Sew Your Own Prom Dress
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Is anyone sewing their own prom dress this year?
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Alison C.
THE GOLDEN STATE,
United States
398 posts
OG since: 11/09/2009
please post pictures when your done with it!! thats so awesome. i just started sewing and i think it would be awesome if i could sew my own prom dress one year.
posted Feb 11, 2010
Sophia A.
SAN FRANCISCO,
United States
4 posts
OG since: 02/10/2010
I am and ill post pictures! Love to see it when your done sewing! Will it also be pink???
posted Feb 11, 2010
Jessica T.
SYDNEY,
Australia
58 posts
OG since: 05/23/2008
My friend made hers herself. Shes pretty much amazing. She's the one in red.
^ close up of the rosette looking things
+ her clutch (self made)
and her halloween costume (all self made, right down to the ears)
posted Feb 11, 2010
Kayla H.
BIRMINGHAM,
United Kingdom
405 posts
OG since: 12/16/2009
I made my prom dress last year ^.^
It only seems to be english girls who wear ball gowns theses days to prom, there were only two girls at mine with short dresses lol
posted Feb 12, 2010
marissa ..
United States
68 posts
OG since: 07/31/2009
ill be making mine also, ive definately got my work cut out for myself
posted Feb 12, 2010
Tree P.
CHICAGO,
United States
666 posts
OG since: 02/16/2009
I just started sewing but hopefully when I go to prom I can make my own dress (:
& To all the people that posted pictures, those are all incredible!
posted Feb 12, 2010
Sliced B.
THE INTERNET,
Hong Kong
196 posts
OG since: 07/18/2009
wow! that's amazing
posted Feb 12, 2010
Juliaisabella S.
Canada
1 posts
OG since: 05/22/2009
im planning on sewing my own prom dress for this year,
im so excited but nervous because i have no idea what im going to be doing
but im so so excitedd
ps i love all your dresses youve all posted !
posted Feb 18, 2010
Courtney W.
NEW YORK,
United States
207 posts
OG since: 08/04/2009
If your extremely comfortable and confident with doing so, go ahead. But its your prom, and so far thats the most important thing in your life lol So i would recommend showing the picture, and getting a seamstress to make it for you. Thats what I did: link link
posted Feb 18, 2010
Phoebe J.
INSIDE YOUR HEAD,
United Kingdom
500 posts
OG since: 12/01/2009
beautiful!
posted Feb 18, 2010
Jalanis F.
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA,
United States
21 posts
OG since: 12/24/2009
i plan on making mine this year too.!! its masqurade theme. and ive had this really cool mask. so i wanna make a dress to match it
posted Feb 19, 2010
Emily L.
United Kingdom
390 posts
OG since: 06/11/2009
Gosh, thats amazing, the fabrics really gorgeous too. Also, veryyyy pretty curls!
posted Feb 20, 2010
Theresa C.
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
United States
240 posts
OG since: 06/15/2009
That is beyond stunning.
I wish girls in America would wear dresses like this, rather than the lack of one. SO gorgeous.
posted Feb 21, 2010
Abby M.
NOT SO SUNNY, CALIFORNIA,
United States
56 posts
OG since: 06/10/2009
My mother is making mine! I could have made it myself...but my mother is just so amazing she offered to do so. =]
posted Feb 21, 2010
Mai T.
NARNIA,
Canada
364 posts
OG since: 11/06/2009
I'm making my dress for the semiformal this friday. I shall post a look once the finishing touches are done :)
posted Feb 21, 2010
Mai T.
NARNIA,
Canada
364 posts
OG since: 11/06/2009
Wow, love the boning in the waist... did you use a pattern or freestyle it?
posted Feb 21, 2010
Kayla H.
BIRMINGHAM,
United Kingdom
405 posts
OG since: 12/16/2009
thanks everyone :D
I used an 80s wedding dress pattern xD, was the third thing i ever made, I wouldn't of known where to start otherwise, I dont use patterns anymore though ^.^
posted Feb 21, 2010
Amanda J.
PUT ME OUT OF MY MISSOURI,
United States
16 posts
OG since: 06/01/2009
woo! thats soo pretty.
ive never been to dances (not exactly my thing)
but i sew skirts out of similar materials all the time!
posted Feb 22, 2010
Catherine C.
DETROIT,
United States
141 posts
OG since: 07/29/2009
Didn't sew my prom dress. Prom is coming up real soon. Did anyone have their prom yet? Post pics!
posted Apr 4, 2010
Vivian N.
HOGWARTS,
Canada
192 posts
OG since: 03/24/2009
That's gorgeous. The colors are beautiful. I always thought American Prom was too informal, girls here seem to think that 'less is more'. I love long, sweeping ball gowns.
posted Apr 13, 2010
Rebecca R.
BORING OLD CALIFORNIA,
United States
6 posts
OG since: 10/28/2009
oh my goodness! that is the prettiest dress i have ever seen! i cant believe you made that! i think you just inspired me to get into sewing actual clothes for myself. making a prom dress would be a dream come true.
(:
posted Apr 25, 2010
Truus ..
THE CORNER OF AWESOME AND BOMBDIGGITY ,
United States
351 posts
OG since: 12/13/2009
my goodness you look like some kind of enchanted elf princess!
posted May 8, 2010
Kelsey M.
TDOT,
Canada
33 posts
OG since: 07/24/2009
wow! those are good.
currently making my own dress,
lol im too picky to find one in the stores.
ill post a pic when im done mine!
posted May 10, 2010
Cassandra R.
THE SEASIDE ,
Australia
39 posts
OG since: 05/09/2010
KAYLA H. that dress is amazing. I kinda want to wear it my ball >.<
posted May 10, 2010
Milda S.
AROUND TORONTO,
Canada
314 posts
OG since: 05/18/2010
I'm thinking about it! I really want a dress like the one from 500 days of summer, and sewing might be my only option!
posted Feb 15, 2011
ELLE G.
SUFFOLK, ENGLAND,
United Kingdom
177 posts
OG since: 01/10/2009
such a gorgeous dress! go for it! (:
posted Feb 16, 2011
Helena C.
KIWILAND,
New Zealand
89 posts
OG since: 06/08/2010
I made my one for last years prom :) Pic of it below:
posted Feb 19, 2011
Celina V.
CARSON,
United States
615 posts
OG since: 01/14/2010
Definately making mines this and next year:] Get to go twice :]]]
posted Feb 19, 2011
Cindy F.
Netherlands
365 posts
OG since: 08/24/2010
Wow pretty amazing, I sew too.
But I've been just doing it since September so I'm still a newbie at it haha xD
I'm sewing my own blazer right now.
posted Feb 20, 2011
Cindy F.
Netherlands
365 posts
OG since: 08/24/2010
Looks very wauw! (:
You take sewing classes?
posted Feb 20, 2011
Cindy F.
Netherlands
365 posts
OG since: 08/24/2010
Super adorable, love the details <3
posted Feb 20, 2011
Alice S.
THE BURROW,
United Kingdom
83 posts
Member since: 09/21/2010
I'll hopefully be making mine this year! :)
posted Feb 21, 2011
Sinead M.
DISNEYLAND,
United Kingdom
31 posts
Member since: 09/07/2010
i gave up trying to find one that suited me so i took an old one of my mum's and altered it :)
lookbook.nu/look/1054023-The-Loser-Goes-To-Prom
posted Feb 24, 2011
Celina V.
CARSON,
United States
615 posts
OG since: 01/14/2010
Awh youre cute.
posted Feb 27, 2011
D M.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE,
United States
64 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
It was super years ago but this is my old prom dress that I diyed
posted Mar 31, 2011
Charles Olivier W.
QUEBEC,
Canada
660 posts
OG since: 07/06/2010
Wow, your dress looks so wonderful! I like the shape, the details and the colors of it!
posted Mar 31, 2011
D M.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE,
United States
64 posts
Member since: 03/20/2011
Thanks! I love this dress- of course I'm 25 now so wearing it is only something done around the house.
posted Mar 31, 2011
Nastassia U.
E-TOWN,
Canada
24 posts
Member since: 02/20/2011
Why do all the girls have short dresses? My grad this year there were only like 4 or 5 girls that didnt have floor length dresses.
posted Aug 25, 2011
Mademoiselle N.
THE LAND OF MOZART,
Austria
168 posts
OG since: 12/22/2009
i did
here it is :) people loved the idea that i made it myself
it is also part of my application for university
lookbook.nu/look/3003961-DIY-Prom-dress
posted Jan 31, 2012
DONNA D.
A FAMILY OF 32 KIDS,
Australia
84 posts
Member since: 11/05/2010
I made my own dress for prom last year. I dont like it anymore though
Sorry, had to cover his gorgeous blue eyes for his privacy :)
posted Feb 1, 2012
Morgan B.
TORONTO,
Canada
159 posts
Member since: 12/03/2011
I'm making half of mine. I'm buying a corset, and sewing a long petticoat.
posted Feb 1, 2012
Anh D.
BERLIN,
Germany
55 posts
Member since: 07/22/2011
I will try but I am having a back-up dress if my sewing skills don't work out ;D
posted Feb 3, 2012
May A.
EUROPE,
Spain
825 posts
OG since: 09/20/2009
I can't sew and my mum doesn't want to do it for me, so I'm thinking about designing my prom dress for this year and then getting a dressmaker to sew it. Prom dresses are not such a big deal in my country, though (we don't wear ball gowns or anything).
posted Feb 3, 2012
Katie L.
INDIANAPOLIS,
United States
345 posts
OG since: 08/30/2009
I'm not in high school anymore, so no, but I was going to my senior year, but I ended up buying a dress. But, I will make my wedding dress.
posted Feb 4, 2012