Rafaellas Alterations

Your Next Step Podiatry

Make an appointment with one of our doctors for an evaluation to see if you qualify for a pair of shoes.

Top 5 Tips for Tailoring Appointments

Whether it’s your first time to have your clothes altered or you’re a pro at getting pinned, here are some tips to make your visit smoother

Why Almost All of Your Zippers Have the Letters “YKK” on Them

Check out the zipper on whatever jacket you're wearing now. We bet it's stamped with the letters "YKK."

Why you should never wash your jeans

Laundry is inevitable, but thankfully there are people like Levi’s CEO and President Chip Bergh who want to make our lives a little easier. According to him, you should never wash a pair of jeans. Ever. While this may prompt noises of disgust from those are less-then-enamoured by the idea of walking around in dirty clothes, Mr Bergh explained that he "spot cleans" any stains with a toothbrush.

10 Modern Sewing Patterns that Flatter Women

As much as I love a good shift dress, sometimes its nice to sew a more modern sewing pattern with a fit that flatters. A sewing pattern that will make you feel like a million bucks. So I looked around and found some that I think would do exactly that. Sewing patterns that flatter WOMEN. …

Guide to Purchasing a Sewing Machine

When it comes to sewing machines and fabric variances, you want a machine that's going to be able to tackle any job & provide the best comfort of use possible.

5 Tips For Getting Your Groom Ready For Your Wedding Day

You want to make sure that you look just right for your wedding day. But at the same time it’s his wedding too, so your husband-to-be looks needs to look the part too. Check out these groom's wedding planning tips.

Wedding Tuxedo Rentals: Choices, Ideas and Tips

What to ask your tailor to do: 4 Basic Suit Alterations

5 Alterations You Didn’t Know Your Tailor Could Do

You’ve probably made a few trips to a tailor in your life to take in (or let out) a dress or to shorten a pair of pants. (And if you’re petite, this errand is probably one with which you’re extremely familiar.) But these skilled artisans can do so much more than just hike up a hem.

Crucial Tips on Bridal Dress Alterations

4 Tips for Wedding Gown Alterations & Fittings

After finding your dream wedding gown, it is important to make sure the fit is perfect for your big day. Find a tailor you trust, like the wedding experts at Wedding

Pressing Tips from an Alterations Professional

Pamela Howard offers pressing tool recommendations and tips to help you properly steam, mold, and shape your next garment.

Tailoring Tips You'll Need for Your Wardrobe Overhaul

How to Find a Good Tailor

For the man who's just starting to upgrade his wardrobe, and doesn't have a reliable tailor on call, how can you tell a good shop from a bad one?

7 Signs of a Great Tailor

Become BFFs with your tailor.

A tailor is arguably your most important asset when it comes to dressing thinner. A good tailor can alter anything you own to custom fit your body because, let’s face it, we weren’t all built like Gisele Bundchen. And if we haven’t made it clear enough already, the right fit is everything. From shortening sleeves, nipping waists, hiking up hems, and even changing the fit of a winter coat, a tailor can work wonders on your wardrobe.

How to Save on Tailoring

Spend less at the seamstress with these penny-pinching tips from a professional tailor.

Is life a shoddy tailor?

A man being fitted for a suit complained that one of the shoulders wasn’t cut properly. The tailor suggested he slightly turn his body. That improved it, but t