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October 2024 by Paige Sonnack
Deborah created a custom gold tulle overskirt to wear over my gold sequined gown for my wedding. She was fantastic to work with for the past year-- she was responsive, accommodating and professional. I got SO MANY compliments on my wedding day, she really made my vision come to life! She also did the alteration work on my sequin gown--adding a hem, bustle, shortening straps and taking in the waist.
If you are searching for someone for dress alterations or a custom gown, I cannot recommend Deborah enough!
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June 2024 by Marie Pope
I had my wedding on 6/10/23 and Deborah made the wedding dress of my dreams. A glittery purple/pink dress full of fluttering fabric butterflies.
I felt like Deborah really understood my vision, and was happy to bring my princess dream dress to life. She was kind and completely judgment-free even with my unconventional request.
I highly recommend her services to anyone wanting a dress altered or made from scratch.
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August 2023 by Anya L.
I found out about Beauty By Design from the bridal salon I bought my wedding dress at. I was really happy that I was able to get in pretty quickly to start getting my dress tailored, because a lot of the other places I reached out to were booked through the end of the year, and my wedding is in September. Deborah has been amazing to work with. I really appreciate the time she put into my first appointment to suggest what needed to be changed and altered. She is also awesome for letting me bring my second dress, for my bridal shower, in as well to get altered. The alterations made to both dresses were fantastic and just what I asked for, and then some. I would highly recommend using Beauty By Design for your tailoring needs!
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June 2023 by Shelby Swager
I absolutely loved working with Deborah! I was referred by my wedding planner, I was looking for a black wedding dress which is extremely hard to come by especially in plus size.I made a consult about a year and a half out from my wedding. When I came back for the drawings after the first consult I was amazed at the not one but three options she had for me! They all were amazing and I finally picked one that really fit what I was looking for. Every appointment was amazing, all the steps were super easy for me as well as scheduling. When I came in for my final fitting, about four days before my wedding, the hem in the front was a bit long and Deborah stayed up all night to fix the hem and was ready for me to try on and take home the next day!I absolutely loved my final look, it was everything and more I had hoped for. I cannot recommend this shop enough! Not only was the customer service great, the price was amazing and right around the budget I wanted. Thank you so much for making my vision come to life and helping my big day!
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June 2023 by Alli Prokop
I cannot recommend Beauty by Design enough. I recommend working with Deborah to anyone who has a vision they want brought to life! I worked with Beauty by Design to create a custom top for my wedding dress along with dress alterations (hemming & bustle).I came to her with an idea and she took it from there - from sourcing fabric to creating a custom shape fitted to my body and tweaking every last detail. Her attention to detail and knowledge of tailoring was apparent in the final product. Not to mention, Deborah is polite, professional, and thoughtful to work with. Her pricing is reasonable as well.
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May 2023 by Angelina Villarreal
My dress came out perfect, I met with Deborah more than once to get everything just right. I highly recommend her because she listens to what the bride wants and makes it happen.
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December 2022 by Jordan Brunsberg
Wow. There are really no words to express how thankful I am for Deborah’s work. I had found the “dress if my dreams” earlier in life and unfortunately, the wedding was called off. When I got engaged again, I wanted to go another route to try and capture that special feeling in a different way. Deborah helped me craft a dreamy dress out of my mother’s and grandmother’s gowns. This dress blew any dress I could have found at a store out of the water. It took a lot of structural work and she executed flawlessly. Deborah has the most calming presence - she rolls with the punches and gets the work done on time. From the bottom of my heart, Deborah, THANK YOU.
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March 2021 by Ann Wojcik
Wonderful experience! Careful, knowledgeable, patient, and worked with our every detail!! Highly recommend!
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September 2020 by Anna Glodowski
I went to Beauty by Design after I knew I wanted my wedding dress to be customized for my wedding to my Indian born fiancé. I had tried going to a couple other bespoke designers both locally and nationally and none of them could not offer me the design detail or color and fabric selection like Beauty by Design had – all within a reasonable price point. My wedding and dress were an Indo-American fusion. My dress was not a dress at all, but it was two skirts, a top, and a dupatta.My overall wedding look was whimsical and royal and that I knew I wanted it to pay homage to my Catholic American upbringing and my fiance’s Sikh and Indian roots. When I first met with Deborah I only had a multiple ideas and pictures I had saved from Pinterest. To say that I was all over the place was an understatement, but Deborah had a way of reassuring me that she saw my vision and she was prepared to make it come alive.The next couple visits she worked side by side with me. First by showing me her sketched design for each part of my dress and look. Next, she walked me though the fabric selections, all the while answering every single one of my questions and emails about how my selections would bring my dress to life. She was so easy to work with and catered to all of my needs and even anticipated needs I didn’t know I would have (like how much fullness did I want for each skirt, or how I wanted my sleeves to be slightly capped, but not actually capped or sleeveless)Then came the fun! She began to build each piece of my wedding skirts, my top, and my dupatta. Each new visit another part began to come together with the overall vision and by the end I was in tears – tears of joy, of course!What Deborah had created was better than anything I had brought along for inspiration on my very first appointment. She used them as a guide, but she put my spin on it. She had successfully managed to get inside my head and see what I saw through my eyes. I honestly don’t know how she did it, but she did and for that I have no words other than THANK YOU!She also created a beautiful alteration for my mom’s dress. My mom and I had found a dress at Macy’s, but it was in the juniors section. It was a long spaghetti strap and was something a 16 or 17 year old might wear to homecoming or prom. However my mom is in her early 70s and the look was too young and too long. So I brought my mom to see Deborah and the two of them talked about how she wanted it shortened to between her ankle and knee and she wanted a sleeve, something that would flatter her arms, but would also keep her cool during the August wedding. Deborah took that idea and put together a design that not only went above and beyond my mom’s expectations by nailing all of her requests, so the look was right and flattering, but also made my mom FEEL beautiful!My mom is plus-sized, so she is very self-conscious about her mid-sections, arms, and her legs. Deborah helped my mom see herself like I see her. I see my mom’s mid-section as the place where she carried me and my siblings to term – healthy and happy. I see her arms as the first place I want to run to when something good or bad happens. I see her legs as the anchors to our family – they never wavered in any storm. Again, there are no words, but THANK YOU!If you have the chance for Deborah to make your dress or alter it – hands down she is the best in Minneapolis! She doesn’t just make a recreation of a dress (unless that’s your strict instruction), but she takes a journey with you to get to know you, your style, and all the pieces in between to create a one of kind look that everyone won’t be able to stop talking about at your event!
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July 2020 by Ashley Martyanov
Went here for my wedding dress alterations, cut the dress too short and completely ruined the look of it. Had to come back twice because she wasn’t finished the first time and then overcharged me. Please don’t waste your money here. I am usually very supportive of small businesses but she did a very unprofessional and clumsy job on my dress. Do not go here guys please especially for something so important like a wedding dress :(
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January 2020 by Kelsea Gilliland
Beauty By Design did an amazing job altering my wedding dress. Deborah listened to what I wanted and got my rush order finished in no time! I really appreciate the skill she showed in finishing my dress quickly and professionally. She made me feel confident and beautiful on my big day.
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January 2020 by Marina Gorzig
Deborah did an AMAZING job with my fiancee's dress. Deborah updated my fiancee's mom's dress. It was STUNNING! Deborah preserved the original hand beading on the dress while updating it for my fiancee's style. Deborah listened very closely, was extremely responsive and respectful, and had fantastic/creative ideas on how to update the dress. Deborah was an incredibly important part of an amazing experience!
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December 2019 by Bailey Breems
This shop did a great job at tailoring my wedding dress! My dress was all lace with some additional embroidery/applique around the bottom, so I was nervous about how it would be shortened. Beauty by Design took about 4 inches off the bottom of my dress (they cut around the applique and pulled it up so none of the detail was lost), took out some extra fabric from under my arms, added a nice belt with a bow in the back, and added small buttons so I could bustle the train. Very pleased with the outcome. The price seemed to be in line with what I was getting quoted at other shops too.
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November 2019 by Sarah M
Deborah is fantastic, truly gifted and talented seamstress. She is flexible and helps point you in the right direction for whatever you may be searching for. She helped me customize and create my wedding gown, and it was stunning.the process was stress free and I couldn't have asked for a more perfect dress, all from a single photo.
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November 2019 by Chloe Philion
I needed a few technical alterations completed on my very simple wedding jumpsuit in addition to one more artistic change. She agreed to take me on and charged me after our initial appointment. Two months later, nothing was completed and she insisted on scheduling our final fitting two weeks prior to my wedding day (two more months in the future), urging me that it would be okay despite my worries. On the night before our THIRD appointment, I received a voicemail from Deborah requesting we push back our appointment by a week. I refused and arrived the next day to an incomplete wedding outfit - she had even taken out all of our pins we had put in two months prior to mark the alterations needed. Extremely flustered, she remeasured me and haphazardly completed the alterations. I ultimately took the jumpsuit to a different tailor since the alterations she completed were uneven and done incorrectly so the garment puckered oddly. She never offered to refund me and made me feel like an extremely low priority by putting my outfit off so much. If you need a reliable and respectful tailor, she is not your person.
