Say Yes to the Prom Dress

As Prom season quickly approaches, girls realize they have many things to find before the big night such as a date, where they are going for the after party, and, most importantly, their prom dress!

But where can a high school student find the perfect prom dress that will not only wow date, family, and friends, but will still look good on the dance floor.

Well, we have done your work for you. Choose one of these fabulous places to help pick the prom dress of your dreams!

Online

It’s no surprise that online shopping has become every teenage girls addiction — meaning you don’t have to drive and visit a multitude of shops. Plus, you can have anything you want shipped right to your door. For this reason, why not shop for your Prom dress online?

Rent The Runway

Rent the Runway is a new, popular shopping site that lets you rent prom dresses instead of actually purchasing them. On the website, you can specify what you want your dress to look like from your clothing size to the color to the age and to the style.

The catch: you are only allowed to keep the dress for four days before you have to send it back. However, on a positive note, is Rent the Runway will send you the same dress in two different sizes (just in case!).

Prom Times

Prom Times, like Rent the Runway, is a new website that ships dresses to girls with dresses arriving in less than two days. These dresses must be purchased. When shopping on this website, you are able to categorize the dress you want in many ways, from the hottest selling to new arrivals to less expensive.

A big positive of this website are the coupon codes found right on the front page! This is definitely a plus for those of us trying to pinch a few pennies.

Bridal Shops

Bridal Shops found throughout the Chicagoland area offer not only an array of beautiful wedding dresses, but beautiful prom dresses as well. The selection might not be the largest, but the few dresses these shops carry are stunning.

David’s Bridal

​David’s Bridal is a bridal shop with three close locations to Regina. There are shops in Chicago, Vernon Hills, and Shaumberg. At David’s Bridal, you are able to make an appointment, even when shopping for prom dresses. David’s Bridal does not hold a big selection of dresses as wedding dresses are their specialty, but the ones they do have come many varieties.

There have elegant, but simple dresses to dresses with a lot of bling. They carry bright colored dresses to more serious and dark hue dresses. If you want to be different, they even have short dresses.

The hardest part about shopping in a bridal shop, for me personally is that I get carried away at looking at the wedding dresses; I forget I’m shopping for prom! It’s just that those dresses are so beautiful, I easily find my self distracted.

Stores 

Old Orchard Mall, right down the street from Regina, is a place all of us girls know and love. We are so lucky that some of those stores just so happen to have prom dresses for this special time of year.

Macy’s

Macy’s is a store that specializes in things from clothes to jewelry to home decor, but they also carry prom dresses during this great season. The dresses are shoved back in the far corner of the store, not the first place you would believe them to be. They also have a small selection. The dresses are very squished together and difficult to comb through, but they are certainly beautiful and range from several different styles, definitely going to spark someone’s interests.

Nordstrom

Nordstrom, similar to Macy’s, sells several products, along with the fabulous dresses. Nordstrom prom dresses are very high class, but also lack in variety. There may have been less than 15 dresses when I shopped at the store, but they were so beautiful, it honestly did not even matter that there were so few dresses. Some were simple and stylish, while others luminous in color with a lot of sparkles.

 

Prom is a special time for all high school girls and finding the perfect dress is a big part of the day. Good luck in your search and don’t forget to sport your beautiful new dress May 8 for senior prom!