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Prom dresses

Does anyone know of any good prom dress shops in London or Kent that sell nice reasonably priced dresses?

My daughter only has 4 weeks to find one. I've looked online but i'd prefer her to try one on to get a correct fit.

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  • mandragora_2
    mandragora_2 Posts: 2,611 Forumite
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    TK Maxx. No, not joking, absolutely true!
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    This is her special day and a day that she will always remember. I want to get her a dress of her dreams costing up to £200. I don't think Tk Maxx will have what she is looking for.
  • mandragora_2
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    Kimberley wrote: »
    This is her special day and a day that she will always remember. I want to get her a dress of her dreams costing up to £200. I don't think Tk Maxx will have what she is looking for.


    Up to you, of course, but don't be too quick to judge - or waste money. There are some lovely dresses in there, vastly reduced from the hundreds of £'s they cost originally. At the end of the day, she's leaving school - a special time with her friends, a lovely meal, a bit of a splash on the hair-do and tranport, a sob at the end of the evening and a poshed-up version of a school disco is what it amounts to. She knows you love her. I get depressed at the extra pressure that this all adds to families, for no real quantifiable reason.
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    mandragora wrote: »
    Up to you, of course, but don't be too quick to judge - or waste money. There are some lovely dresses in there, vastly reduced from the hundreds of £'s they cost originally. At the end of the day, she's leaving school - a special time with her friends, a lovely meal, a bit of a splash on the hair-do and tranport, a sob at the end of the evening and a poshed-up version of a school disco is what it amounts to. She knows you love her. I get depressed at the extra pressure that this all adds to families, for no real quantifiable reason.

    I see what you mean. We are off to the High Street tomorrow so I'll pop into TK Maxx to have a look.
  • mandragora_2
    mandragora_2 Posts: 2,611 Forumite
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    :j Never hurts to look!
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  • annod27
    annod27 Posts: 194 Forumite
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    hi not sure if this any good for you there is a prom shop online called atopdress.co.uk that do some amazing dresses for prices from £49 up all diferent styles i know certain styles ie the poofy looking ones are normally around £200 and they do them starting from £69 i no this because just spent weeks looking for my niece and every where else was asking £250 up for style she wanted and got it for£69 on there site, some dresses take 2wks some more will need to mail them if see any you liketo ask how long will take some dresses can have in several colours to, the shop is in feltham not sure if any good or to far as im from wales and dont no the area.
  • Juliep
    Juliep Posts: 136 Forumite
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    edited 9 May 2009 at 5:59PM
    atopdress.co.uk wow!! they have some great dresses at great prices, can anyone comment on the quality of these. The dress my daughter was looking at was going to cost around £300-£400, could get similar for £80 and delivered from these guys.

    Is this another of those 'too good to be true' things?
  • annod27
    annod27 Posts: 194 Forumite
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    only just order so not recieved but they have refund policy so if recieve and not good quality i will be getting refund but they do have some of there dresses on ebay seller is kittydressgown if that any good.
  • jenhug
    jenhug Posts: 2,277 Forumite
    there is a prom dress shop in Canterbury Street in Gillingham kent, (sorry I dont know the name) with a TK maxx in the next town (chatham) Good luck
  • 34rod
    34rod Posts: 5 Forumite
    edited 9 December 2009 at 9:41PM
    Hi. Having seen them on EBay and then visiting their site my wife bought from Atopdress. Dress was OK, well not really very good but OK. You could have worn it before it fell to bits. However it was too small so we sent it back, recorded delivery within 5 days. That was months ago. They have not refunded and not replied to emails or calls. Buyer beware. We lost £146
    too old to die with out an opinion:D
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