Please help me find the perfect dress for a summer ball!

[LePamplemousse]

I am going to a ball in June. It is quite an important event so I would like to look amazing but don't usually go to posh events so am a bit stuck! I am in my twenties, size 10 and would like something quite sophisticated... either cocktail or full length... Budget of around £100. I suit most colours but not keen on yellow/orange. Please help, wise women of Mumsnet!

LBD, over budget but a bargain
full length and lovely, black agin though
pale pink. not sure about the beading
black again, sorry

maybe?

I love this

Debenhams have lots of possibilities.

Ignore their tendency to style everything as a bridesmaids dress, clearly a sparkly necklace, the right shoes and a clutch bag can give a totally different vibe.

pale pink
mint
bright pink
navy

another black one

ivory

navy

purple

Tethers, not black it looks like you're broke and recycling your Christmas party, safe works events dress (delete according to your age and amount of flesh shown by black dress).

Exactly the same as fauxfox's mint one but inva va voom red!
Also a lovely blue

Would never, ever associate a black dress with a Christmas party

Are your Christmas parties very funereal?

Blue, just for NoComet

Tethers, that is lovely and exactly my colour, however, it's the OP who needs a dress .

No just student things, where people had very limited budgets and black or black and purple was very common.

Quite accidentally DD choose herself a navy prom dress that would work just as well in the middle of winter.

When my DF used to organise a charity summer ball, the dresses tended to be wine red or lighter.