Home-based Designers/Tailors - Page 2

bride2be · Oct 5th, 2008, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by somegroovychick

i discovered a great tailor on gerrard (finally, WOO HOO!)
her name is sara and she's at 1308 gerrard street east, at gerrard and greenwood. she's got a sign outside her shop called "Expert Tailors and Alterations". she's quick and does a good job with clothes.

beware though, she lost her only son to cancer two years ago and she tells you about the whole, very sad, very painful story (i think its cathartic for her and helps her cope) -- be prepared to cry the first time you go to her! i felt so sad for her when i left

shes got pics of her son in some uniform i think??

i dealt wit her earlier this year.
i felt horrible for her but that lady cannot sew. i had asked her to make my dholki suit. (simple silk suit, all i had wanted was to get it sewn and had a fancy crystal lace for it). gave her both my naap ka suit -and she took measurements as well.
her stitching was a joke. one sleeve was loose, one was tight. one was long, the other short. neck was not straight! absolutely no neatness, whatsoever. no interlocking.
she was charging me $60 for this hideous COSTUME because the lace had to be hand-sewn.

i was pissed.
the expensive kapra andlace, the suit, everything was such a waste!

somegroovychick · Oct 5th, 2008, 10:59 PM

^ seriously??? i'm so shocked. she did a great job on my alterations... dang.
sorry to hear that!
i was planning to give her a suit to see how she does the fitting and all that- i'll keep y'all posted on how it turns out.

pinklove · Oct 5th, 2008, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by shay9164

^Sara, there's one in Jackson Heights.. there's this store that sells clothes/movies/cds (aaah I forgot the name) and they have a basement with a tailor shop. It's across from sabzi mandi in the kabab king lane. That guy fixed a couple of my suits and he did a decent job. He talks alot though and is kind of annoying so if you give him some attitude, he will stay shut.

omg i think my friend has been to him!

Sara516 · Oct 5th, 2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by shay9164

^Sara, there's one in Jackson Heights.. there's this store that sells clothes/movies/cds (aaah I forgot the name) and they have a basement with a tailor shop. It's across from sabzi mandi in the kabab king lane. That guy fixed a couple of my suits and he did a decent job. He talks alot though and is kind of annoying so if you give him some attitude, he will stay shut.

Shay how much did he charge? Did he stitch your suits or just alter theM? I asked around at some of the places there, getting a saree stitched will set me back $75 each (30 for the blouse and 45 for the pleats). But i also dont want to send ti to pakistan cz wherever my famiyl finds their darzi, they do a terrible job, so im willing to pay a lil bit =/

Skittlez · Oct 5th, 2008, 11:28 PM

I hear there's a good tailor on cortelyou and coney island ave in brooklyn... the store is called parvez tailors or something... a lady I see here and there is gori married to a paki and she always has such nice new instyle kinda kapray and she told me he does it for her... $40 for a simple suit and $60 for fancy.. something like that.... maybe you wanna check that out? Ill see if I can get his number sometime..

Sara516 · Oct 5th, 2008, 11:33 PM

me no like cortelyou

but tell me the number anyway

Skittlez · Oct 5th, 2008, 11:34 PM

Lol why? I know its a bit paki meets real ghettoness but still....

Ok gimme a day or two and I'll get back to you on the number and address

Sara516 · Oct 5th, 2008, 11:41 PM

Meh...................

oh and here i always thot that gori girls have fugly taste wen it comes to desi stuff just cz they dont know any better and their desi in laws dont either (or dont care and assume she doesnt know so dont even try).

bride2be · Oct 6th, 2008, 12:41 AM

sgc, my sister got an alteration done from her. just a simple one. that was done fine.
the tailoring from scratch for me, in one word, was a JOKE.

junooni09 · Oct 6th, 2008, 05:04 AM

I m also a home-based designer & i have my own workers & tailor.. My ranges starts from 6000 Rs & goes on depending on the work.. I buy fabric frm Hilal Silk Palace which is 1 of the best shops in karachi 4 fabrics & best quality matrial is used & even the stitching is amazing.. If anyone is interested than u can contact me..

somegroovychick · Oct 6th, 2008, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by bride2be

sgc, my sister got an alteration done from her. just a simple one. that was done fine.
the tailoring from scratch for me, in one word, was a JOKE.

ok in that case, i'm not giving her my outfit! scratch that recommendation.

sweety1990 · Oct 6th, 2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by junooni09

I m also a home-based designer & i have my own workers & tailor.. My ranges starts from 6000 Rs & goes on depending on the work.. I buy fabric frm Hilal Silk Palace which is 1 of the best shops in karachi 4 fabrics & best quality matrial is used & even the stitching is amazing.. If anyone is interested than u can contact me..

hello junooni, i would like to know your saree prices coz my bro is getting married in dec and i am looking for a designer who can make something in my budget.

horizon472 · Oct 6th, 2008, 10:08 AM

any homebased designer frm lahore???n plzz post some samples of her work??n range of dresses?

sweety1990 · Oct 6th, 2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by horizon472

any homebased designer frm lahore???n plzz post some samples of her work??n range of dresses?

ya i would like to see the designs as well

prototype · Oct 6th, 2008, 02:27 PM

i am from Lahore.. you can check a few samples&price range in my GS album .will be uploading more soon InshaAllah

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sweety1990 · Oct 6th, 2008, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by prototype

i am from Lahore.. you can check a few samples&price range in my GS album .. my email address is kapray.shapray@gmail.com. will be uploading more soon InshaAllah

where is your GS album??? plz post the link. thanks

prototype · Oct 6th, 2008, 03:09 PM

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/members/p...s-samples.html

junooni09 · Oct 6th, 2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by sweety1990

hello junooni, i would like to know your saree prices coz my bro is getting married in dec and i am looking for a designer who can make something in my budget.

my ranges of sarees starts from 9000 rs & once u order it u will be getting pics of the work so that u may knw how ur outfit is looking & if u want any changes u can do so..

Pareezay · Oct 6th, 2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by prototype

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/members/p...s-samples.html

Are those the clothes you have made or those are the designs you CAN copy?

prototype · Oct 6th, 2008, 04:00 PM

^^ these are the ones i have already made for clients , copying from the pics,etc accordng to their choice (and sizes .. in case if anyone is wondering why some shirts are VERY big )
the bridal lehnga is the sample pic..the lehnga is not ready yet..will be getting it in another month InshaAllah..will post the pics then.