Chie
Palace Seamstress
My Services
I offer dressmaking, knitting and crocheting for designers and for everyone. I always try to accommodate your time-frame.
01 Alterations
To my eye, every off-the-peg wedding dress needs adjustments, because every body is unique. At the initial fitting, we discuss what needs to be done, how it is done and its cost. I do not charge for fittings and the payment is upon completion. The dress fitting usually requires the wedding shoes and appropriate underwear.
I always finish the same way as the original, unless requested to do defferently.
Any garments to be brought in a clean washed state please.
I do not make or alter upholstery items.
02 Dressmaking
Creating a garment from scratch can be costly, because making the patterns to fit your body is a time-consuming process. I will need to involve a professional pattern-cutter for a complicated design, which would be a coutúre price, but I can draft simple patterns or copy, adapt and re-create your garment for much less. I usually ask 3 weeks until the completion.
Although I work on men's garments, I do not make men's suits from scratch.
I can take your body measurements and fill the form, if you are to order a made to measure garment remotely.
03 General Mending & Creating
Replacing zips, general mending, darning moth-holes and so on.
We can reduce the carbon footprint by loving our clothes for longer. Also by not purchasing "landfill clothes".
Think of me as a handywoman in sewing, knitting and crocheting. I am skilled to support your creative ideas.
04 Sample & Costume Making
For independent and corporate designers - I can make the garments or parts for the garments just as you want, here in London, by sewing, crocheting, knitting, embroidering or hand-painting. Use my samples for fashion shows, competitions, exhibitions, photoshoots or send them to your manufacturers.
05 On-Location Seamstressing
I currently offer on-location and on-set seamstressing only regarding the garments I made or I was involved in the dressmaking process.