Janet Brunton

This woman is amazing! I don't know how else to describe. I met with 2 seamstresses before her, and spoke to countless others, who all quoted me $550+ for the work I wanted done to my dress, which was to only make the dress into a strapless. I felt discouraged because I wanted more work done to the dress: make the 2 tiers into 4 real tiers (the 2 tiers had lace sewn in between to make it appear like 4 tiers). I decided Janet would be the last person I would meet. I met her 1.5 years prior to the wedding; I didn't know how long this type of job would take, so I wanted to get an early start...just in case. Well, Janet and I hit it off immediately. We talked for about an hour and a half. We discussed design ideas, and she even convinced me that I needed a train, an idea I fell hard for! Then came the scary part...pricing. Obviously she won me over.

She is one of the most thoughtful women I know, and she really puts her heart and soul into the dress. I feel it when I wear my dress. And we've since become friends because we have worked so closely together in making my dress a reality.

She has done other dresses for me, and she never disappoints. I will continue to use her again and again!

My dress was 3 inches too small in back (I was a little overambitious with my weight loss plan when I ordered it) when I first brought it to Janet, and she somehow used the silk from the hem to sew it in back then replace all the buttons up the back and it looked perfect… Anyway, she’s amazing, and her prices are so low I gave her an insanely high tip to compensate. She’s also the sweetest vendor I had in addition to being super talented.

I was referred to Janet by daNrr and I am SO glad I called her! Janet was such a treat to work with. I don’t think I’ve ever met a sweeter, more caring, thoutful lady in my life. It is so refreshing to work with someone so delightful. Not to mention the fact that she is good at what she does! My dress looked awesome. I had her remove the top ruffle, add bra cups, shorten the hemline, and figure out a bustle for my complicated, uneven dress, and she did a fabulous job. Plus she had the idea of turning the ruffle fabric in to a garter (which turned out great) and steamed by dress, crinoline and veil. On top of all that, her prices are VERY reasonable. (Honestly, I felt like I was ripping her off) I can’t recommend her enough. She is such a wonderful person and a good seamstress.

Janet was wonderful! She was able to pick out every detail of the dress and fix items I didn't even notice. She did a wonderful job on my dress. The whole day I received compliments on every detail, down to the bustle she did. I could not have found someone more professional and sweet, something every bride needs to put them at ease!

Janet truly made my Monique Lhuillier fit like a glove. She is a very good seamstress and her attention to detail is impeccable. She made sure I was happy with the alterations, but above all, she made sure I felt beautiful in it.

Janet did a great job on my dress and had everything done on time. She is SUCH a sweet lady with a huge heart and works her butt off. The only reason she didn’t get a + is because she missed one bustle and all night I was tripping on my dress (just a little) There were 9 pins and she missed one, so there were only 8, NOT a big deal at all, you couldn’t even tell by looking at it, everything else was perfect!

Janet was great to work with! I had a Jasmine H939 dress and she hemmed it, took it in, bustled, and pressed it for me. She was very sweet and patient with me when I went back and forth on what type of bustle I wanted. At my final fitting there was a slight bump on my hip and when I told her I could just cover it with my hand on my hip she made me take it off on the spot so she could fix it. I loved that! She also charged my way less than what Mon Amie quoted me for alterations.

Based on recommendation, she is a sweetheart to work with. Definitely know what she is doing, I have my dress done within 2 weeks. Happy and comfortable with the result. Her price is unbeatable, she charged 35 - 50% less than the other 2 vendors that I found.

Janet did a STUNNING job after the alterations person at the wedding store ruined my dress. She fixed it in a rush because my wedding was a week away. She is extremely affordable and could not be a more caring or nicer person. I wish I would have known and gone to her originally, she is so kind. I honestly cannot say enough good things about Janet.

Janet was awesome. She works out of her house and was very nice. I went to see her three times. Once to drop off the dress and have her pin the hem (all I needed done was the hem and bustle) once to check the skirt and then to pick it up. I was really picky about how the skirt looked when bustled, but she never lost patience with me and kept at it until I was satisfied. My dress had pick-ups so it was a bit harder to work with, but she did a great job. Her price was amazing! She did the hem, a 7 point bustle and steamed the dress for $175. Amazing!

Janet worked wonders on my dress. My dress was a little difficult because of all the detail and bead work! But she worked her magic and it looked beautiful! Only problem was that when we tried to bustle it, the button broke off and I just held it most of the night. I think this had to do with all the movement and getting in and out of the limo.

Janet is amazing! She altered my best friend's dress when I was the MOH and also did my dress a few weeks ago! Her quality is awesome (she won't let you walk away unless she is fully satisfied with the alterations!) and her prices can't be beat. Definitely go to Janet!

What would I have done with out her!! Since I had my dress purchased in the UK I was running out of time by the time we needed to travel to LA. So my dress didn't have it's final alterations done until I got there. Freaked out I researched and found Janet, thank goodness! She made it so easy and she was spot on with what was needed in pleanty of time for the wedding. She get's big points from me!

Janet was very sweet and pretty good. My dress fit like a glove, but there were some beads that were missing, but it wasn't noticable unless you come really close and looked at the bodice of the dress. I would give 5 stars for price, 4 1/2 stars for final product.

She is a nice person, which is why I gave 2 stars. However, I would really really not recommend her. If you want to know why, you can e-mail me.

Janet did an amazing job shortening and doing the bustle on my dresses. She was easy to work with and her prices are very reasonable. I highly recommened her.

I chose to take my dress to Janet because of her high ratings on-line. Even though she's in Irvine and I'm in LA, I thought it was worth the drive to turn my dress over to someone I really trusted. And she was even better than I had imagined. She knew exactly what to do, had clear suggestions, and really understood what I wanted. She is sweet and comforting, very professional and very skilled. I had a bad experience with the tailor at the dress shop where I originally bought my dress, so Janet had to correct someone else's work. She could instantly see where the problems were, and even found a stray needle floating around in my dress that the other tailor has left there. I just got married three days ago, and I can say that my dress was perfect in every way. Janet is amazing, and I highly recommend her to anyone who's getting ready for their big day.

I recently picked up my dress after having it bustled and hemmed and I love the bustle. I used Janet Brunton in the OC and she was awesome. Her fees are very reasonable and she is such a sweet lady. She will work with you on getting the dress back to you quicky. She even strategically hid a few of the bustle points by adding a couple tiny appliques that matched my dress. I highly recommend her.

I can not speak more of this sweet woman. She initially looked at my preowned Kenneth Pool gown in early February. She was very meticulous and really knew her stuff. She went over the details with the dress and even planned a course of action just within an hour consultation with her at her home.

To my horror, my dress was ruined by View Cleaners in Irvine, California. The owner basically denied any liability for damages and I had to take him to court. Janet was so sweet and supportive. She wrote a letter to the court and she even accompanied me to court today to serve as a witness. She really stands up for what's right and I appreciate her honesty and integrity.

I hope it turns out my way because the cleaners damaged my dress in the dry cleaning process and the owner wanted to claim that all damages happened during the wetcleaning process when I signed a waiver that they insisted that I do. Apparently today, I had told them to "do whatever it takes to get the stains out" even though they were under the train and I was wearing it again so cleaning until the point of damage makes no sense. Of course, he changed his story today in court and said that he never even dry cleaned the dress even though he had told me prior that he didn't have a bag big enough to put the dress in during the dry cleaning process and that he has one for beaded sweaters to prevent snags, but not for expensive wedding gowns.

Janet was supportive the whole way, even after the cleaner basically said that my beading was cheap and that's why the dress was damaged. I find this so hilarious for him to say this because he apparently was smart enough to go to Saks Fifth Avenue to find out the price of the dress which retailed aroudn $5,000!! I HIGHLY doubt dresses that retail for that much have cheap beading! He clearly doesn't know what he's talking about and he apparently does not know a thing about cleaning wedding gowns!

Regardless of the results from the trial, my arguments in court today wouldn't be nearly as strong without her. She's truly a great person and I would trust my dress to her any day.

Thanks Janet!

Janet is a sweetheart!

As a bride, you feel welcomed and embraced by her kind nature. Her work is beautiful and she doesn't stop until you are 100% satisfied with the outcome.

Christina