Polina is the owner of World Custom Alterations.

Polina moved to the United States with her family in 2003 at 49 years old from Romania. A nurse by trade, Polina tried to find work in her new country but didn’t have the resources to go back to nursing school. Besides nursing, the one other skill she could perform commercially was sewing. Polina started sewing when she was of young age and made her first dress from scratch in fourth grade. She found a position with an alteration store in Novi, MI right away. This is where she learned the business of clothing alterations and she fell in love with it.

In 2005 an opportunity arose for Polina to buy her own store in Northville and she did just that. Fifteen years later, Polina grew her business to what it is now and she became a staple in the community.

Polina specializes in all aspects of clothing alteration, clothing restoration, equestrian clothing, upholstery, draperies and many more; one of her favorite clothing items to work on being wedding gowns.

Polina loves what she does, loves the creativity of her line of business, appreciates her clients and their loyalty to her and she is always giving back to the community.

Olena is our Assistant Manager and she has 17 years’ experience in the industry. She started with World Custom Alterations in 2015, when she moved to the United States from Ukraine.

Prior to working for us, Olena worked in her mother’s tailoring store in Ukraine since she was 20 years of age. This is where Olena learned to sew and soon discovered her passion and talent for this line of business.

Olena gained her experience by working on luxury clothing items, fur coats, bathing suits, dancing costumes amongst many other clothing items and she even created numerous custom made evening gowns for which she developed a soft spot.

Olena is meticulous, detailed and has sublime customer service skills.

Zana is our seamstress and she has 33 years’ experience in the industry.

She moved to the United States in 2016 from Albania and has been working for World Custom Alterations ever since she moved here. Zana was a seamstress in her home country where she owned her own business. She learned how to sew when she was 15 years old from her father.

Zana is passionate about sewing, she is excellent at tailoring men’s suits and she is very efficient.