Prom Dress 2009 Collection
Your Ultimate Guide to Finding
the Prom Dress of your Dreams

Using our Easy Guide to Selecting the Best Prom Dress 2009 Style For You, and with the latest prom dresses, evening gowns and party dresses, I still believe the best and most flattering Prom Dress 2009 for you is the one that accentuates your best points and hides the not so good ones! (Yes, c’mon, don’t be shy, you know what they are!)

Prom dresses should flatter you and make you feel like a princess no matter what shape you are - it’s all in the styling. If you are not sure which shape is for you, grab some magazine subscriptions such as Seventeen, Vogue Teen, or YM or Elle Girl. You can get a subscription to Seventeen for only $1 an issue!

In your magazines look for prom dresses that look good on girls with roughly the same body shape as you. Look for prom dresses that look good on girls with the same color hair and skin as yourself.

Also have a look at some that don't look good on the people wearing them and see if you can work out why they don't look good or don't flatter them.

We've also put together these tips to help you choose the right Prom Dress 2009 for your shape. We're aiming for a balanced silhouette, so think of an upside down triangle - that's the shape you need to try to emulate. So….

1. If your bottom is broader than your top choose styles with bodice or shoulder details that will draw attention to the top of your evening gown and make your bottom seem smaller.

2. To broaden your shoulders you need to have shorter vertical lines on your party dresses with extended shoulders, a dropped waistline is good or an empire waist. So make sure you check out the full range for Prom Dress 2009.

3. To appear more slender – try something like an evening gown with vertical lines –whether they be seam lines or actual pattern lines and they must run up and down the length of the garment. V necks and princess seams are good too.

4. Choose styles for your Prom Dress 2009 with a relaxed fit which emphasizes the flow of fabric rather than the figure underneath.

5. Make sure your evening gown is not too long or you may catch the hem in your heels and trip yourself up! (Not a good look!)

6. Shorter girls should opt for long evening gowns with higher heeled shoes, whereas taller girls can get away with shorter party dresses and smaller heels.

7. Stay away from white evening gowns as they do not flatter as well under lights.

Now once you’ve got an idea of what style you're looking for in your Prom Dress 2009, compare that with what’s available on the net.

Have a look at the Prom Dress 2009 Collection from Promgirl

Promgirl offers a really comprehensive selection of prom dresses for 2009, bringing in the latest prom styles direct from the manufacturers at incredibly low prices, as well as having their own exclusive line.

Their accessories are designed to complement their range and includes shoes, jewelry, gloves and hair accessories.

My all time favorite from Promgirl's 2009 Collection would have to be Miranda.(at only $175 would you believe!) I just love the coral color, the ribbon trimmed handkerchief hemline and the ruched bodice. You must also see Marina - wow! See how they’ve teamed their designer evening gown Miranda with their Goddess Shoes?

They've been dyed to match the coral color of the gown! This is such a cool service they offer which saves you so much time and heartache when you can’t find the right color shoes.

PromGirls’s shoe range is fantastic and prices range from $45 to $155 (mostly $55-$65) Add $10 if you want them dyed to match your Prom Dress 2009 and add 5 days to the delivery time too.

Their handbag range is quite good and priced from $27.50 to $67 (mostly in the $35 to $45 range) They can also be dyed the color of your evening gown! (Ithink I already said that!) However their range of shawls is pretty sad, so would not recommend them for shawls.

Shopping online for your Prom Dress 2009 with PromGirl is safe and secure and they have an excellent return policy if you decide to send your prom dress or something back – of course there are a few rules you have to follow, but all in all they are really good.

They have an excellent reputation, an excellent range of goods and terrific prices.

But more importantly, when shopping on the net you'll have a greater chance of finding prom dresses that no one else will be wearing because usually the colors and styles you can order on the net are not even available in the stores yet! And sometimes are only available on-line

So to get a greater feel about what the new season will bring so that you'll know ahead of time what's in, get yourself some subscriptions to Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan Hair & Beauty or Seventeen for more ideas on hairstyles and makeup. and of course you can check out our 'Make Up Secrets Revealed' page for even more special offers!

What's Hot and What's Not! for the Prom Dress 2009 Collection. to find out what the Prom Dress 2009 Collection is going to feature and what is definitely not going to be included.

If you're still looking for some ideas and want to be inspired have a look in PROM MAGAZINE the next issue comes out January 1st. so get in quick and order the next issue of PROM MAGAZINE here - just locate Prom Magazine 1 in the catalog browser and click on it. If you order now you'll probably get it before it hits the stores!

The next store to explore is The Prom Dress Shop This store is so cool. My heart skips a beat every time I browse thru their website. I always find something new and exciting.

Their range of prom dresses is designed by DeBora Rachelle and what a range – strapless, ribbon trimmed party dresses, ruffled hemlines, handkerchief hemlines. All the latest for the Prom Dress 2009 Collection and they can only be purchased on-line.

DeBora Rachelle designs specifically for teenagers, so move over Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera! These dresses will make you feel sexy, sweet, innocent or stunning - whatever you want!

All the things that definitely say Prom 2009!

The Prom Dress Shop has been in businesss for over ten years and they have a reputation as one of the most exquisite, fashionable, customer oriented stores in the business.

They use top quality fabrics and workmanship to match. They select their tulle, satin, organza and silks by hand and all the beadwork is sewn on by hand

The Prom Dress Shop has an excellent size chart that matches all their gowns within a half inch. Very important when you're purchasing online.

You can be assured of safe and secure purchasing at the Prom Dress Shop and if you have any problems or wish to return anything give them a call and you will actually speak to a human and not a recording!

So Go For It Girl!

Another one of my favorite places for my Prom Dress 2009 is Loralie.– they've been designing and manufacturing beautiful sdpecial occasion gowns for over twenty years. They've had gowns featured on the covers of magazines such as Seventeen, Pageantry, and other bridal magazines and they have won awards for their design, quality and service. So you could say they have a reputation!

Apart from having a fantastic 2009 Collection, see their terrific range of prom accessories and jewelry. Loralie offers free shipping, a fabric swatch service for matching up shoes and bags to your prom dress 2009, and they also have fabric for sale from $9 per yard. Fabrics like velvet, crepe, matte satin, taffeta, georgette and floral sheers.

Loralie’s jewelry is gorgeous. Mainly flower and bead choker style necklaces that would look divine with your strapless edition from the Prom Dress 2009 Collection! And some even have earrings to match. Prices range from $14 for a beaded choker thru to $278 for pearls and gold. We talk about jewelry in more detail on the Prom Jewelry page If you need a bouffant slip with your prom dress 2009, Loralie have them for $45. They also have strapless bras from $14 and even lace corset set from $39 (Ooh la la!)

Their range of shawls is pretty good – a bit better than PromGirl. They seem to have a shawl to match most of their prom dress 2009 range. Shawl fabrics range from chiffon straight edged to metallic with fringes, shimmering taffeta thru to a bright red feather boa! (Only for the really daring!)And start at $16.

Loralie has a great range of Handbags too With satin beaded clutch bags in every color of the rainbow and a really cute envelope clutch purse with a huge satin flower looks gorgeous! Prices range from $14 thru to $90 (mostly in the $20 - $29 range) which I think is excellent. Most prom dresses would find a match here I think.

Loralie has a good returns policy - with the usual rules of course (you’ve got to get return authorization number first, you can’t return sale items, all items to have their original tags still on them and of course you have to pay for shipping back)

Their size chart is accurate and they have excellent tips on how to measure for particular styles of prom dresses. For example whether that style is bust or waist sensitive as they call it! (Now I’ve heard everything – oh no I haven’t put on weight, my dress is just waist sensitive!)

And to complete that Prom Queen look for your prom dress 2009 they have 7 styles of gloves in stock all colors of the rainbow from just $12.

And if they don't have the color you want they will order them in - takes about 2 weeks.

Loralie has a beautiful shoe range you must see Their range includes some Coloriffics styles and are priced from $25-$98. High heels, low heels no heels - all sorts Loralie also have a fabulous range of ready to be dyed shoes and the ones with rhinestone embellishments are just gorgeous.

Now to be super organized, I would definitely recommend that you buy your Prom Dress 2009 at least two months ahead of time. You need to start looking NOW!!

Don’t end up leaving it too late so that there isn’t enough time to have any alterations done properly (like I did!!) And by the way we've got some excellent tips on alterations too.

Or if you need to send it back for any reason you will still need time to select another prom dress 2009 (and get the shoes to match!)

After searching what has seemed like an eternity I finally found my three favorite prom dress stores.

Promgirl

Loralie

The Prom Dress Shop

They have to be by far the best and most comprehensive online prom shops. Many hours of research have gone into this with the sole purpose of finding out where all the good things are to save you time searching for your Prom Dress 2009!

And if you still want some more info....Check out these pages...

Find out What's Hot and What's Not!

And Check Out our Sizzling Prom Jewelry Tips

Or have a look at our Big and Beautiful Page

Or check out our Prom Make Up Secrets Revealed

And if you need to have some prom dress alterations done please read our Prom Dress Alterations Tips before you start sewing!