We’ve all got one.

The dress that made you feel amazing. The jacket you’ve owned for years. Those trousers that somehow go with everything. They’re still in great condition but somehow don’t fit the way they once did.

For many of us, those garments end up pushed to the back of the wardrobe, waiting for a day that never comes.

For Mahbou from Alterations Now, they’re exactly the kind of challenge she loves!

Mahbou has been helping customers achieve the perfect fit for more than 24 years. While many people think of alterations as simple hems and repairs, she’s become known for the more complex work that others won’t attempt, resizing dresses, reshaping leather jackets, adjusting formalwear and carefully altering treasured garments to suit their owners once again.

Her passion for sewing began long before she opened Alterations Now. As a child, Mahbou would accompany her mother to the local tailor and eagerly collect fabric offcuts from the workshop floor, using them to create clothes for her dolls. That creative curiosity never left her.

Today, it’s paired with decades of experience and a reputation built on trust. Local Collins Street retailers regularly refer customers to Mahbou for alterations, while other alteration businesses send their more challenging jobs her way, knowing she has the skill and craftsmanship to find a solution.

Of course, not every alteration needs to be complex. Sometimes a simple adjustment can completely transform the way a garment looks and feels.

A waist adjustment can improve comfort and shape. Shortened sleeves can make a jacket feel custom-made. Small changes often have a surprisingly big impact.

So, before you give up on that well-loved but forgotten item, consider what might be possible with the right alterations.

The perfect fit could be closer than you think.