Janet Brunton

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.

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 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.

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 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 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!

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.

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!

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.