Prom at Jasmine Rene Studio doesn't start with a rack of dresses. It starts with a sketch. Every custom prom gown that leaves this Cleveland Heights studio is drawn in front of the girl who will wear it, cut from patterns made for her measurements, and goes through two or three fittings before it is finished. If you want to walk into prom knowing nobody else in the room could have bought your dress, this is the shop on the east side built for exactly that.
The studio also takes care of girls who already have a dress, and its prom page makes that offer in a breezy note.
Already bought a dress? Cool, we add trains and alter gowns too. Just make an alterations appointment.
So the door is open either way. Custom from scratch, or a store-bought gown made to fit and finished with a train.
The designer behind the dresses
Jasmine Rene is a Cleveland native and the studio's designer and CEO. Her bio on the studio site lists a fashion resume most local shops can't match. She earned a bachelor's degree in fashion design at Kent State University, interned with Perry Ellis International and Manchu Times Fashion in New York City, and studied abroad in Florence. She has shown work in more than 30 fashion shows, including a collection at New York Fashion Week at the Metropolitan Pavilion, and her designs are published in the textbook Emerging Fashion Designers 4.
Closer to home, the site notes that her prom designs have been featured multiple times on Cleveland.com, along with coverage in The Plain Dealer, Fox 8 and the Cleveland Heights Observer. She has also worked well outside the prom world. Her custom sportswear has appeared on Showtime Boxing, ESPN and DAZN broadcasts, and she traveled as a seamstress with J. Bolin's Celebrity Style Team at the 2022 and 2023 Stellar Awards, handling wardrobe styling and alterations for gospel artists. The studio describes her as a published celebrity fashion designer, and that is the experience a prom client is booking.
The studio's motto is short. "Feel like the Luxury you are."
How a custom prom gown comes together
Plan on months, not an afternoon. The studio publishes a detailed prom layout and asks clients to read the whole thing before signing up, and you should. The process runs in six steps:
- Register for the prom season. Registration carries a non-refundable fee that goes toward your custom pattern and mock gown, and appointments are by invitation once you are registered.
- Email one or two inspiration photos with your color choice. The studio does not copy designs, so your gown becomes a custom variation built around those ideas.
- Come to the consultation. Jasmine reviews your inspiration, sketches the design in front of you, shows fabric and color options, and takes measurements. Clients under 18 need a parent or guardian there, and each appointment allows two guests.
- Pay the 50% deposit within 15 to 30 days. Production does not start until it is in, and monthly installments follow until the balance is paid.
- Attend two or three fittings, depending on how complex the design is.
- Pick up your gown. The studio estimates two to three months of production and aims to have dresses ready 15 to 30 days before the prom date.
Out-of-state clients go through the same registration, with consultations held over Zoom or Google Meet and contracts sent by DocuSign. Progress can be checked through an order tracker on the studio site, listed by last name and queue number.
Pricing is posted up front, a welcome change. Custom prom gowns start at $1,800 plus tax and run up to $3,500, and specialty designs with heavy rhinestones, corsets, feathers, 3D petals or hand-sewn elements start at $2,200. That price covers the design, fabric, trims, fittings and production. Payment plans are accepted until one month before the event, and the studio warns that deposits made after February may carry a late registration or rush fee. All custom sales are final, so the consultation is where you speak up.
The studio also sells set designs through the Gowns section of its site, each with a posted price and made to measurement, and its booking page offers alteration appointments for dresses bought anywhere.
On the bridal side, the same studio takes custom wedding gown commissions, bridesmaid dresses and wedding-day styling. It also runs sewing classes and a fashion business mentorship program, with classes held at The Design Suite by Jrstudio on the same stretch of Mayfield Road.
Who books here? The studio's customers come from across the Heights and well beyond. A senior at Cleveland Heights High School is minutes away. So are prom-goers from Shaker Heights High, Beachwood High, Brush High in Lyndhurst and Euclid High. Families from all over northeast Ohio come to Mayfield Road for a gown that exists only once.
Advice from someone who lives on this side of town: register early. A custom gown needs months, not weeks, and the girls who start in the fall are the ones who get the calm version of this process.
Prom questions for Jasmine Rene Studio
Can I just walk in and try on prom dresses?
No. Custom prom clients register first and then book an invitation-only consultation. Alteration appointments for dresses bought elsewhere are booked separately through the studio's site.
How far ahead should I start?
Production takes about two to three months, plus the deposit window and fittings. Registering in the fall or early winter avoids the late registration or rush fees the studio may add for deposits made after February.
Will anyone else have my dress?
No. The studio does not duplicate designs, and every prom gown is a custom variation made from its own patterns.