Our expert team in Lambton Square, Wellington Central will repair, modify, restyle, and alter garments according to your desired fit and needs. Visit us at your local Wellington store and we’ll take your measurements, discuss your tailoring needs, and provide important information on the necessary alterations that could achieve your desired fit.

We turn off-the-rack suits and garments into bespoke pieces that perfectly fit your shape and style. Enjoy a broad range of alterations, repair, and dry cleaning services that ensure a tailor-fit appeal and quality out of pre-loved garments.

We are strategically located in the heart of Wellington Central, located in Lambton Square shopping centre. When we take your measurements, you can visit us wearing your everyday shopping outfit, business clothes, or casual attire.

If you have more time and room, you can also bring the footwear or dress shirt that goes with your outfit. This allows our tailors to take perfect measurements and give you an idea of how the outfit looks once alterations are completed.

Minor repairs, adjustments, and basic alterations can be finished within the day, depending on the number of alterations in our Wellington shop. Complex reworks, invisible mending, and alterations will take longer to ensure you get the best fit and quality.

Our tailors are highly qualified and work hard to make sure the quality isn’t neglected in an effort to stay on schedule for our customers.

You will get a fixed and transparent quote for your alterations services which is affected by the following factors:

Type of Alteration Quick jobs like hemming or taking in a dress/suit are easier than restyling them altogether or creating a custom flair on your wedding dress. The type of alteration involved (lengthening, shortening, taking in, letting out, etc.) will also affect the overall cost.

Number of Alteration Jobs Alteration jobs that only require one service or task will cost less than if it would require multiple tasks to complete. For instance, shortening would only require cutting and hemming, rather than restyling and letting out which involves more than two tasks to accomplish. Our team in Lambton Square, Wellington will discuss your desired fit and determine how many jobs are required to achieve it.

Condition and Age Brand new clothes may be easier to work with than worn-out and old fabrics. Damaged suits and garments will also require invisible mending to achieve a seamless and desired result. That may involve sourcing rare fabrics with matching patterns, especially if we’re working with very old and unique suits/dresses.

Fabric Type Sourcing premium fabrics such as silk, lace, velvet, suede, wool, and cashmere adds to the cost and may require more delicate handling than versatile and cheaper fabrics.

vExtra Details Adding custom laces, tulle fabric, beadings, and embroidery creates accents and highlights for your outfit. These accessories and details all add to the job’s complexity, but nothing our expert tailors can’t handle.

A tailor and a seamstress have unique and specialised skills in terms of handling damaged garments. Both have specific responsibilities and areas of expertise in the creation and modification of clothing.

Generally, a tailor concentrates on creating, modifying, and fixing clothing, particularly custom-made attire like suits, jackets, and pants. They typically specialise in sewing men’s garments. However, they also work on tailored pieces for women.

A seamstress, on the other hand, stitches, creates or mends clothes. The person is usually a female who does various hems and sewing and duties, but it can be used for anyone regardless of gender.

Certainly! Our Wellington LookSmart Alterations skilled tailor can definitely take in the seams of your suit jacket and trousers to achieve a slimmer, more streamlined fit. This is one of the most common alterations tailors perform. By carefully removing fabric from the sides, back, and shoulders, they can carefully refine the silhouette to better complement your body shape. The key is maintaining the original design and proportions of the garment while slimming the overall appearance.

Our experienced stylist tailor will get your exact measurements and make the required alterations to ensure a perfect fit.

LookSmart Wellington Central are experts in altering your clothes to fit your individual body shape and size leaving you feeling great and looking amazing. Our specialties include:

• Custom tailoring
• Altering clothes for a perfect fit
• Wedding dress alterations
• Suit tailoring
• Repair of torn or damaged clothing

Whether we are resizing a special suit or adjusting a dress, every tiny detail is closely watched to ensure high quality results.

Maintaining a high level of performance requires a keen attention to detail. The expert tailors in our business ensure that the services they provide contain no visible seams or changes, nothing but amazing work. Visible seams and sewing problems can leave a bad image and fit to your piece. At LookSmart, we pay attention to small details to ensure no repairs and alterations are noticeable. Entrust your garments to us at LookSmart Lambton Square, Wellington, and leave with a suit/dress that has zero traces of repair and alteration.

You can request that we dry clean the garments after alterations are done for an extra cost. We will dry clean versatile and sensitive fabrics with the utmost care, restoring them to pristine and fresh condition so you can wear them longer. Leave your garments to us for alterations and dry cleaning, and you can pick them up during store opening hours in a fresh and pristine condition. Let us clean and press it for you. Our Wellington dry cleaner specialises in handling delicate fabrics such as silk, velvet, satin, cashmere, suede, and wool, ensuring no risk of shrinkage and stretching so your garment stays fresh and vibrant. Entrust your valuable garments to us and pick them up good as new.

LookSmart Alterations maintains a stellar reputation among first-time and repeat customers. We take pride in our craftsmanship through high-quality work and exceptional service across all our stores across New Zealand, providing more than 1 million annual customers with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

At LookSmart, we provide a quadruple guarantee on all your garments and alterations.

Re-alteration Guarantee: If you’re not satisfied with how the alteration comes out, we’ll re-alter it on the spot for free. If it’s impossible to finish the alteration within the day, we’ll deliver it to your address at no extra cost. All our hems are guaranteed for the life of the garment.

100% Money Back Guarantee: If you’re still unsatisfied after the re-alteration, we will refund 100% of the cost.

Competitor Guarantee: Still not satisfied? We will pay for your garment to be altered by a different tailor or suit shop of your choice, not exceeding our prices.

Damaged Garment Guarantee: In the unlikely event that your clothes get damaged during alteration or get lost while in our store, we will reimburse the amount presented with the garment’s receipt or the fair value.

Note that claims against these guarantees must be presented within 4 weeks from the date of receipt.