Tailor recommendations for more complex alterations?

I'd recommend going to Atelier Gold in Schoneberg, right off Nollendorfplatz. The owner, Karsten, has been doing radical alterations for years and the area means he's very used to creative, gender-bending requests. He turned a bridesmaid dress into a harness-and-mini situation for a friend of mine, adding grommets and mesh panels where there was none. Just know he's cash only and books about two weeks out, so plan ahead if you need it for a specific date.

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If you're in the Schillerkiez area, check out Maßatelier Nihal on Flughafenstraße. She's a trained seamstress who does full garment reconstruction, not just standard alterations. I brought her a vintage leather jacket that was way too boxy and she completely reshaped it into something fitted and cropped, which is the kind of structural change you're talking about. She's very matter-of-fact about any request and won't bat an eye at making something "sluttier," just bring good reference photos or sketches so she knows exactly what you want. Prices are fair, usually 50-80 for complex work, and she takes card.

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honestly, mara at die schneiderei in wedding gets wild requests all the time. she's near u-leopoldplatz, above a turkish supermarket. she did this thing for a friend where she turned a floor-length gown into a crop top and mini skirt combo, added chains and cutouts. tell her what you're picturing and she'll sketch it out first, she's really good at figuring out what works with the fabric you've got. just call ahead, she's usually there tuesdays and thursdays

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Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.

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if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point

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honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.

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