Formal

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.

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.

This website is primarily an avenue for promoting the Bridal Image retail store, however, online orders are also accepted. Only a handful of the many styles carried by this retailer are shown online.

This formal and bridal retail store in the state of Washington offers several brands of modest dresses that may be ordered online. An optional neckline alteration service is provided to bring necklines higher (to meet Jewish standards). The alteration is done at the cutting stage in the factory for special orders so that no extra piecing is visible. In-stock merchandise is also available.

This line centers around colorful chiffon layering to achieve simple silhouettes. Several modest suits are also available. If a local retailer is not available, you may order online from Ursula of Switzerland at House of Brides.

Most of the special occasion styles from Collection 20 by Watters have higher necklines and sleeves or lend themselves to layering with a formal top or camisole underneath. For instance, Kate's Camisole's Boutique offers layering tops made from lace, velvet and other formal fabrics.