Prom dresses!

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i need help with helping dd find an amazing prom dress. We are in London so can go to some real shops and happy to look online.

dd is 18, reasonably tall and slim so should be easy to find something but no idea where to start. Budget - up to £300 or more if it’s something she can wear again.

Any brands or shops to try?

It may be your dd doesn't want to go the second-hand route, but if she does, Vinted is amazing for prom dresses. Both my girls at uni have got many (as in several!) prom dresses on there, high quality, super cheap. There's a huge turnover as there's not that many places to wear a prom or ball dress after you graduate, and so everyone is getting rid of them.

@Vastlyoverrated we are actually both fans of Vinted and buy lots on there but I find it can be difficult for things that are fitted as you really need to try them on.

Both have mostly successes, with the odd 'too big or too small' and they just resell that immediately so don't lose any money. One of my dd's has a lot of high end tailored/corset-type affairs, she is a fairly standard size 10 (new money version) and mid-height so that might help.

I do understand it's great to try stuff on though, and it's definitely worth doing that, I just don't know where to suggest, last time I was looking it was Designers at Debenhams...(in the 90's!)

There is a street in London that sells loads of prom dresses

Search on MN for prom dress threads and you'll come across it

Fonthill Roaf London

Fonthill Road

Fonthill Rd, Finsbury Park area of London has loads of shops.

my niece wore a gorgeous self portrait dress - was around that price range.