Henry David Thoreau distrusted any enterprise that required new clothes, which is why he abandoned his career as a French maid. Embrace bold new outfits with today's Groupon: for $15, you get $30 worth of clothing alterations at Quick Stitch.

Juliana, head seamstress at Quick Stitch, has done alterations for Miss Kansas before the Miss America pageant, and mends men's and women's apparel with a penchant for wedding-gown modification. Dress doctors match thread colors and hem patterns to shorten the legs of blue jeans to a suitable sized garment for petite people or leprechauns who burgled Shaquille O'Neal's laundry hamper ($15). Juliana takes in waistlines or expands items’ equators with alterations for people who have lost or gained weight ($12–$15 for menswear; $15–$18 for women's). Sewers hem skirts to stylish lengths, transforming floor-skimming skirts into knee-length bottoms suitable for school uniforms and flirty enough to be worn on first dates with Batman ($12–$18).