Afternoon all, I'm finally getting round to writing my long planned post on prom dresses,and not only am I completing this, the first on a long list of 'to do' tasks, but I'm happy to report that I'm writing whilst sitting in my garden on a frankly gorgeous day. I'm fearing for my 'peely-wally' Scots skin already. Hopefully this weather will continue into next week, as my prom is next Thursday- and I'm sure that many of you in the UK will have your prom over the next month or so too, hence why I have a little series of posts all themed towards finding the perfect makeup, hair and dress for the height of your school social calendar.
Here are my five top dresses for prom (well, my 2-6th favourites, since my dress isn't included!) These are all under £100 and are from 5 different brands!
Little Mistress are one of my absolute favourite brands, especially for dresses, they have a huge selection that are brilliantly made, and also have a really good 'Curve' and 'Tall' section that caters for all your needs. Their regular dresses come in sizes 8-18 and they usually cost around £60-£70. This dress I've chosen is slightly more expensive as it's from their exclusive section, however I think you'll agree it is totally worth it, especially for the flower detailing at the bottom of the dress. Nude colours suit both the paler skin tones and those with a bit of a tan, which I'm sure many of you will be resorting to some fake tan for, given the usually rubbish weather in the UK. One of my favourites and a serious show stopper.
From one end of the colour spectrum to the other, we have a really glamorous black cocktail dress, which has a thigh high leg split which you can't really make out in the picture. Despite this, the dress is cut high on the chest and is full length, so would completely avoid looking inappropriate for a school event. The swirly flower print with hide any lumps or bumps you don't want showing up in your treasured prom photo and is really classy too!
This certainly isn't the dress for everyone but if you had the right figure, this dress would literally make you the stand out Prom Queen on the spot. Figure hugging whilst not being particularly revealing and strangely flattering with the black panels on the side. Plus with this dress all you would need is a statement necklace and your look would be completely ready to wow your pals.
I'm not going to lie to you folks, 90% of the reason I fell in love with this dress is that it looks like something Princess Jasmine would wear in Aladdin, the other 10% is because its the prettiest darned dress I've ever seen. It's fairly expensive, coming in at just £2 under my limit for this post, but you can see where your money has been spent, with incredible detailing on the bust and a two layer skirt that falls far enough that you could probably wear sandals and get away with it. The bardot neckline is insanely flattering too.
I personally feel like prom is a long dress event, but each to their own, so I've included one short dress here, and it's quite the beauty. This is probably the girliest dress on here, with white floaty mesh and the one shoulder cut making it look like something a fairy princess should be wearing to do her bidding. This would look amazing with minimal gold jewellery and a milk-maids braid in your hair. Very classy and uber pretty but not as full on glam as a floor length gown!
There we go, my top five prom dress picks for you all! I hope you enjoyed seeing the dresses I love, and if you are inspired by any of them for your own prom, wedding or any other fancy event you have to go to, then do let me know in the comments! Have a lovely week and I'll be back soon with the makeup installment of my #PromPicks series!
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