vintage prom dress (sorry prom again)

[nickstmoritz]

Does anyone know of any good websites (or shops) to look for a vintage dress. Already tried ebay but nothing as yet. DD wants a dress with sleeves and midi length. She is more an indie girl than glam and is hoping for white or cream but not set in stone. Budget is £50 - £60 tops but be great if it was less! Happy to do day trip with DD to look. Anyone know of any good vintage fairs anywhere? Thanks.

Etsy is brilliant for prom dresses and lots at different budgets.

Thanks labelwriter.
Just had a quick look and there seems to be lots on Etsy. I should have thought of it because DD sells some of her drawings on there. Will get DD to browse. Some of the dresses are still pretty expensive but I guess could be re sold afterwards or next year. Be nice to try some dresses on though if anyone does know any good shops/markets.

I don't know if you're in London, but these are always full of gems: www.facebook.com/popupvintagefairs

If you're not, you might get lucky and be near one of the locations for this one, which I went to a few times when it came to Bristol and loved! www.thevintagefair.com/

not vintage but would this work

Thanks all. Bruffin DD would prefer something more vintage looking and would consider that one a bit too body conscious. Although size 10 she is not that confident about her figure (hence nothing strappy/strapless) and is also an arty indie girl. Thanks for looking though. DD2 would probably love that dress!

Thanks for the vintage fair link Scribblegirl, I was hoping to find out about some of those and thanks for the PM PT.

Probably a bit of a longshot, but would Topshop have anything perhaps?
DD got a lacy dress with 3/4 length sleeves and skater style skirt at Christmas.

(I'm not looking forward to her prom preparations - typically seems very time-taking and expensive )

Hope your DD has a lovely time.

Thanks chocoluvva. I have tried to keep the "prom" thing low key. Basically it is just a "leavers do" and I have been quite surprised at how much some parents have spent. Hope I am not a scrooge but I just do not believe in spending the £200-£500 I have heard some people mention. We will probably have a day out to go to a gallery and see if we can find a vintage dress but I agree Topshop has some nice ones too.

I know - £200-£300 is ridiculous IMO. Especially when they're about to become impoverished students. And there's such a huge build up to it.

I hope you find something you both like. (It must be lovely to have an indie/arty DD).

Just joined to say my daughter bought a dress on holiday last year which we thought would be a great Prom dress, but she has changed her mind, and we now have a navy blue (full length though) dress with sleeves, might be of some interest, but I realise your daughter was looking for something shorter.

This sort of thing ?
www.domesticsluttery.com/2012/05/vintage-dresses-for-vintage-prices.html

MG girl couldn't get link to work but had a quick look at the site which seems great. Daren't start browsing it or could be there for a while! They did have some nice vintage style dress pics.

Try Beyond Retro!