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| - When I asked my girlfriends who I should take my bridesmaid dress to for alterations, the vote was unanimous: Cheries Dressmaking. "There is no one else," one said. "You'll never find better," said another. I quickly crosschecked their reference with the Interweb, and my fellow Yelp reviewers backed their claims.
So off I went for a stroll down the beautiful Markham Street (side note: one of Toronto's prettiest little stretches) and brought my floor-length gown up the stairs to meet a new friend in Cherie. Her tiny little dress shop sits above a store. She works frantically from a room full of gowns, with old patterns pinned on the wall and an adorable sewing station that bathes in the sunlight from a huge bay window.
The wonderful Cherie is as funny as she is talented. When I initially purchased my dress from a bridal shop in Ajax, I left in tears as they forced me to order a size that was much too large. I had been on a steady weight loss kick and knew the piece I had to sign off on wasn't going to work by the time the wedding came around, and man was I right. Cherie was not impressed with the sizing and told me I should have put my foot down more (she's right) but that she could fix it (because she's awesome). So she took my measurements and we parted ways.
Three weeks later I went to pick up my dress and it was again way too big! Cherie double checked her original measurements, but I had since achieved new ones. While I was (super) proud with the results, (crazy) panic set in when the dress didn't fit. The wedding was two days away!
"We just need to take it in again," Cherie said. I was leaving town the very next day. "Can it be ready by tomorrow?" I asked, fighting tears. "It has to be don't it!" she said.
And it was. Cherie truly is a miracle worker. She'll entertain you while you wait and she'll get you what you want. My dress was altered twice, once in an emergency situation, and she didn't even charge me extra. What a woman!
Highly recommended for major alterations, small fixes and original pieces.
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