Promalong - Making your own Prom dress? Join the club!

[Haylie]

I'm staying away from pastels and going for a deep chocolate brown. It has a basque waist with a boned bodice and a gently flaring skirt.

ooh sounds wonderful. Pictures?

[krazykt1286]

i'm gonna try to make my dress this year...gotta start SOON, cuz i'm not ALL too amazing @ sewing...
i need help tho! i need patterns, and any tips, and...yeah.... i found a pattern that i had LOVED, but sadly, it was only in plus size   if you wanna know, it was simplicity 5207, the one w/ the mesh overlay that buttons off-center, i was gonna do it in a dark red, or purple, or teal-y blue.  and the overlay would have been black...any patterns like that would be nice...or any other ideas...help me out please!

I'm staying away from pastels and going for a deep chocolate brown. It has a basque waist with a boned bodice and a gently flaring skirt.

um...only one comment about this...deep chocolate brown is beautiful, but...if it's for prom...what's the date gonna wear? i was gonna go w/ brown until i remembered that my date will probly be wearing a BLACK tux...not pretty... in my opinion @ least...

ahhh! i found a dress that i'm totally in LOVE w/...but idk if i could manage to make it 

http://www.promdressshop.com/images/promdress2005/P593lg.jpg

http://www.promdressshop.com/images/promdress2005/P593lg.jpg

thanks in advance for any help

[roskate]

Hey i posted this in disscusion but i want to know if anyone here can help me too

This dress is soo pretty and i want to make something like this for my formal but and kinda confused about the top... is it a corset??

http://gallery.ssweetnam.net/albums/userpics/10001/numberonecaps043.jpg

http://gallery.ssweetnam.net/albums/userpics/10001/numberonecaps045.jpg

http://gallery.ssweetnam.net/albums/userpics/10001/numberonecaps051.jpg

http://gallery.ssweetnam.net/albums/userpics/10001/numberonecaps061.jpg

Please help cause i LOVE this dress

[skye691]

no, it's definately not a corset, just a top that laces up and might have some light boning in it to help keep it from sagging

[meraonthewall]

This is a great thread! I want to have a prom party! I am out of high school and didn't go to prom though I went to homecoming, but I want to put together a prom party around the same time prom's will be going on. My thing is that I only want to use cotton fabric and I haven't seen any dresses that are made out of fabric. Can I have a glamorous gown made out of cotton?

[sngnstarr13]

Hmmm....well, first off how was everyone's christmas?!? My was great because I got my prom dress from my g-ma I had been hoping someone would get me!! Yay! I definately was going to make my dress this year but seeing as I'm such a procrastinator (sp) I figured my whole g-ma buying me a dress was a good thing. Now, i'll have like two years to try and make one!! lol But, I'll take pics of the one I have now & OMG what a steal it was only $75!!!!! How awesome am I?!? 

[Haylie]

haha! I cant wait to see pix!

[writeforme]

People on here are so talented ^^ my prom's not for two years, and I was definitely planning on making a dress, but then I found the most Amazing dress at Lord and Taylor's the other day. Yes, I know, you're probably like, you got a dress TWO years in advance? But it was such an amazing deal...brand new Jessica McClintock originally $430, for only $9.99! I'm totally not kidding.

A picture (also posted in the 'What are you wearing today?' thread I started a while ago)...

Don't worry, I'm not actually that tall. I'm standing on a chair! The dress is just so long, lol.

But, to my credit (hopefully), I am going to DIY other parts of my outfit when the big day looms nearer (I sound like some cheesy ad), aka a wrap, a purse, my jewelry, etc.

Also, I made a ball gown recently from an old flag silk (think color guard) for a waltzing ball we had at our school. So I'll have pictures of that up soon!

<3
-Tessa

** and roskate, that dress IS gorgeous! I'd try and make it if I had a sewing machine, haha. Even then...it looks pretty impossible for my skill level xD but I'm sure you can do it!

[letisha]

Wow... Some long-ass thread.

Anyway. I'm here for the same reason everybody else is--I am interested in making a dress for my (8th grade)(!) prom. I'm pretty inexperienced... Does anybody know some patterns that are easy and fabulous (and def. worth paying $14? I know, what I cheapskate I am. )?

Anyways, http://www.daddyos.com has some really groovy dresses... I might want to get a pattern like that. One of these, specifically:
http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/ss3.jpg
http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/3299.jpg
http://www.daddyos.com/retro/img/ss1.jpg

I also like this dress, not from daddyos.com. I first tried it on at Trash and Vaudeville in Manhattan (NYC). It looked fabbity on me... but was a size too small, and they didn't have the next size up. I looked FOREVER on the internet for this dress, so you guys had better NOT take this away from me (in case I don't make my own dress)!


Sorry bout all the pix. Anyway, if you know any good patterns I could use for these I would be eternally grateful. Also incase you want to suggest something else, I am 5'2", about 120 lb., 31" bust, 28" waist, 33.5" hips, and my best attributes I would think, are my back and shoulders. I do some yoga; I want to either crank it up or start a weights program to improve my legs, arms, and tummy(plus, better-looking pecs=bigger-looking boobs) so the measurements might end up changing.

Whew! Long post.

                                                                                                           I was wondering if anyone knew how to do the bra part on the top. I love it and if i make my dress i want the top to look like that!!!! any help would be appreaciated plzzzz!!!

[avery_cross]

I need some help! I was browsing ebay for some dress ideas, and I found the most GORGEOUS dress EVER:
HERE!
http://www.costumeheaven.com/aw2_1105/aw2k/LotImg8685.jpg

however, i'm not lucky enough to have such a small waist, SO, i was wondering if any of you could help me come up with a similar pattern/ideas of how to go about making one just like it?

i would want it to be just as ruffled at the bottom, not just a straight, flat dress, if you know what i mean?
doing the gold/whatever color my date and i may decide on top would be pretty easy.. i'm just not sure which pattern to use to start out with.. any suggestions? i'd love you guys for helping, hehe :]