Modest Wedding Dresses with Long Sleeves

As posted previously, brides have different ideas of what modesty means. For 2013, we have introduced two dresses that are a little more revealing at the top.
The top is covered by lace and includes sleeves, however the lace is sheer.  When the lace is sheer the gown does not meet the modesty standards of many of the brides we currently see.

For instance, the princess Kate Middleton wore a dress that covered her shoulders and arms, but had a deep plunging neckline and would not be permissible for weddings for many of our brides.

No fear, we are not heading towards the strapless gown, but feel we should offer more options for brides that are comfortable with being covered but sheer is acceptable for them.

Marguarite Gown Here is the link to our website showing one of the new modest wedding gowns with a sheer lace top.

More designs are coming!

2013 Trends for Bridal Gowns - SLEEVES!

So happy that The Knot announced sleeves are all over the runway's for 2013 wedding gowns. Sleeves, thanks to Princess Katherine continues to be popular.

However, a trend on the runways are peplum skirts.  Yuck!  I'm not a fan. Reminds me of the 1980's.

2013 Trends According to The Knot - Link here

Moving to a New Location

We are so excited to move into a great new space in Valley Park.

We will be closed April 20th to move the shop to the new location, and we re-open on May 2nd.

Our new location has amazing natural light and lots of space!


298 Vance Road
Suite #600
Valley Park, MO 63088

636.825.1600

Out of State Brides

Sometimes it's hard to believe that there are only a handful of modest-only bridal stores in the United States. 
Since the beginning of this year, we've seen a good number of brides from Indianapolis, Odem, Loogootee, Chicago, all looking for a modest wedding dress. 

At least 10 brides have asked us to open a store in Indiana just in the past 6 months.

We are still considering taking a significant inventory to Indiana so we can come to brides instead of brides coming to us.

Wondering if that's a good idea?

Epoch Collection of Modest Wedding Dresses

Lovely new video posted on Youtube showing modest wedding gowns of the Epoch Collection. Gowns are found at Modest-Couture. Modest collection is the exclusive line for Chatfields Bridal Boutique.

Collection of Modest Gowns Video

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?