Sample Sale - Modest Wedding Dresses

Received information from several of our designers on the designs that will be discontinued in 2012.  In addition, we have several designs from Eternity Gowns, a company that recently closed their doors.  That means we can no longer special order these designs.

We purchased a great deal of the excess inventory from designers at a huge discount, which in turn we will pass on to our brides. This means a brand new, never tried on dress at amazing prices.

Please pass this on to any bride looking for modesty.

Here is the link to our sample gowns on sale now:  www.chatfieldsboutique.com/gallery3.htm

If you see a dress you LOVE, contact us right away - once their gone we can no longer order new ones.

Modest Bridesmaid and Evening Dresses - Under $100

In the previous post, I mentioned the closure of Eternity Gowns and the frustration in finding modest bridesmaid and evening dresses.

I have found two designers that have good reputations and thought we should share with our followers.
Diviine Modestee carries several modest dresses that can be used for a special evening or bridesmaid dress.  Unfortunately they only carry up to a size XL, which according to their size chart is a 14/16.
Diviinemodestee - Modest Dresses

The second designer we have found is
Dainty Jewells Website

Very cute dresses that can easily be mixed and matched to match the color palate of a wedding.  She is an Apostolic seamstress so the dresses meet our modesty requirements and several designs offer additional coverage many women ask for.

Her gowns are custom made. 

Both companies have good reputations.

Let us know what you think of these new finds.

Is there a Need for Modesty?

Sadly The Emporium, a very large bridal store in Provo, Utah closed unexpectedly. They represent Eternity Gowns. Eternity Gowns website is down and retailers can no longer order new modest wedding dresses.

En Vogue a popular modest line we carry just announced that there is not enough orders for evening and bridesmaid gowns so they will no longer carry these lines. In this instance the demand is not there.

Our bridal store does not see the volume of brides that other stores do that carry strapless, as we only serve girls that choose modesty. However nearly all our brides find their wedding gown here.

I've posted previously on supply and demand. Is there still a need for modest evening and bridesmaids? There is a need for modest bridal, but I'm not sure there is enough demand for others.

We became a modest-only bridal shop because we believed that all brides should have options and not every bride wants a strapless dress. We'll continue to have a succesful store until brides no longer choose modesty. But looks like we won't be offering bridesmaid dresses any longer.

What is your opinion?

Gossip Girl, Blair's Wedding and a Modest Wedding Dress

So I'm downright giddy that Blair, on the TV Show Gossip Girl is wearing a modest wedding dress. I'm especially giddy because it's very close to the Epoch dress named Vyvyan.
Link to Gossip Girl Blair's Wedding Dress.

The Vyvyan dress has a bateau neckline, but it also comes with the lace removed to reveal a scoop. You can see our modified Vyvyan dress here: Link to Epoch Collection: Vyvyan Dress

How do they compare? Fairly close.

Modesty Struggles for Jewish Community

If your faith and personal conviction means covering your elbows and collarbone, your often struggling to find something to wear.
Personally, I think kudos to these young Jewish girls for wanting to be fashion-forward, stylish, modern and yet maintain their personal convictions.

Forward.com Article

All our wedding gowns can be altered to meet the modesty standards of our Jewish Orthodox brides. The dresses have seam lines at the shoulders and we replace or add length to an existing dress. However many of our lovely bridal gowns can be special ordered with the alterations needed.

Rachel Lee Carter - A Modest Model

Mrs. Carter followed her conviction and only modeled modest fashions.  Our favorite part of the video is her advice for girls - "instead of the everyone telling you to if you've got it, flaunt it - you should protect it!"

Rachel Lee Carter - A Modest Model Video - Youtube

Brides Website

One of my favorite bridal websites is onewed.com. Similar to theknot.com and brides.com, to me it's less cluttered and a little more easy to follow.
Their blog is very well written and gives information that a bride would want or need.

I'm so excited that The Epoch Collection is being featured - right up there with the big name designers. I love that our modest wedding dresses are next to other designs. I just believe that brides should have options.


The Epoch Collection at OneWed.com

Epoch Collection

SO EXCITED - the pics are finally in from the Epoch photoshoot.  We added several new designs and modified some existing designs.  Many of our brides seek longer sleeves and it's hard sometimes to visualize how it will look - so we added longer sleeves on our best sellers!

Let me know which is your favorite design.

Modest Couture Website

Bella's Wedding Dress - (Twilight Series) Breaking Dawn

Breaking Dawn, the newest release from the Twilight Series features a wedding.  Bella and Edward are getting married.  What will her wedding dress look like?  The series author is LDS.  Will her Mormon standards be reflected in the bridal gown?

The books were on the New York Times best seller list for a long period of time.  Many women follow the series faithfully.  My opinion is that the style Bells wears could set a trend for 2011 and into 2012.  Will she be modest and demure like Princess Catherine?

We hope Bella wear a modest wedding dress!

Princess Catherine - Another modest dress

The President and his wife met with Prince William and Catherine several days ago.  Princess Catherine was wearing a lovely modest dress.  Within hours the designers website crashed twice because so many girls wanted her dress.


CBS News Report - Princess Catherine dress sells out.

The dress has now sold out! So exciting to see a modest dress sell out!

Supply and Demand - Modest Wedding Dresses?

Doing some research today on the 2011 new designs. I thought perhaps there may be new designs featuring modesty.  On the website http://www.theknot.com/, they promote over 3000+ wedding dresses.  There is a category called "Modest".  In that category there are 11 dresses.  Several of the dresses in the category are strapless, so I assume they were mislabeled. 

Out of the 11 - there is ONE dress that is modest enough for our brides.  The gown does not have sleeves, but features a lovely bateau neckline. 

I find it frustrating as do so many of our brides that out of the 3000 designs, there is ONE that meets their modesty needs.

Am I to assume it's a simple supply and demand marketplace?

Just a thought.

Wedding Dress with Long and 3/4 Length Sleeves

So many of our recent brides are choosing longer sleeve lengths.  As all our bridal gowns have a seam line, it's very easy to change out a sleeve for additional coverage.
In recent years the highest demand was for dresses with short sleeves, but more brides are asking for longer sleeves!

A lace gown featuring long lace sleeves is so lovely and demure.  As October is becoming the ideal month and most popular in the St. Louis area, longer sleeves just make sense.  A wedding in August may be a little too hot for longer sleeves.  It's really up to each bride on how much of her arm she chooses to cover.

More designs are coming to the shop with longer sleeves. Stay tuned!

Here's our Vyvyan dress. Our best selling 3/4 length sleeve wedding dress.