my yelp review: Jerry's

Jerry's Custom Tailoring and Alterations
Category: Sewing & Alterations
Neighborhood: Back Bay
729 Boylston St
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-5757
5 star rating
9/4/2009

A claim check for Jerry's Custom Tailors is in my wallet right now. I first heard about him over ten years ago when buying a couple of dresses (on sale) at Lord & Taylor's for my wedding rehearsal dinner. Either they didn't have a tailor, or the tailor couldn't do it on short notice, so they referred me to Jerry, just across the street! Uber-convenient, since I worked at 745 Boylston and lived in Bay Village. Several jobs and one move to JP later, I'm still a regular.

While I can do basic hemming and button replacement, I don't always have the time or want to risk messing it up. Jerry is very discrete and treats everything I bring in with respect, even if they are fresh from sale racks, or — gasp — thrift stores! Off the top of my head, some work he's done: hemmed my pants from J.Crew (pink seersucker on sale) and Boomerang's (brown wool plaid bought for $9); he's shortened the sleeves on my North Face softshell jacket (Freeport ME outlet); and at this moment, he's resizing a size 14 pink linen Banana Republic tulip skirt ($1 at Boomerangs outlet closing sale!), and raising an ankle-length hem on a bias-cut linen dress to just below the knee (vintage Boomerangs).

Go to Jerry — but don't hog him! He will turn your clothes into perfectly fitting favorites. And if you haven't noticed, I'm very cost-conscious, so you know Jerry must be reasonable. :)
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Update - 11/1/2009

I cannot believe how well the Banana Republic skirt turned out (see 9/4/09 review). Imagine resizing a skirt from size 14 to a size 4 or 6. The only way you can tell is that the side zipper is now a couple inches off-center and sits in back of my left hip, but that said, the seams line up on the outside and the inside lining. Perfect for my next warm-weather visit to Florida or the Caribbean?!!