Christine's Sewing Service

I had my wedding dress altered here. The facilities were disappointing on arrival- the changing room is just a curtain in the corner of the room and once opened you are on full display to the street outside the shop window. As I had my wedding dress on I did not feel comfortable with this as it should be quite a private moment until the big day! They didn't seem to have any respect for this either, ie they wouldn't assess the alterations behind the curtain. The majority of the ladies were friendly, however I felt the lady tasked with my dress was rude and ignorant and she made me feel like she wasn't interested at all. Everytime I asked a question or made a suggestion she would pull a face and make an arrogant remark. Often when making a suggestion regarding the alterations she would say 'I don't know what you mean' yet the other ladies knew straight away what I was referring to she just made me feel very self conscious. I gave 2 stars because despite the above, some of the alterations were good (they had added buttons to a delicate lace) however there were other aspects of the alterations I weren't happy with (neckline adjustment) and despite me saying no once already and this been redone, after this the other ladies asked if I was now happy with the job but I did not feel comfortable saying no again as the lady tasked with my dress did not seem interested at all in doing a good job and did not seem happy about redoing it. As a result I have taken my dress elsewhere for a second opinion. I'm sure they would be good making adjustments to everyday clothing but I would not go there again for 'special occasion' wear.

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Fair prices for good clothing alterations

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I have taken several items to the ladies, from my wedding dress to winter coats and each job has been completed beautifully, and at a reasonable price too.

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what a wonderful place I went in and there was four ladies working so hard and so fast and so busy that the inside windows were steaming up. I entrusted them with my very most favourite shirt and they said they would be able to mend it looking forward to having it back and I'm a little chili right now without it.

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Have used Christine's on a number of occasions, and found their alterations first class, and reasonabley priced.

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