Our hand-selected wedding attire shopping guide with picks for Mother of the Bride dresses with short sleeves. One of the top requests we receive is for short-sleeve mother-of-the-bride dresses, or for dresses with sleeves in general. To help you find dresses and designers who offer this look, here is our latest shopping guide featuring short-sleeve dresses for the Mother of the Bride or Mother of the Groom.
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Image credits and shopping sources: 1. Short Sleeve Blush Floral Embroidered Gown with Ribbon Tie Waist from Adrianna Papell 2. Green Floral Embellished Short Sleeve Dress from Mac Duggal 3. Etienne Gown by Sachin & Babi
Fortunately, many mother-of-the-bride dress designers now understand the desire for a bit of sleeve coverage, and gorgeous, elegant mother-of-the-bride dresses with sleeves are available.
Shop Mother of the Bride Dresses with Short Sleeves
Short sleeve mother of the bride dresses and gowns are particularly suited for spring and summer weddings, although they aren't exclusive to that season! On this page, we keep an up-to-date shoppable section of the cap-sleeve and short-sleeved mother-of-the-bride dresses we find in our dress searches.
You may also want to have a look at mother of the bride outfit ideas; look for mother of the bride dresses by color palette!
Where to Find More Short Sleeve Dresses for Mothers of the Wedding
If you're looking for more ideas for short-sleeve mother of the bride dress styles, here's a list of the designers we find offer dresses with sleeves.
At Adrianna Papell, notonly are beaded gowns a specialty of this store and designer, but many styles also offer sleeves and full-coverage backs, so you can wear a normal bra with these dresses. These are classic and mid-priced MOB dresses that range between $150 and $300.
Sachin & Babi offers modern, mother of the bride dresses with clean lines and simple silhouettes, and absolutely gorgeous fabrics and beautifully cut gowns. They offer several styles of short-sleeve dresses, notably their Etienne, Marta, Mae, Charlotte, Grace, and Blythe styles, which each come in several different fabrics.
Teri Jon is one of our favorite designers for Mother-of-the-Bride styles. While they used to offer several short-sleeve styles, they now offer more long- and 3/4-sleeve styles than short sleeves. They also do a lot of off-the-shoulder dress styles that give a little bit of arm coverage. Still, if you want a gorgeous dress with some sort of sleeve, you are likely to find a gorgeous style of dress here.
Mac Duggal is a designer who offers so many short-sleeve dress styles. If you want a layered embellished dress or a beautiful print, Mac Duggal is for you! Each season, this designer offers hundreds of new gorgeous styles and dresses in all sorts of colors that are ideal for mothers of the bride or groom.
Nordstrom offers many of the same dress brands, as well as others like Betsy & Adam, Xscape, Alex Evenings, and JS Collections, that frequently offer short-sleeve options.
David's Bridal has really stepped up their MOB dress offerings this year with their Oleg Cassini and Lara New York Dresses. They are always great about offering short-sleeve cape-style dresses with a bit of coverage.
See more ideas for mother of the wedding dress selections on our ShopMy page
Find More MOB Dress Styles by Color
We can't show every short-sleeve dress we've found because our shop function limits us to 90.
But we also organize our mother-of-the-bride dresses by color and season, so if you didn't find the right one here, it might be in the individual dresses by color section, which you can browse in the Find a MOB by color palette section.
Alternatively, you can take a look at these top colors, or browse by season.
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