Prom Dress vs. Wedding Dress

Should A Prom Dress Cost More Than A Wedding Dress? 

It seems the recession  has not affected the prom industry, where prices remain pretty expensive.  I ran into a mom friend at the mall over the weekend who told me stories of buying her daughter’s first prom dress. She has kids ranging from elementary to high school.  Her daughter is a sophomore I think, so she will have two more proms to go after this one.

They went to a very trendy store in Tulsa to look for dresses. The salesperson asked what the mom’s budget was and she replied about $150. The lady said our dresses begin at $300!  WT?

My friend was floored! She didn’t want to embarrass her daughter and wanted her to have a dress she wouldn’t be embarrassed to wear. So they looked and tried to keep the price as low as possible. She ended up with a dress off the clearance rack. Originally in the high $500's, she bought the dress for $399!  Ouch! 

However, I do remember my friend saying it was MORE THAN SHE PAID FOR HER OWN WEDDING DRESS! (Which I think was a rental)

My friend left the store worried about telling her husband  about what she had done. They went to the mall and priced dresses there but said $300 was really where most of the prom dress were starting . (Her daughter wanted a ball gown style dress not a short cocktail dress but even those were usually in the $300s.)

My friend is hoping her daughter will recycle the dress her senior year, but I told her the only way she’ll wear that dress again is if she gets invited to another school’s prom. Right?

So what do you think?  Should a prom dress cost more than a wedding dress? How much did you pay for a dress? How much should you pay? Any chance she’ll rewear it? Or consign it?




What about the poor guys? Should the girls help pay for a limo and dinner?

Does the limo, prom tickets and dinner equal out to what the girl spends on her dress, nails, hair and shoes?



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