| | [QUOTE=flyawayfishey;307304]it`s on aborn and san felipe. it`s next to a wellsfargo and a taqueria. i beleive its called san felipe dry cleaning[/QUOTE
Thanks for the info. I know exactly where that is. That is near evergreen right? My son's batting coach lives just around the corner from there. Woo hoo!  |
05-20-2007, 06:02 AM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Somewhere South of Something
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| | | I pay $18 for original or $10 without. I get a 5% discount off those prices if I pay cash.
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05-20-2007, 10:25 AM
|  | Denim Addict | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
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| | | I pay the same for original or without, it's $7.
Why don't you try looking in the phone book under "Seamstress, or Alterations." You more likely than not could find someone very experienced and more reasonable than a department store.
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05-20-2007, 10:39 AM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Arkansas
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| | | I used to pay about $8-$12--but now I do my own! It's super easy thanks to Nola's and Incagirl's guides! (depends on how you hem, I've used both!)
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05-20-2007, 12:26 PM
| | Denim Fan | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The valley, California
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Originally Posted by visionary333  | Some lady in Modesto. My mom does mine now though. |
05-20-2007, 12:45 PM
| | Denim Lover | | Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 105
| | | Babypoison, there is a shop in Metrotown that will do euro hems for $15. If you grab one of their cards from Aritzia they will take 15 or 20% off....I can't remember now. I'll go look in my wallet...their card may be in there and I'll let you know the name of the store. Did you end up going to the Lululemon outlet? |
05-20-2007, 12:58 PM
| | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Brooklyn
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| | | I take mine to a dry-cleaners/ tailors in the neighborhood and they charge $8 for hemming w/o original and $12 w/ original. They always look very nice, and they have easily matched weird-colored hem threads on R&R.
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05-20-2007, 03:18 PM
|  | Denim Obsessed | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Originally Posted by alissa I don't know about other alterations, but for original hems my tailor charges $22 and for non-original it's $12. HOWEVER, I just recently learned to do my own original hems using Incagirls AMAZING hand-hemming with original hem guide (search for it on the forum). It seriously is easy (takes maybe 45 minutes) and looks great- exactly how it looks when they do the original hems at a tailor's shop without cutting off the material. Here's a pic of my hemmed Paiges (sorry for the close ups, I was too lazy to take them off heh). First pic is to show how you can make the side seams line up, and the second is of the front.   | I searched all over for incagirl's guide, and I found one, but not the glue hem one.....where to find it??
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05-20-2007, 08:53 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: New Jersey
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| | | Wow... great prices. I have two ladies- one is better at hemming and the other is tops at repairs.
Repairs (rips/wear): $8-$15 depending on size
Hemming with originals: $20-$30 depending on who knows what- she charges me different all the time. I don't complain because she does a really good job though, lol
Taking hems down/re-hem (dress pants etc.): $12
General alterations: $25-$80 depending on article of clothing.
I'm 5'10 with a tiny ass waist as compared to the rest of my body. My world revolves around alterations. It's just always been a fact of life for me.
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05-20-2007, 10:21 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Jun 2006
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| | | Visionary...I live in San Jose as well, pm me if you want some other places in either the Valley Fair area or south san jose. |
05-21-2007, 01:13 AM
| | Denim Fan | | Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by vpan05 My tailor charges $3 for hems without original, $5 with double stitch, and $7 with original. She does a good job too, in my opinion. She charged $12 to taper my jeans. |
ehe i guessed that u live in O.C. aha
i live in O.C. too, my tailor charges me $3 for hem without original, $6 with original. add another $6 to have the bootcut/flare taken in (turning to traightleg or taper). |
05-21-2007, 11:25 AM
| | Denim Lover | | Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 190
| | $4 for NEW hem
$7 for original.
family friend. SO glad i don't have to pay over $10 to get jeans hemmed. friends of mine are willing to pay $25 for tailoring.. SUCH a waste.
but i had my mom read over some tutorials like this one. DaciaRay.com » How to Hem Jeans
and now she just does all my jeans and it takes like 20-30 minutes instead of having to wait a week to get them done at a tailor. |
05-21-2007, 11:47 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: VA
Posts: 12,015
| | | $10 Original
$5 Non |
05-21-2007, 02:00 PM
| | Denim Lover | | Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 190
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Originally Posted by Afoxylady1981 I searched all over for incagirl's guide, and I found one, but not the glue hem one.....where to find it?? | it's the needle and thread one. it's posted on Denim xxx by Incagirl too. i'll PM it to you. you can't see it on xxx unless you're a member. |
05-21-2007, 05:28 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: boston
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| | | all my jeans are unhemmed cus ive been too lazy to ever get them hemmed...
does anyone in the boston area know a place that does a really good job hemming???!! |
11-16-2007, 11:22 PM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Houston TX
Posts: 3,405
| | | $4 hem
$12.99 original hem |
11-16-2007, 11:31 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, California
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| | | Vis (John), if you go to Chinatown SF, Vince vdog says he gets his done there with originals for $5. Since I have about 2 R&R's and 5 TR's to do, I might go there. Also Vince says they can do it while you wait, so you can wear them right away!
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11-16-2007, 11:34 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, ON
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| | | My place in Toronto charges $20 for the original and ...... $20 for any old hem! That's right. But it's seriously the best job you will get anywhere. Solid shit.
~$30 to get a shirt taken in in the sleeves/sides.
Don't know about other prices.
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11-16-2007, 11:59 PM
|  | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Feb 2007
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| | | 7 bucks for hemming, 10 for originals, 12 to take in the waist or taper.
If hemming cost 30 bucks here I'd quit my job and go become a tailor. |
11-17-2007, 01:28 AM
|  | Jean Junkie | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC
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Originally Posted by babypoison Sorry I know its been asked before and I ran a search but I couldn't find much about altering costs. I went to the tailoring place in the mall near me (the only one near me I'm pretty sure) and they told me taking in the thighs (of TR's - from the outseam too) would be $30 upwards - and she stressed UPWARDS. Am I silly to think it's ridiculously expensive to take in a couple of inches? How much do you guys pay to get your jeans altered? I didn't bother asking about hemming costs because I'm pretty sure they would be around the same too.
I guess I need to learn to sew because I have 4 pairs of NWT jeans sitting in my closet that need to be hemmed  |
Babypoison... where do you live? Are you in the Lower Mainland? |
11-17-2007, 01:41 AM
| | Denim God | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Beautiful BC :)
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| | | I live on the border of Burnaby and Coquitlam
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05-17-2008, 07:53 PM
| | Denim Fan | | Join Date: May 2008
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Originally Posted by youresexii_x3 all my jeans are unhemmed cus ive been too lazy to ever get them hemmed...
does anyone in the boston area know a place that does a really good job hemming???!! |
if you go to the chestnut hill atrium in chestnut hill, MA there is a tailor in the garage floor A, shes really well known, i get all my jeans done by her and she does a great job, 18 dollars original hem. its called yelena couture, shes the best. |
05-17-2008, 07:57 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan
Posts: 5,247
| | | I do most of my own but my alteration place charges $9 for original hem. |
05-17-2008, 08:05 PM
|  | Denim God | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dallas TX
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Originally Posted by Afoxylady1981 I searched all over for incagirl's guide, and I found one, but not the glue hem one.....where to find it?? | oh noes, you're not going to glue the hems are you?!?
i used babyj's guide, but just stitched by hand rather than using the machine
and what about a local dry cleaner? in my experience, the alterations are not so expensive.
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05-17-2008, 08:36 PM
|  | Denim Lover | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 341
| | | i just got 4 pairs of jeans hemmed (they did a great job) for 25 yuan. that's about 4 US dollars total.
i love china. though in the states, it's about $15 each. sigh...
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