evening dress - help!

newcook

Good morning all!!!

I hope someone can help me! I have received an invitation for a christmas party but its a formal party and so need to get an evening dress.

I was thinking of making one but dont have a pattern - are they fairly simple (and cheap) to make?
If they are quite expensive to make, can anyone recommend a shop that has quite reasonable prices?!?!

another alternative I was thinking about was asking hire shops how much they sell ex-hire dresses for - has anyone done this before? what sort of price was it?

Many thanks!

heather38

i hired an evening gown from a wedding dress shop for a black tie dinner and it cost £30 for the weekend. maybe this could be an option for you?

rach

have you not got a friend who can lend you one? anyone who has been an adult bridesmaid may have something suitable!

kitchen_buff

Depends where you live. Go to your nearest posh area and find a good charity shop, I am sure you will find a bargain.

newcook

hiring could be an option but from what OH has said (its his works do) there are going to be a few formal occassions next year with different companies so it could work out expensive to hire a dress for each occassion

a girl at work is bringing in a couple of dresses tomorrow for me to have a look at so fingers crossed one of them will fit (she is very petite)!

lisyloo

Get yourself down to TK-Maxx.
I just bought 5 evening dresses for a cruise.
3 of then were £40 and the other 2 were £35 which I think is a real bargain.

Ignore the sizes though and don't be afraid to try on different sizes.
I got 2 size 6's, 2 8's and one 12, so that goes across 4 sizes.

nodwah

I've bought a couple of evening dresses on ebay one for £25 and one for£50ish. I know it's a bit risky as you haven't tried them on but mine were monsoon and I know what styles from there generally suit me and these two are gorgeous.

tam21

You could try buying one on cybergown.com, they have dresses from $49 (about £25 I think) plus P&P, I actually got my wedding dress on here. They have some lovely dresses but also some crazy ones so you may need to look through a few

whatatwit

newcook wrote: »

hiring could be an option but from what OH has said (its his works do) there are going to be a few formal occassions next year with different companies so it could work out expensive to hire a dress for each occassion

a girl at work is bringing in a couple of dresses tomorrow for me to have a look at so fingers crossed one of them will fit (she is very petite)!

If you may be going to a few do's, then you would probably not want to keep wearing the same dress...have a look in TKMaxx, they do have some great bargains.

thriftmonster

One of the charity shops round here has a special section for wedding and evening dresses - I think you have to make an appointment - it's upstairs from the main shop - might be worth phoning around.

Otherwise I would also recommend TKMakx

miss_phish

What size are you newcook? (hope that not too personal, but maybe we can help??)