Prom dress cost

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Promdressquestion · 25/04/2025 19:44

Please could I ask how much your DD’s prom dress cost either this year or last year (to get the most up to date prices)?
I’m trying to figure out a budget and yes, I know it’s been left very late 😩

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WhitWhoop · 25/04/2025 20:01

£25 from our local preloved clothing store!

They had racks and racks of worn-once prom dresses. We found two really lovely dresses that fitted DD. She well pleased not to have to feel guilty about the cost, and to know no one will have the same frock.

And this was after the local schools had swooped in to add to their collections that they loan to girls without the funds to buy new.

Jemimapinotduck · 25/04/2025 20:00

Ordered my daughter's last month from vinted.. including delivery costs it was £45, will still need to pay to get it shortened

Dragonsandcats · 25/04/2025 20:00

A lot around us hire dresses for approx £70 although that may be too late now.

Superhansrantowindsor · 25/04/2025 19:58

£25 from a vintage shop. Paid £45 for alterations. She took my handbag. Shoes from primark. She looked stunning.

marcopront · 25/04/2025 19:58

I think it was less than £20 from ASOS
She looked beautiful.

She borrowed shoes and didn’t have nails done.

AusBoundDD · 25/04/2025 19:56

Approx. £400 for DD’s!

BePinkOrca · 25/04/2025 19:55

I took my daughter to 2 shops the first they cut the labels out and treated it like a bridal shop (it was a sister shop of a bridal shop) and they did not tell you the cost until you said which dress you liked the one she liked was £500. The second shop we went to specific prom dress shop and they all had labels and prices they had the same dresses as the bridal shop. Anyway my daughter found one she liked and we called the local stockiest (as they order them in and you have to go collect at a later date and was an hour away from me) to see if they stocked the dress, they didn’t but could order it in if we knew the size. The cost in prom shop was £450 🥴 the ordering it to local bridal shop with just the here is the name/code/colour/size and payment £220…. I was over the moon with the saving. In reality though the dress is worth about £100 at most.. in total her prom cost is about £400 with dress, hair, shoes, nails and contribution to car with friends. I know some of her friends spent that on the dress alone.

BlondeMummyto1 · 25/04/2025 19:46

DDs was around £350 which I didn’t think was bad considering some in the shop were £750!

Still need shoes and a bag but I don’t think those will be too much.

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