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A Devil Of A Dressmaker

We were thrilled this week to receive an email from a happy customer of our Eltham store.  The email confirms that we are justifiably proud of our professionalism, convenience, quality

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A Swish Version Of Your Local Tailor

Thanks to Sophie L. for this great review of Alter It in South Melbourne."Alter It is like a swish version of your local tailor. However, there's nothing even remotely old school about this

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Alter It In Franchise Council Of Australia Publication

Alter It is very proud to be Melbourne's leading clothing alterations and dressmaking franchise. Take a look at our full page spread featured in the Franchise Council of Australia

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Amazing Chiffon Dress Repair

What an amazing save for this chiffon dress. The see through chiffon on this dress was torn, but Santha at our Hawthorn store was able to carefully cut out a flower from the hem of the dress to

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An Almost Invisible Mend

Isn’t it annoying when your favourite garment gets a hole in the wash? There may be a solution (this repair was made at our Richmond store). Try us - you’ll never know if you don’t ask.

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Another Chair Repair

We just had to show you another fabulous chair recovery. This time Lucy at Alter It South Melbourne has worked her magic.  The chair has been completely overhauled with new foam cushions

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Another Leather Jacket Saved

Excellent two step repair by Ernest at our Fountain Gate store - first, the side of the torn pocket was fixed; and then, the large tear under the pocket. Fantastic result – the tear is barely

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Are You Ready For Spring Racing?

Hopefully some beautiful spring weather is just around the corner. It’s time to get ready for spring racing. We can help.  Let us professionally dry clean or alter your outfit to make it

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Beautiful Bridesmaid Dress

Fabulous work by Warren at our Richmond store. Warren recently altered Camilla McElhone's bridesmaid dress, and in Camilla's words: Thank you for altering my bridesmaid dress! Thanks for making it

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Black Is The New Black

One of our very happy customers from our St Kilda store looking amazing. We love it when our customers share their happiness with us. Great, last minute emergency, work by Kate.

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Boxing Day Bargains?

Successful shopping at the Boxing Day sales? If something you’ve bought isn’t quite the right size, bring it to us and we’ll create the perfect fit.

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Can You Spot The Repair?

  Before   After See these before and after photos from a delicate repair job completed at our South Melbourne store.  Laura patiently and

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Choir Gowns

Alter It Richmond created choir gowns for St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne. Cant wait to hear their wonderful voices in their new gowns.

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Christmas Creativity

Christmas is near and many of our stores are joining in the festive spirit.  All store managers and franchisees have been encouraged to creatively decorate their stores.  Have a look how

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Couch Cover It

Is there no end to the talents of our Alter It professionals?  Look at these before and after photos to see the brand new couch cover sewn by Frances at our Camberwell store.  The

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Creative Way To Add Sparkle To Your Wardrobe

The team at Alter It Fountain Gate recently enjoyed helping their customer to add some sparkle to her wardrobe. A layer of sequin fabric was sewn onto plain singlet tops to create sensational custom

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Custom Made Wedding Dress

Lucy at our South Melbourne Store made this beautiful wedding outfit for a bride who had seen a photo of a similar dress online. 

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Customers' Choice Retail Excellence Award

We are very proud that our Box Hill store has been awarded the 2018-2019 Customers' Choice Retail Excellence Award at Box Hill Central. Congratulations to Sandy and Queenie - the award is a credit

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Discount Uniform Alterations

Get ready for school with our 15% discount off uniform alterations. For our store locations click here.

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Dress Resizing Emergency

Chung Yee was invited to a wedding on Saturday and late on Thursday night realised her dress needed resizing and it was an emergency. After an exchange of emails via our website she came into our

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Dressing James Bond 007

Recently Frances at our Camberwell store had the pleasure of creating a miniature replica of some costumes worn by Sean Connery and Roger Moore in James Bond movies. The cardigan and cap were made

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Exquisite Wedding Dress

Our Malvern store loves being creative - talented dressmaker Maria designed and made this exquisite wedding dress from fabric supplied by the bride.

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Fabulous Feedback From A Valued Customer!

We received the following email from a satisfied customer, and are very happy to be asked to share her comments. It's so lovely to get feedback from our customers, and a glowing review like this is

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Fan Mail For Alter It Fountain Gate

The staff and Franchisee at our Fountain Gate are very dedicated and hardworking people, who were pleased to receive this email last week: "Thank you so much for the excellent job you did in taking

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Feeling The Cold?

Feeling the cold?  If your puffer jacket has a tear, now is the time to come and see us.  Ernest at our Fountain Gate store recently saved a jacket by restuffing and repairing the

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Forget The Rules

Words of wisdom

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Frocktober 2012

  Frocktober began in October 2007 when some friends in Geelong decided it was time to do something fun and quirky to raise funds for women’s health. Each donning a dress, the group went

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From "Nana" Cardigan To Modern Cardigan

Creative work by Santha at our Hawthorn store. By replacing the buttons with a zip, a favourite cardigan was converted to give a fresh look to so many outfits.

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Get Ready - Christmas Is Coming

We’ve already put the decorations up at our Hawthorn store. Don’t wait too long to bring us whatever needs altering before Christmas.

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Get Ready For Spring Racing

Get ready for spring racing. Let us professionally alter your outfit for the perfect fit in time for spring racing.

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Get Your Coat Ready For Winter

Is your winter coat ready to wear? If not bring it in and we can dry clean it, repair it, button it, zip it, or remodel it.

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Gorgeous Melbourne Spring Day

It's a gorgeous Melbourne spring day today. Now's a good time to bring us anything from your spring wardrobe that needs altering.

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Great Customer Feedback For Our Highpoint Store

It was pleasing to receive a thank you email this week from a customer at our Highpoint store. " thank you to your team which did a fantastic job on my suit, and the young lady who served me was

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Great news - we're re-opening

All of our stores have re-opened. Store opening hours have changed. For your closest store's opening hours, click here. We look forward to seeing you soon.

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Happy Birthday Alter It St. Kilda

Saturday 6th of October was the first birthday of Alter It's St. Kilda store. The team there had a well earned celebration after a very successful first year.  Happy Birthday St. Kilda!!

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Happy Bride

Maddi came to our Camberwell store in a panic because her wedding dress did not fit across the bodice. Our skilled dressmaker Simone remodelled the dress to change the bodice and to create a

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Happy Holidays

Happy holidays from everyone at Alter It. We hope you have a chance to enjoy long summer days. Some of our store hours will be different over the next few weeks, please check here for up

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Happy New Year

We hope that you will be happy and healthy in 2019.

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Hot Demon Supporter

THE Melbourne Football Club can not be going any worse on the field, so it is great to know they have loyal and committed supporters. Last week a dedicated Melbourne fan came in with a whole lot of

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How To Get The Best Costume For Book Week

Melissa at Alter It Hampton has just made this delightful costume of The Gruffalo’s Child for book week. The theme of this year’s book week is Reading Is My Secret Power – and The Gruffalo book

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How To Get The Perfect Tie

We can make a custom tie for your special occasion. Like the Australia Flag tie recently made at our Fountain Gate store. Perfect for Australia Day celebrations.

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How To Turn A Skirt Into A Dress

Yes – you read that correctly!  Dipika at Alter It Richmond has transformed this maxi skirt into a summery dress by carefully unpicking the seams and reusing the fabric.

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How To Upcycle Your Wedding Dress

Did you know that we can alter your wedding dress so that you can wear it again? We love what Santha at Alter It Hawthorn has done to transform our customer’s red wedding dress. The dress has been

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Indian Wedding Dress Makeover

Thank you to the lovely Jacqui for sharing her wedding photos with us. Kere at our St Kilda store reworked Jacqui’s wedding dress by redesigning the neckline and altering the bodice to create a

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Internet Purchase Too Small?

When an internet purchase is the wrong size – we can help. A customer at our Richmond store purchased a dress online, but the dress that arrived was too small.  Dipika, our talented

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It Happens

It happens! But we can fix it. From split seams in jeans to unnoticeable repair. Sew many miracles from the team at Alter It Fountain Gate.

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It's Always Nice To Know That You Are Appreciated

Thank you to our customer Elise Elliott for taking the time to send us some positive feedback this week. Elise congratulated the team at Alter It Richmond for always being efficient and nice, and in

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Jeans Too Ripped?

There can be such a thing as jeans that are too ripped! Santha at our Hawthorn store has a great solution – a lace patch from the inside. Looks so good you’ll hope your jeans need repairing.

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Kennett Victory Jacket

The producers of Before the Game – the Channel 10 football preview comedy show asked if we could produce a jacket that looked like the one Jeff Kennett famously wore after Hawthorn’s victory in the

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Leather Chair Repair

Hidden skills – not only is Kere at Alter It St Kilda an extremely talented dressmaker, he also has a talent for furniture renovation! Kere recovered these chairs with black leather, and they look

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