My friend went to Princess Bridals in Farmingdale and they charged her the maximum cap price of $250 for a hem on the bottom and to take the dress in on the side 1 inch. Isn't that a LOT??? How much did you pay for alterations??
May05Bride
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yes!!!!
knotted
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that's how much i'm paying too... and it's already a 'discount' from the regular kleinfeld prices. go figure.
bluesashbride
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that's about what i'm paying for a hem, bustle, and to have the top fitted
AnniesSS
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I paid $100 to have my bustle made including little lace flowers to cover the hooks and to take the bust in on my gown.
My sister is paying $45 to have the hem shortened and to shorten the straps on her dress.
Sweetpea130000
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I am paying $200 for all alterations. Not sure what it will include yet, but I have lost about 15 lbs since I ordered the dress, and am having a bustle, so I think I will make out okay.
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I paid $200 for hem, bustle and some minor adjustment they did to the seam connecting the top and bottom of the dress.
My alterations cap was $350.
cantwait2bewed
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oh my god yes. My bridesmaid gown for my friends wedding in 3 weeks, cost me $85. I went to a local cleaners.
LilyOfValley
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Ughh it sounds like a lot. But i have no clue how much it is 'supposed' to cost.
CJStein
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Nope, I don't think it's too much. I'm paying more than that.
Kerrycec
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I'm paying $150. Yes that is a little high
Mrs. dleeny
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That's how much I was quoted for JUST the hem and a French bustle!
I'm getting done somewhere else!
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Posted by cantwait2bewed
oh my god yes. My bridesmaid gown for my friends wedding in 3 weeks, cost me $85. I went to a local cleaners.
a bridesmaid gown is completely different then a wedding dress...AND to do a bustle...
if you took that wedding dress to the cleaners and had them do hems, taking in the waist or bust area...PLUS the bustle...You will most likely pay more that 200!
cantwait2bewed
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I guess u are right about that.
For my wedding gown i am being charged i think I am being charged $185 for all alterations.
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That sounds about right to me. Taking something to a cleaners as opposed to a seamstress is always goig to be a difference. $250 is how much they charge at RK Bridal, and they are supposed to be one of the cheaper places in NYC.
I am paying $200 for a bustle and a hem in Brooklyn, done by a Bridal Seamstress.
LaurenluvsTJ
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My alterations are capped at $175 PLUS $10 for each point on the bustle.
eroxgirl
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I'd say that's a decent price...I brought my gown to a seamstress in NYC and it cost a bit more and I didn't need a lot of alterations.
girlygrl33
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i payed 200 for a hem, bustle, neckline ( had to make the halter tighter) and for darts on my chest area ( I lost weight around my armpit area- had to be stress weight so they had to make a special stitch to tighten that without ruining the beading.
