How to Make Sure You Don't Wear the Same Prom Dress as Someone Else

For many seniors in high school, especially the girls, the biggest activity they look forward to during their last year in high school besides Graduation is Prom Night. It's the mother of all dress up parties and it is the night to put on the most glamourous dress and shoes, and get hair and make-up done. If a girl loves dressing up and being girly, Prom night is every girls' dream. In fact, girls look forward to this night all year long and go as far as to start shopping for the perfect dress months in advance. Hence, one can only imagine the disappointment if the ultimate nightmare occurs - seeing another girl wearing the exact same dress at Prom!

To avoid this, a good place to look for one of a kind dresses is at vintage shops...it can be surprising the number of decent quality dresses available at cheap prices. Large chain vintage stores such as Cross Roads and Buffalo Exchange can be found in larger cities or if you live near Los Angeles, there are various other vintage stores that carry a great selection of dresses such as the very popular Wasteland on Melrose Avenue. Many vintage stores carry dresses (as well as shoes and accessories) by popular brand names, so you can wear designer, one of a kind dresses for a fraction of the price. And because they are inexpensive, more money can be spent on matching shoes, jewelry, and handbags.

Or an alternate route you can take is splurging on a nice brand new designer dress that you purchase from boutiques such as Betsey Johnson, rather than mass chain retail stores or department stores. The clothes that many boutiques carry vary from store location to store location and because they do not make many of the same dresses (as they are in limited quantity), there is less of a chance that more than one person will have the same dress. Plus, designer boutiques carry dresses that are unique so they will be sure to stand out, if not catch many people's attention. In addition, because the dress is costly and made of good quality you will no only look, but will feel beautiful in it - the dress will be memorable to yourself as well as others. It is nice if you have a decent amount of money left over for shoes and accessories, but even if you do not, your dress alone will stand out and look gorgeous that other people will probably hardly notice what shoes you are wearing (if you are wearing a long dress, people can hardly see what kind of shoes you have on anyway) and could careless whether the jewelry is real or fake (if they can even tell the difference to begin with).

In the end, the prom dress shopping experience is what you feel comfortable with and what fits your personality the most. Whether you go for an expensive designer dress from a boutique or a unique find at a vintage store or even a conservative dress found anywhere else, it is all about what makes you look and feel beautiful. It is the night many girls look forward to the most during their teenage high school years, so might as well go all out and take the time to look for that perfect dress.