UNPARALLELED STYLING AND ALTERATION CRAFTSMANSHIP BY THE BEST WEST LAKES TAILORS
The Most Trusted Tailor West Lakes Has To Offer
Get that PERFECT FIT with LookSmart, Your Go-To Tailor, Stylist, and Dry Cleaner in West Lakes
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Superior Alteration Services West Lakes Know and Love
LookSmart is the West Lakes go-to store for suit and dress alterations, clothing repairs, and dry cleaning services loved by over 1M+ customers in SA. Our 120+ locations across Australia and New Zealand ensure we have you covered wherever life brings you.
Our team will resize jeans and tailor-fit business suits, as well as repair all garments, including wedding dresses. Receive a swift, friendly, and high-quality service that millions of happy customers & fashion retailers know and love.
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LookSmart Services
Whether you need us to repair visible tears in your dress, press and dry clean your suit, or have it altered for a big fashion event, you are in the care of the best tailors in West Lakes and Australia.
Clothing Alterations and Repairs
Whether you need us to take in the waist, shorten pants or jeans, and restyle your wedding dress, we can make them look and feel exactly as you want. All our alteration services have a fast turnaround time to keep up with all styling and fashion needs life offers.
Dry Cleaning
Our expert staff will carefully handle, dry clean, and press delicate fabrics like silk, suede, velvet, cashmere, satin, chiffon, and premium wool. When you return, enjoy impeccable services and pick up a fresh, clean, and flawlessly pressed garment.
Invisible Mending
We take individual threads from the interior fabric of the garment and fix the damaged areas by reweaving the threads to provide an “invisible” repair.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a tailor do?
Our tailors repair, modify, resize, and restyle jeans, business suits, dresses, and garments to fit your preferences and measurements. LookSmart is the largest team of expert tailors and stylists in the West Lakes and the rest of Australia, known for turning store-bought clothes into the perfect outfit.
Clothes should fit you, not the other way around. Our broad range of fast and reliable alterations services in West Lakes guarantees a tailored appeal and quality from off-the-rack clothes.
What do you bring to get tailored?
Feel free to wear your jeans, pants, and casual clothes when having your measurements taken. Our tailors advise wearing a dress shirt or shapewear you plan to wear with the business suit, as it gives you an idea of how you should look once alterations are finished.
You can also wear the shoes/footwear that you want to wear with the pants or trousers. This helps our West Lakes tailors measure the perfect fit and ensure the garment enhances your look from the waist down.
How long does an alteration or tailoring take?
How long our alterations take will vary depending on the type of job required, how fast you need it, and whether it’s during peak seasons such as the New Year. All expert services from our tailors, including business suit and dress alterations, have a 24-hour turnaround time.
This means you get your business suit and garments fully altered, dry-cleaned, and pressed, ready by the next day—plus a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Visit our nearest West Lakes and Adelaide store or contact us at (08) 8355 6522, and we’ll gladly answer your questions about our range of professional alteration services.
How much will the alteration cost?
When you choose our tailors at West Lakes or anywhere in Adelaide for alterations, we’ll assess your garment, take measurements, and discuss your requests before arriving at a final cost. Breathing new life from old clothes or store-bought jeans requires the following factors:
Type of Alterations
Simple alterations like hemming or shortening are easier than tailor-fitting business suits and wedding dresses. Our tailors will let you know what type of alterations are necessary to achieve your desired fit, be it simple size adjustments in the waist area or lengthening the pants for a more flattering look.
Number of Alteration Jobs
Our expert tailors in West Lakes will determine the number of alteration jobs required when determining a price. For instance, business suits that only need hemming or taking in will cost less than fitting to the right size, lengthening, and adding details altogether.
Condition and Age
Brand-new clothes with less wear and tear cost less to repair and alter than fitting and mending older garments and worn-out jeans. Our West Lakes shops offer invisible mending for heavily damaged business suits and garments, but matching fabrics for older patterns may be difficult to source.
Fabric Type
The material used for your business suits and wedding dress can affect the cost of altering or repairing it. Fabrics such as silk, velvet, suede, cashmere, premium wool, and lace are more difficult to work with than versatile ones.
Extra Details
Aside from alterations, adding extra details, such as embroidery, beadings, tulle, and custom laces, creates stunning highlights and enhances the overall look of the suit. This can boost your overall appeal and style when presenting in front of an audience.
Have your colleagues zoom in and examine the meticulous craftsmanship of our expert tailors in West Lakes and Australia. Note that the accessories and details added may cost you extra, depending on their complexity and the materials used.
What is the difference between a seamstress and a tailor?
Our seamstresses specialise in sewing fabrics into clothes and garments. Conversely, tailors are responsible for fitting an outfit or altering it to fit a customer’s body shape perfectly. At LookSmart in West Lakes, our expert tailors provide dressmaking and alteration services for customers in the area and the greater Adelaide region. You’ll find our team hemming bespoke suits and mending scratches, and we also create custom masterpieces and suits for your big day.
Can a tailor make my suit slimmer?
Definitely! Your suits, jeans, dresses, and clothes should fit your body, not the other way. Visit our 120+ shops in Australia and Adelaide, and we’ll provide a perfect look and perfect fit with store-bought suits and coats.
Each client has a unique fit and preferred style, but if you bought something too tight, loose, or plain, we got you covered.
Choose from a broad range of alteration services from our 120+ shops in Adelaide and Australia, all with 100% satisfaction guarantee. Leave your business suits to us, and we’ll adjust your garments to fit your body shape best and leave a flattering look.
What type of alterations do you specialise in?
Experience the following services loved by our customers and fashion retail outlets:
Will my alteration be noticeable?
Be it in Adelaide or the rest of Australia, our staff looks at the smallest detail when making alterations, ensuring no imperfections and seams when you claim it back. A few loose threads from poor alterations and scrappy workmanship can mean tight jeans, unfit dresses, and a poorly fitting suit, which is definitely a buzz-kill when performing during a show, delivering a report, or standing in front of many eyes.
By choosing our West Lakes team for your alteration services, you’re entrusting your garments to the best tailors and stylists, who will consider your body shape and style throughout the alteration process.
In certain cases where your garment requires repair from visible scratches, tears, and holes, you can avail yourself of our invisible mending services across our shops in Australia. We will take individual threads from your clothes’ interior and meticulously reweave them back to the damaged sections, leaving a perfect finish.
Is dry cleaning included in the alteration service?
You can request to have the garment dry-cleaned after altering them so they’re style-ready as soon as you claim them back.
At LookSmart, we are experts in handling delicate fabrics such as velvet, satin, silk, cashmere, suede, and wool, preventing any risk of shrinkage and stretching. Entrust your valuable garments to us and pick them up fresh as new.
Do you offer any guarantee on your alterations?
At LookSmart Alterations, we take pride in a stellar reputation from our first-time and repeat customers. We maintain the highest standards in our craft through high-quality work and exceptional customer service, providing you with a 100% satisfaction guarantee. You can enjoy a quadruple guarantee on all your garments and alterations.
Note that claims against these guarantees must be presented within 4 weeks from the date of receipt.