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Fitting and creating clothes exclusively for you. We also provide guidance regarding fabric and trim sourcing, content and care labels, and size labels.
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Centrally located in the Executive Suites at Water Tower Place, one of Chicago’s best kept secrets for the last 30 years is your go-to atelier for fashion. The Dress Doctor Soheila Ghofrani and her team of expert seamstresses can finely replicate any article of clothing, even from a photo, garnering praise from Vogue magazine as the best “Copy Cat” in the Midwest. Specializing in couture and high-

end contemporary designs for men and women, The Dress Doctor can take any alteration to the next level by meticulously fitting and adjusting clothing to suit any figure without ruining the integrity of the garment. Specialties include precision tailoring, custom garment construction and reconstruction, repair, resizing, and bridal alterations. The Dress Doctor also provides a Wardrobe Detox service where a team of experts refresh, rejuvenate, and reorganize your wardrobe in the privacy of your home. The Dress Doctor prides itself on collaborating with both up-and-coming and established artists to design for any event. In addition to design assistance, our team will assist in both sample and production pattern-making, sending out patterns for grading and marking, and will create samples or duplicates for any runway or showroom. A small production lot can also be utilized with no minimums. From custom couture garments and wardrobe organization, to imagining and creating a new clothing line, The Dress Doctor is dedicated to making every client’s design ideas a reality through outstanding customer service and attention to detail.

09/27/2022

06/19/2022

Honoring a very important person today. A lot of our clients knew him as Kas but he was my uncle and like a father to me. For many years Kas helped run our show room by acting as a comfort to so many of our brides and clients, chatting away on the phone with our regulars, and keeping our schedule organized. His humor and kindness always brightened up our day and made some stressful situations a lot easier to deal with. Thank you for your time and all that you gave to our family and our business. We were lucky to have known you and miss you greatly 🥀

06/09/2020

01/22/2020

Our gorgeous bride Gina in her beautiful lace gown from with her husband and adorable rescue pup from our friends at swipe till the end for amazing veil photo ✨
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01/20/2020

Our beautiful bride Beth getting ready with mom. We were lucky enough to do alterations for both Beth and her mom, and after multiple fittings on Beths sample gown it became her very own.
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01/18/2020

Final inspection on a gown and cape from book now for your spring wedding!

12/21/2019

Hand in hand✨
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12/21/2019

One of our favorite and most fashion forward brides Olivia in her gown
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12/03/2019

Our gorgeous bride Anna in her beautifully fit gown from Anna was very patient with us in our process and was always happy to be in our fitting room ♥️ what many brides don’t realize is that the simplest gown can actually be the hardest to alter because there is no room for error. We appreciate you Anna for being our bride and trusting us with your beautiful gown!
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@ Charleston, South Carolina

12/01/2019

Happy Anniversary to this beautiful bride ♥️ .templeton came to us with an idea and with the help of the amazing team at we were able to pull off her dream dress! Her gown was originally cap sleeves so we recut it’s foundation to create a set-in sleeve and she couldn’t have looked more perfect!
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11/27/2019

Our stunning bride in her beautifully fit gown. Standard sizing doesn’t always allow for the easiest alterations, but with the patience of our bride (her dress was in two pieces at one point) and the fine skills of our team we were able to make Amina look effortless and beautiful for her wedding day. Thank you Amina for trusting us!
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11/12/2019

Vintage and timeless ✨
Our Mary chose TILDA a satin long sleeve ballgown from our boutique 🖤
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@ Chicago, Illinois

11/08/2019

Restyled Bride!
Our gorgeous bride Brianna brought in a gown that had straps and was all@white. She described her vision and we worked some magic! The bodice was modified as off the shoulder and we created a sash and bow to complete her look. Thank you for working with us on your dream dress!🖤
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11/01/2019

Happy Anniversary to our beautiful bride 🖤♥️🖤♥️🖤
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10/28/2019

Dreaming of this ✨
Our wonderful bride Jessica in her gown from her bodice wasn’t fitting exactly how she pictured so the team at Alice in Ivory acted fast and got us material from the designer to recut the top. You wouldn’t know that we even touched it, the fit came out exactly as Jessica had hoped. We are lucky to have supportive stores working with us to make sure the process is seamless up until the end for you.
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10/27/2019

Our amazing bride Susan brought in a gown from the 1950’s that her great aunt and mother both wore at the weddings. Instead of restyling, she had us restore and custom fit this beautiful and extremely delicate piece. It took about 12 hours just to take apart the bodice because as soon as you would pull one thread the lace would come apart. After hours of work and several muslin fittings we brought the piece back to life and kept the integrity of the original design and still had it match Susan’s personality, which as you can see is playful, whimsical and kind. Thank you for working with us on such an amazing project!
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@ Military Aviation Museum

10/22/2019

Our beautiful bride in her custom gown from our boutique and a custom veil! A unique but timeless look, thank you for being our bride!
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10/04/2019

This absolute beauty having the best time ever was one of our favorite brides to work with ✨♥️ Mia’s gown was a clean and classic crepe silhouette from
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@ Chicago, Illinois

09/16/2019

Congrats to Giselle & Corban on their beautiful wedding in Las Vegas! Both had their garments altered at The Dress Doctor and shared their fitting experience with each other (highly recommended)♥️
Giselle is the daughter of Soheila, the actual Dress Doctor, so this was a very special time for everyone!
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Veil @ 7 Magic Mountains

09/01/2019

Final touches on this amazing gown available through our boutique can’t wait for this Colorado wedding!

08/31/2019

Final stitches on this gown ✨
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06/30/2019

Our beautiful bride Jill wore a gown from our boutique and was married in the mountains of Colorado ✨ swipe to see more
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06/24/2019

Happy Birthday to Soheila The Dress Doctor! She’s had The Dress Doctor for the past 35 years and is continuing to grow her business every year. Currently her workroom staffs 15 highly skilled women (including her daughter) who are experts in their craft and we are all lucky to work with her. We wish her a happy and healthy year ✨♥️

06/03/2019

Did you know that we sell gowns in our showroom through our boutique ? We also carry bridal separates and couture veils to compliment and customize you look ✨book now to see our collections✨

05/24/2019

Cheers to Friday! Excited for all of our brides getting married this weekend ✨
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Our gorgeous bride in her customized gown from with custom gauntlet gloves using extra fabric from her gown
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04/19/2019

A lovely visit to the X pop-up shop featuring an amazing “paper doll” concept called Amsale x You.
Visit Amsale’s website to book with the Chicago team and preview little white dresses that will be available soon in our shop-in-shop ✨
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03/19/2019

Our gorgeous bride Lauren!

03/19/2019

Classic Bride ✨
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Our beautiful bride Kate in her lovely Rime Arodaky gown from Alice In Ivory

03/08/2019

in her dream dress ✨
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Our beautiful bride Serena worked with Anomalie to design and create her dream dress and we had fun getting it to fit perfectly!
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02/08/2019

Flurry photos are our favorite ✨
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Our beautiful bride Kate in her bright red gown, we love bold colors for your wedding day!

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Water Tower Place 845 N Michigan Avenue Suite 946E
Chicago, IL

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http://www.dressdoctor.com/

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About The Dress Doctor Herself

Soheila Ghofrani, also known as The Dress Doctor, has been an expert in her craft for over 30 years.

Her childhood summers were spent working for her uncle, a prominent tailor in Iran. Constantly surrounded by threads and needles, she learned French sewing techniques from both her uncle and her mother at home. Eventually Soheila decided to study Architecture, moving to the United States in 1979. To supplement her income, she would sew and make small alterations for her professors.

Upon realizing that her passion was for fashion design, Soheila changed her focus and began taking classes at Ray-Vogue College of Design. There she met her mentor who suggested she work at a company called The Dress Doctor to gain more experience. She bought The Dress Doctor a year later in 1986.

An expert in garment construction, she can completely restyle existing garments, make an identical replica of a couture gown, or custom design with a client's specific lifestyle in mind. Her talents have been praised throughout multiple media outlets.

Soheila's daughter, Giselle Ghofrani, has also paved a way for herself in the fashion world. Giselle launched Belle Custom Atelier in New York City in 2015. Born into the world of fashion, she worked alongside her mother Soheila Ghofrani (The Dress Doctor) from a young age, learning the art of sewing and patternmaking. She has held positions in design and development for Vera Wang, Marchesa, and J.Mendel. After several years of creating custom garments for clients of Julie Sabatino’s The Stylish Bride, she decided to move back to her hometown of Chicago to carry on her mother’s legacy. Previously serving the custom design needs of New York City, Belle Custom Atelier has opened a shop-in-shop at The Dress Doctor. This new location allows clients in Chicago to meet directly with Giselle for custom bridal inquiries and also to see designer collections she carries exclusively in Chicago, including J.Mendel Bridal and Anna Georgina Bridal. As a shop-in-shop at The Dress Doctor, Belle has access to a full atelier in Chicago as well as their partners in New York City, allowing them to provide clients with the best patternmakers, seamstresses, and materials in the industry.