How much would you spend on your dd's prom dress?

I'd think $150 would be a reasonable limit. I'd probably go up to $200, but it'd have to be a pretty d*mn nice dress. :D
 
NeverendingJen said:
150 to 200 for dress and accessories. When I went, the most expensive any of my dresses was $50, but I shopped thrift stores and friends siblings closets and remade a lot of dresses. We all did because we were all stingy, lol.

Even my wedding dress cost less than 200....I just don't see the point in paying a fortune for a dress my daughter will only wear for less than 6 hrs. Weddings are one thing, but prom is totally different
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it is surely the most difficult decision I have ever made.. There are so many wonderful dresses and very expensive too.. I gifted my bride dress of $500...:thumbup::thumbup:
 
My daughter went to prom in 2009. I remember shopping the entire day with her to find a dress, having no luck at all. We went into a tiny little dress shop and she found the ONE. When I saw her in that dress, I would have paid dearly for her to have it. It really was that beautiful! We were lucky it was 40% off, right at $200 I think. She didn't have her nails done but did get her hair done. I can't imagine spending $400 on a dress though...
 
I didn't spend anything on my dresses... Jr year I borrowed a dress, and Sr year I was a bridesmaid for my brother's wedding, and my mom made the dress and I snuck another use out of it for prom. I wasn't really into high school aside from academics, so it wasn't a big deal to me.
 
Mine were under $100. I think $400 is kind of extreme for a prom dress, believe it or not that's more than double what my wedding dress cost me :)
 
I didn't realize how old this thread was! To think it was a couple of years ago... I wonder how the prices vary now.

I have a daughter who will be 11 in a few days, so we have some time before Prom. However, I can't foresee paying anything more than $100 really. Luckily I'm a great bargain hunter. ;)

I didn't go to Prom at all. I had no desire to, especially considering I had activities going on through church and other clubs both times. I didn't miss it at all. Looking back, it's a good thing I didn't go. We couldn't afford even $50 for a dress back then.
 
my parents would have had a huge laugh if i had ever asked for a $400 dress for a school dance. not. even. i went to prom all four years and either shopped in the closets of my girlfriends or at the local thrift/consignment shop.
 
$200 would be my limit and here in canada you really just have your one big grad dress.. we don't have lots of proms just grad :)
 
My daughter's dress was $80 but I had a coupon code (ordered online) and it was only $60ish with shipping. She wanted short and fun and original. We ordered it from ModCloth and no one had anything like it. With shoes, earrings, necklace, and purse, we probably spent $125 or so. Hair and nails was another $50. We paid the whole thing.

I think for senior year we'll set a $100 limit and if the dress she wants is more than that, she can pay the difference. I just can't spend a lot of money for a dress she wears once. My younger daughter is already taller and bigger than my high school daughter so it's not like we can hand it down and make alterations, either.
 
My dd's dress was around a hundred bucks plus shoes. $400 is outta the question w/3 other kids at home for us or not I'd still say NO!
I went the other day to JCPenney and they had prom dresses for $15 - $40 in all sizes. I was like whattttt? I'd loved to have those prices when I was looking for a dress last year.
She did reuse her dress for an end of the year show the following year so it was ok, it's now sitting in her closet.
 
I won't spend more than $150. But, I only spent $150 to make my own wedding dress. I don't see the need in spending tons of money on a dress that will be worn once.
 
I think I spent about $120 on my dress and I felt guilty about that. I would have a hard time dropping $400 on a dress for a prom. Particularly not a senior prom. But if it is within your budget and you don't have a problem spending that, then that is the decision your family can make. I would probably do like a lot of other ladies have said. Set a "budget" and your daughter pay whatever is over that budget.
 
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