Bridal · Formalwear · Custom

A Dressmaker's Gift

A small Yonge Street atelier where a gown becomes yours — wedding dresses taken in by a quarter inch, hems set to the right shoe, bustles built to last the night, and pieces made entirely from scratch. Fitted by hand, on you.

A bride in a long-sleeved lace wedding gown standing in an open doorway
Fitted by hand — every seam, every season
I

The dress, made yours.

A Dressmaker's Gift is a midtown studio near Yonge and Eglinton built around one quiet idea — that a beautiful dress is only finished once it fits the person wearing it. Off the rack it's a size; on you it should be a second skin.

“We don't alter the dress to a number. We alter it to you.”

Whether it's a wedding gown that travelled in a suitcase, a mother-of-the-bride dress that needs the right length, or a piece imagined from a sketch and a bolt of silk, the work is the same: careful hands, real fittings, and the time it actually takes to get it right.

Close-up of hands hand-stitching a hem with needle and thread
II

What we do.

III

How a fitting goes.

  1. 1

    Bring the dress & the shoes

    Come by appointment with the gown and the heels you'll actually wear. Hem, length and proportion all start from there.

  2. 2

    Pin & plan

    We fit it on you, pin what needs to move, and talk through what's possible — and what's worth leaving alone.

  3. 3

    Finished & final-fit

    The work is done by hand and machine, then you return for a final fitting so it's right before it leaves the studio.

IV

Visit the studio.

2409 Yonge Street
Toronto, Ontario

Tuesday — Friday
10:00 am — 6:00 pm
Saturday
10:00 am — 4:00 pm
Sunday — Monday
Closed
416 · 485 · 5845

Fittings by appointment — please call ahead.

Midtown, steps from Eglinton station. Allow time for two or three fittings before your date.

A quarter inch at a time. Made yours.