Hi Debbie,

I need your advice/help for my 17 year old daughter Sheena who is in her last year at college and is planning ahead for her prom next year.
We have been and still looking for a Prom Dress that she can wear with great confidence but the problem is that she can’t get one to fit her. The difficulty is that she has a bust size of 32F, is 5ft 3ins, size 8 – 10 and cannot find a dress to fit her. The dresses are standard sizes therefore she has to go up a size so that the dress fit around the bust but then it’s too big everywhere else. We have looked in all the major stores i.e. Debenham’s, John Lewis etc and have tried searching the website but to no avail.
We had thought about having a dress made but the costs are too high and cannot afford to pay the price. In her last year of her school she actually made a dress for her art project which ended in costing over £200 with all the materials and accessories etc which she wore to her Prom Night.
Is there any way that you can help us please?

Thank You

Angie

Hi, are you still looking?
I know you looked in Debenhams but did you try their bustier /skirt sets - since you could buy separate sizes for the top and bottom as required. They currently have a sale on...

If she does find a dress /skirt that fits ok it can be shortened relatively easily, some shops may do this if not ask in the dry cleaners. I don't know how easy it would be to take in a waist but you could ask, or maybe put a tuck in yourself, carefully? and hide it under the sash.

Alternatively- you could try looking on ebay with the search terms 'organza prom'.

I would recommend buying a dress and getting it altered but keep the receipt just in case it can't be altered. Try a really good dry cleaners or look in your local yellow pages and talk to them about what look she wants. Most will get her to try it on whilst she is there so they will know what to alter. Good luck and I hope she enjoys her prom.