Formal

Modest Prom Rentals serves customers primarily from its store location in Mapleton, Utah. However, photos of the available dresses are displayed online to make selection easy, and the store told us that they can ship some dresses for rent to other states in the United States. The larger dresses may be cost prohibitive to ship, but the more moderate dresses are feasible for shipping to out-of-state renters.

Lynette Robinson is an expert in wedding and formal gowns. She designs several of her own collections, including Callista and Crystal Couture, which are distributed through several bridal retailers in the United States. Lynette and her husband David operate a retail gallery in Riverdale, Utah, where brides from around the nation come to find an extensive collection of gowns or to collaborate with Lynette in creating their own custom design. Lynette's alterations team is skilled at adding sleeves to strapless styles, including the popular Maggie Sottero Collection. Only a few styles are shown on Lynette's various websites, so contact the store for a personal consultation.

Jackets and shawls from various designers may be found from this retailer that fulfills online, international orders from its store location in Missouri. A modest dresses category exists, though only a few designs offer truly modest necklines. This company has in the past advertised a service of obtaining matching fabric from the manufacturers of some of the dresses, expanding the options for adding coverage to non-modest styles, so inquire in person about this possibility.

Add sleeves and shoulder coverage to formal dresses with affordable boleros in many styles and colors from Amazon. One bride we know asked her bridesmaids to each choose their own dress in the same color to wear underneath matching boleros for a coordinated yet custom effect.

Located in Teaneck, New Jersey, Couture de Bride carries over 250 bridal gowns in stock and provides custom design services for Jewish and other brides looking for modest wedding and formal dresses.

Donna Anderson runs this boutique out of her Southern California home, providing modest wedding dress and formals to customers in person by appointment as well as long distance through her website. A Dressy Occasion carries many popular brands of modest wedding dresses and formals.

The store that exclusively carries the Epoch modest bridal and bridesmaid collection is Chatfield's Bridal Boutique, the only all-modest bridal store in the state of Missouri.

Kathleen Clifford designs her own exclusive label of modest dresses as well as offers dresses from other manufacturers that are altered for modesty at the cutting stage in the factory. Kathleen's is an all-modest retailer with a full-service website and two retail stores in Maysville, Utah. From the site, "Whether it be to raise or lower a neckline, change a sleeve style, add or take off embellishments or take off a train, our bridal consultants are more than happy to explain and assist you with any custom fit options you desire."

Explore the listings at this primary link to find formal and bridal gowns for Jewish weddings from many independent companies in the New York City area. One company on the list is Raquel, pictured here. Most of the designer gowns available from Raquel are custom made either for purchase or for rent. A showroom with samples is located at 1732 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Call 718.645.6096 in the United States for more information.

Cute jackets and add-on sleeves in varying lengths are featured in the Coverage Options section of the David's Bridal website, a retailer with over 300 store locations in the United States and Puerto Rico.