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La Rukico Tailor

tailorkelly — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:56:57 +0000

La Rukico Tailors New York has been making custom made suits and custom shirts since 1972. Mr. Kelly has been New York City’s best custom tailor with time tested apparel making techniques ensuring a perfect fit at the very first time. Winner of the best custom tailor award by the city of New York for may consecutive years, La Rukico has been praised by clients for his top notch professional services in Custom made Shirts, Tuxedos, bespoke Suits and more.

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Shalom Shoe Repair

Adam Schwartz — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:02:01 +0000

Shalom Shoe repair is known for amazing service and speedy fixes in Downtown Brooklyn. If you bring a pair in before noon, most sole and heel jobs are returned the same day. That’s lighting fast by any cobbler standards! To have a pair re-heeled, plus a shine and shoelaces costs around $20, which is about $10 below average price. The cobblers at Shalom are extremely nice and caring gentlemen who will put extra effort into each project.

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Broadway Shoe Repair

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:08:06 +0000

Finding a good cobbler is not an easy task, even in New York City where old world craftsmanship is still valued. If you live in Williamsburg, look no further than Broadway Shoe Repair. The guys working in this small shop are super friendly, the work is always on point, and they’ll get your shoes back to you in a few days as good as new. Prices are decent; sole or heel repair costs somewhere around $20.

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Vince’s Village Cobbler

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:03:52 +0000

Located at on Sullivan Street right next door to The Village Tailor, The Village Cobbler serves the south village and Soho neighborhood with a combination of old world skill and the latest technology to serve any kind of shoe repair need imaginable. Vince is also known throughout downtown as an exceedingly friendly and caring cobbler who will regularly go the extra mile for customers to ensure that everything is perfect. Through dying and handy stitch work, he’ll can even help you develop you own shoe creation out of an old pair!

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Cobbler Express Shoe Repair and Shine

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:49:06 +0000

Cobbler Express Shoe Repair & Shine is one of New York’s best shoe repair services. From heels to boots, they can handle any pair you bring in. They also sell a wide assortment of shoe repair and shoe care products for the DIY types: shoe laces, rubber over shoes, leather orthotic full length, leather arch support, leather insoles, foam insoles, hiker boots insoles, leather dye and shoe polish. Recycled soles are wonderful but they best thing you can do for the planet is take your shoes to Cobbler Express and get another few years out of that old pair!

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Alteration Concept

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:40:03 +0000

Alteration Concept is a lovely space in Chelsea that can handle any number of alterations like dress hems, shortening jacket sleeves, pants hems, altering cuffs and repairing linings. Alteration Concept is a friendly establishment where they remember your garment or name without handing them a ticket. Service is quick, with hems being finished within 3 days. Combine, the staff has over 20 years of experience in custom tailoring, pattern making, leather care, and organic dry cleaning.

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Meurice Garment Care

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:26:07 +0000

For decades, New Yorkers have trusted Meurice Garment Care to clean and alter their clothes. Beyond standard dry cleaning, Meurice Garment Care can handle household goods like rugs, couches, upholstery, nursery gear, as well as accessories like handbags and shoes. The wonderful staff of old-world tailors can perform alterations, while bridal experts clean and preserve wedding dresses. Meurice also offers complimentary pickup and delivery, and a broad spectrum of EPA-preferred cleaning processes, including wet-cleaning.

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Meurice Garment Care

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:14:29 +0000

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Randex Cleaners

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:09:08 +0000

Randex is a dependable cleaner and tailor providing the Park Slope neighborhood with dry cleaning, shirt pressing and alterations of all kinds. Randex is know for being super quick and affordable with hems coming in below $10 for a pair of jeans. Randex does better alterations than your standard dry cleaning and is trusted by plenty of Park Slopers with expensive suits and dresses. Additionally, Randex claims that their dry cleaning process is “organic,” but we at Inhabitat cannot confirm exactly what makes it organic.

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Ramon’s Tailor Shop

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 21:04:00 +0000

When it comes to artfully tailoring and carefully cleaning your clothes, Ramon’s Tailor Shop does a superior job. From the outside, the storefront looks like any other dry cleaner, but the services provided by Ramon and his son are much higher quality. Hemmings start a $12, and for special garments or tricky projects, Ramon’s will always guarantee satisfaction.

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Ally Bespoke Tailors

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 20:08:32 +0000

Ally Tailors is a larger shop in New York’s world of tailors that specializes in alterations of all types of designer clothing from casual to evening wear, for men, women, and children. Ally is also one of few tailors who can specialize in a tailored bespoke suit to an individual’s measurements and also create it in their unique taste, style, and needs. Alterations take a bit long at 1-2 weeks but Ally values quality over quickness.

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La Rukico Tailors

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:59:58 +0000

Named the Best Custom Tailor by the City of New York (NYC) in 2007, 2008 and 2009, La Rukico Tailors is praised for best in-class professional services in custom made Shirts, tuxedos, bespoke suits, Alumo shirts, and English made blazer buttons. La Rukico is one of the more tech-savvy tailors in the city with the ability to order custom shirts via their online ordering system. La Rukico knows men’s clothing in and out, and they execute the high level of service you want when an expensive clothing purchase.

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Campos & Campos Custom Tailors

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:53:22 +0000

Campos & Campos Custom Tailors has been providing the Chelsea area with outstanding service since 1980. Custom alterations for men and women are done in the Campos shop, which is a bit nicer and cleaner than your standard tailor. Campos is known to take a little longer and charge a little more than other tailors, but if you have a fine suit or dress that needs altering, Campos will make sure the integrity of your garment is kept. Campos’ tailors understand how clothing is composed and that is reflected in their precise alterations.

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New York Tailor Shop

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:35:58 +0000

New York Tailor Shop is a high quality neighborhood spot that has been providing fast, quality service for well over a decade. New York Tailor Shop usually gets back alterations in under 3 days and hems are reasonable around $10. If you are in the downtown area, there are few places with New York Tailor Shop’s prices and speed without substituting quality work.

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Imparali Custom Tailors

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:27:46 +0000

Sorry ladies, this one is just for men. Imparali Custom Tailors is a family run business that’s been around since 1967, offering high-quality custom tailoring and custom designs. Imparali has a complete range of wardrobe products in every style and over 10,000 fabrics to choose from. With a range of custom-fitted items from casual to formal wear, Imparali are the experts in tailoring clothing to match your personal style and physique. Their specialty is custom made suits but they will get you looking dapper no matter what the occasion or job.

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King’s Custom Tailor

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 19:22:03 +0000

King’s Custom Tailor is of the highest possible standard for personal tailoring, handling some of New York City’s most expensive suits in their Financial District and Upper East Side locations. King’s offers custom tailoring for men’s and women’s suits, shirts, jackets, pants, tuxedos, and overcoats. They can be trusted with just about any material, and their customer service reviews are nearly perfect. Collectively, their tailors have over 125 years of experience.

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King’s Custom Tailor

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:49:50 +0000

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Sorelle Tailoring

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:21:59 +0000

Mary Salvemini and Jean Ipeziyan’s 15-year-old tailoring shop is a New York City namesake. The tailoring shop sees regular business from New York’s fashion industry, and designers who rush in from nearby runways. Sorelle is in the center of New York’s Garment District, and the shop is one of the last remaining old school tailors in New York that isn’t simply trying to be ironic with vintage mannequins. For only $13 a hem, Sorelle is as well priced for the quality of services.

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Chris French Cleaners

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:17:26 +0000

Chris French cleaners, located just off Astor Place, is more of a tailor than a dry cleaners. At Chris French, you will find old world tailoring skill — all the tailors at the shop are European trained, with one specializing in wedding gown alterations. Turnaround for a $15 pants hem is a bit slow (around 5 days) but if you want your clothes to be done right, Chris French Cleaners is some of the best in the business.

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Bridge Cleaners & Tailors

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:23:39 +0000

Bridge Cleaners & Tailors is one of Brooklyn’s most acclaimed outlets when it comes to getting those stitch jobs right every time. Inside Bridge you’ll find a decadent palace reminiscent what 15th century royalty used for their dress fittings. There’s a chandelier — in a dry cleaner’s! The fancy atmosphere is reflected in the prices; pants hemming start at around $15. But the Bridge staff is up for any material or task and can be safely trusted with your most expensive and tricky garments. They are also committed to being green; the practice environmental initiatives and a broad range of eco-innovations in their cleaning services.

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Green Apple Cleaners

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:17:10 +0000

While most dry cleaners use known carcinogens and groundwater contaminants to clean clothing, Green Apple Cleaners uses safe and non-toxic CO2 to blast away stains. The chain’s process was named the safest and most effective cleaning method by Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Plus, the company uses biodegradable plastics, recyclable paper, soy inks and makes deliveries with low-emission vehicles. In addition to dry cleaning, Green Apple Cleaners also offers expert tailoring, interiors cleaning, bed bug prevention and pet cleaning.

Green Apple Cleaners

Adam Schwartz — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:15:47 +0000

While most dry cleaners use known carcinogens and groundwater contaminants to clean clothing, Green Apple Cleaners uses safe and non-toxic Co2 to blast away stains. The chain’s process was named the safest and most effective cleaning method by Greenpeace and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Plus, the company uses biodegradable plastics, recyclable paper, soy inks and makes deliveries with low-emission vehicles. In addition to dry cleaning, Green Apple Cleaners also offers expert tailoring, interiors cleaning, bed bug prevention and pet cleaning.

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The Williamsburg Seamster

Adam Schwartz — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:46:15 +0000

This old school tailor has a carved out a niche for herself by doing house calls. Fill out the form on her website and a seamstress will come to your apartment, conduct a fitting, take back your garment, fix it, and return the clothing to your home or office. How cool is that!? At $25 to hem a dress, it’s a bit pricier than the dry cleaners, but the convenience makes it worth it!

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Stanton Tailor Shop

Adam Schwartz — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:28:22 +0000

Stanton Tailor Shop is a precision tailor that can make your clothes fit as if the pattern was cut for you. From hemming your pants to taking in and adding darts to a shirt or jacket, you can be sure that owner Pablo Vargas will do it just right. The turnaround time isn’t as fast as some other tailor shops but the Stanton Tailor values quality over speed. You can feel comfortable bringing your special clothes here — they’ll be in good hands. Pablo opened the Stanton Tailor Shop in 1991, and the small storefront has morphed into a neighborhood hangout. On a weekend, you may wait an hour to be sized, but the friendly chatter will keep you entertained.

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The Orchard Tailor Service

Adam Schwartz — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:41:11 +0000

The Orchard Tailor Service is one of those great neighborhood gems that can hem a pair pants in a flash for a super reasonable prices: just three dollars! In New York City, that is simply as cheap as it gets. Orchard Tailor Service is also renowned for being some of the fastest tailors in the area, getting back pants, shirts and dresses sometimes in under 20 minutes. They might not take artful care with your more expensive items, but for something quick and cheap there is nowhere better in the LES.

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