The Best Prom Dresses Are the Ones You Make

If you are looking for the perfect prom dress you can end your search here we have found the best prom dresses that you can make! The first set of dresses we will look at are the ones that you can design yourself just head on over to Coco Myles (www.cocomyles.com) to make your own custom dress. Choose from seven custom dress top designs and six dress bottom designs. You can pick your fabric, colors, shawl or sash, all for about 150 dollars. You will need to order it at least 6 weeks in advance to insure that you will have your dress in time. If you have more then 9 weeks until you will need your dress you can ask them to send you some swatches of additional colors available.

If you are creative, you can make your own duck tape gown and tuxedo. If you do this, you will want to go to the home of duck brand duck tapes, "Stuck at prom" contest. It begins on Monday March 5th and runs until June 8th of 2007. Your prom must occur during these dates and you must take a picture of your entry. You will wear your creation in the picture and during your prom. The prize is a 3000 dollars college scholarship. You will have to ask people to vote for you so the website offers you a few different ways to get the word out. You can print up your own t-shirts, email your friends and family and hang up flyers. These will direct more voters to which dress is your creation and where they can go to vote for it.

If you are experienced at sewing, you may want to go to a fabric store and pick out a pattern. Then find a pattern that you or someone that is experienced can help you make out of whatever fabric you want. This takes a great amount of skill since there is a lot involved in making your own dress. It might not be the cheapest route since fabric and time are very expensive.

Lastly, there is the ever-popular hand me down prom dress. You can find someone else's dress for a fraction of what they paid in the store at thrift stores, on Ebay or in a friend's closet. You could borrow it from your friend and return it after the prom since you probably won't need to wear it again it won't be in your closet taking up space for the next 18 to 20 years until you try to sell it off. Now if you buy it you may need to make some alterations before your prom so make sure you get a good tailor to make any necessary adjustments.