How To Choose Your Prom Dress
The time to get your first designer prom dress has finally come. Whether you buy a prom gown or have it created especially for you, Bear in mind the following. Firstly, the likely temperature of the dance hall. You do not want to be wearing velvet if the room is going to be overly warm. Similarly you don’t want a thin chiffon dress which will show goose bumps because you are freezing. Wear something you will be comfortable in, which is always significant
Next, style. This should reflect your personality and your figure. Choose something flamboyant if you like being the center of attention, have an outgoing personality, or love meeting people. Don’t be too outrageous, remember, photographs of this night are going to follow you through your life. You don’t want your future to be haunted by those pictures. If you tend to be more shy, then look for something refined and tasteful. Make sure you will be comfortable in the style you choose.
When choosing a style for your formal prom dress, you should also look carefully and honestly at your figure. most if us have a few pounds extra that we would rather not highlight and few have the perfect figure. Don’t fool yourself that you can diet/exercise to be rid of it by prom night - That is always unlikely to happen. Rather select a dress that will hide the extra inches and emphasise your asets. If you are on the heavy side, don’t wear tight clothes, frills and flounces will only tend to draw attention to your inperfections so don’t wear them. Do not wear a tight or very low cut dress if you are large on top, it will do you no favours. The edict ‘If you have it - flaunt it’ does not apply on prom night and in the end will probably only embarrass you. You want to look glamorous and elegant on this special night.One other thing, if you fancy a striped material, make sure the stripes go the correct way. Upright stripes make you look slimmer, Horizontal stripes make you look shorter and fatter. Stripes can be a good way of hiding the fact that your hips are large or that you are challenged in the bust department.
Color is very significant. It should look good on you and enhance your skin tone.Avoid Royal Blue if you have a very pale complexion, it will make you look even more pale. Also you will look insipid and fade into the background with very pale colors, and on this special evening that is the last thing you want to do. Deep pinks, greens and reds would look good. If you have a favorite color, try it. Pick out the color that best suits you.Orange and reds best suit redheads, and greens can really look good.Wearing a costume the same color as your eyes can really work well.
Be open minded when you start looking for your prom gown. Don’t rule anything out until you have tried it. The most significant thing, though is that you should enjoy wearing your prom gown.This is a special night and you should feel special. If you don’t, try something else.