Apply modifiers to only some vertices?

Ok, so I have a model of a girl in a jacket. I want to apply the shrink wrap modifier to only some of the jacket. Is this possible without splitting then rejoining the separate areas? Thank you everyone

Create a vertex group of the affected vertices and put the vertex group name in the Vertex Group entry of the shrinkwrap modifier
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modifiers/Deform/Shrinkwrap


Vertex Groups entry in the blender manual http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Modeling/Meshes/Vertex_Groups/Vertex_Groups

Thank you! That helps a lot