Silhouettes and Profiles, Alteration & Dressmakers

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Silhouettes and Profiles, Alteration & Dressmakers We specialize in the restoration and alteration of all kind of clothes, and also make our own unique clothes using vintage fabrics, details and patterns.

Especially men’s clothing, wedding gowns and leather fabric Operating since the 1970s, the seamstresses at Silhouettes and Profiles have provided high-quality services to all their customers. They've done alterations for:
- Reese Witerspoon's Jason Wu dress
- costumes worn in "Black Swan" by actresses including Natalie Portman
- Vogue in Spring/Summer 2009
- Jason Wu runway shows
- Shirley McLane's beaded shirt
- Rodarte Spring 2011 collection
- Mark Walsh and Leslie Chin collection
- Costume Institute's "Model As Muse" Gala,
- Chanel Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Poiret Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum of Art

10/13/2026

It’s officially sweater weather! And if you found a hole in your favorite sweater, you can bring it to us to fix. Here’s a peek of how we do that.

10/08/2026

Creating bustles on bridal gown can be quite challenging. Our lovely bride’s gown had 14 of them, and we’re giving you a behind the scenes look at how they were created

Gloves with butterfly attributed to Elsa Schiaparelli in 1938. Professionally restored by Silhouettes&Profiles for Victo...
09/26/2026

Gloves with butterfly attributed to Elsa Schiaparelli in 1938. Professionally restored by Silhouettes&Profiles for Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It’s an honor for us to represent the world famous museum via special cards issued with our work on the cover!

Alteration on beaded sleeves, making it shorter ~2”. Before and after.
07/21/2026

Alteration on beaded sleeves, making it shorter ~2”. Before and after.

Restoration process of a vintage (Victorian era) bag. Before and after.
12/19/2024

Restoration process of a vintage (Victorian era) bag. Before and after.

It’s a great honour to work with such talented designers such as . Every style is like turning fairy tale into reality....
09/19/2024

It’s a great honour to work with such talented designers such as . Every style is like turning fairy tale into reality.

Thank you .rose.shaheen and for another great collection❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Another season, another Fashion Week. It was an exciting week, during which we were able not only to test our strengths ...
09/12/2024

Another season, another Fashion Week. It was an exciting week, during which we were able not only to test our strengths but also to face new “challenges” during which many new ideas were discovered. Here’s a quick recap of Jason Wu’s Runway for SS25!

03/28/2024

It was the garments, the statements of fashion and personality, that mattered.

It was a huge honor to work on a new Jason Wu’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection.
02/13/2024

It was a huge honor to work on a new Jason Wu’s Fall/Winter 2024 collection.

02/21/2023

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