Dresses

These slips with decorative hems are intended to show underneath skirts to add below-the-knee lengths of 27" to 29." Designer Jennifer Young writes, "The idea occurred to me that I could embellish my hemline as well as creating one slip that would add trendy layers and much-needed length to my skirts and dresses."

Plenty of stylish, modest options may be ordered from this online clothing retailer. Both casual clothing items and formal dresses are offered.

Appleseed's mail order catalog and online store offer classic, loose-fitting styles for misses', petites' and women's sizes. Stock rotates seasonally, and the dresses category usually contains several suits with long skirts and sometimes a loose-fitting jumper.

Find cute dresses with sleeves and higher necklines from this manufacturer. Most of the skirts end right at the knee, so one idea for increasing length is to add a slip from Vintage Hem. Casual, dressy, bridesmaid and maternity dress styles are offered.

Traditional, loose-fitting designs are carried by this online re-seller of clothing created by other manufacturers. The majority of stock consists of long skirts for women. Several long dress and jumper options in girls' sizes are also worth mentioning.

Traditional, simple styles of clothing are handmade by this family-owned company. Girls' styles are available in addition to women's regular, plus and maternity styles. Online product displays are limited while the website is undergoing a re-design.

The thousands of one-of-a-kind products available from this vintage warehouse will take time to view, but plenty of modest options exist, especially in the maxi dress and skirt categories.

Willow Ridge offers basic, traditional designs with a relaxed fit and longer lengths, including tops, skirts, dresses and suits.

Metrostyle offers a rare find in today's market, suits with long skirts. This company also manufactures a handful of long skirt separates and long dresses.

Based in Chennai, India, and shipping internationally, Zapelle offers designer styling with a rare concept in customer service, the ability to order your own custom lengths of hemlines, necklines and sleeves for each style. Prices are listed in your choice of US dollars or Indian rupees, but payment is also accepted in other currencies. This company has a good reputation for e-mail and phone customer support and for security of credit card transactions. A similar India-based company with overlap in styles is eShakti.