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Tailoring times for common alterations

mack11211

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They usually say, one week.

But if you pay lots of $$$ or beg or plead and/or have a good relationship already, perhaps you can get it sooner.

If someone can do anything at all right away, I am suspicious. Underemployed tailors are often underemployed for a reason.
 

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I've found a week to be about average. I've also found that if you go to a tailor frequently, the turnaround time gets faster, especially with more expensive orders.
 

Imparali

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I usually request clients to give me about a week to turnaround clothes, if it's a simple hem of course we can do that earlier, but if it's a shoulder issue, I might ask them to give us 10 days.
 

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