2.Leave The Long Skirt For Proms

How to bag the perfect wedding dress without breaking the bank

Most little girls dream of getting married and we women are no different when we grow up. We still have that picture in our mind of how our big day is going to be. You imagine walking down the aisle in the perfect wedding dress, looking just like a princess. Wearing a sophisticated tiara or hairpiece, and holding a beautiful bouquet of flowers. Everything is just perfect, and money is not a thought that enters your head.

Now your dream becomes reality and youe gotten engaged and are beginning to plan the perfect day. Except when you do start you soon realise that the reality is that funds are not endless and you have to work within a budget. That budget must cover so much, fees for rental of your ceremony and reception site, decorations, catering/food, bar, flowers, music, photography, video, marriage license, invitations, wedding rings, transportation, honeymoon, attendants, gifts, guest wedding favors, and a myriad of other miscellaneous costs. So how much is then left for your wedding attire. A dress for you, your bridesmaids, flower girls and of course the men's wear..

Not many of us have the luxury of spending over ?000 on a designer dress and even if you could you might prefer to allocate less towards the dress and use a larger portion of your budget for a more elaborate honeymoon or reception party.

Whether or zara lace dress not you are working to budget everyone enjoys the feeling of accomplishment when locating and acquiring a bargain. These days it's not so hard to come across a bargain with little effort.

The best way to start is to have a look in some bridal shops. You may not have the intention of buying from them but you can certainly establish the style, size, and cut of the kind of dress you are going for.

Make notes of what kinds of styles and colours you like the best. Sometimes you find a style in a magazine and when you try it on you find it isn't really how you imagined and it doesn flatter your shape the way you expected. Bridal gown sizes can come up smaller than your usual size so the best thing to do is to go by your measurements and ask dressmakers for the bust, waist and hip sizes that make up the size in general. Some bridal shops don't keep the manufacturers labels on and instead re-label and price with their own internal tagging system (many salons do this to avoid "competitive shopping" and price comparisons). The shop should tell you the name of the designer or manufacturer if you ask.

Once you have got an idea of the styles you like and the size you need, then you can begin searching for your gown and accessories. It best to purchase your dress before shopping for accessories. Certain elements of the dress will help you choose the best accessories to match.

When you start looking for a gown it is better to find a dress that either fits perfectly or is just a little bit big. Because of the delicate fabrics making alterations can be done easily if the dress needs "taking in" but to "let it out" can be quite tricky. Most gown designers always allow about an inch or slightly less for seem allowance. If a gown is very tricky to alter this will reflect in the price of the alteration. So remember your dress budget needs to be for the dress its self and any alterations needed.

Buy Cheap Homecoming Dresses How To toddler girls clothing Follow 2011's Top Trends And Still Save Money

You want to this year, that's understandable as it seems that everyone is trying to save money these days!

But how do you find a dress that is bang on trend, but still leaves you with some money to go out and party?

Read on to get the low-down on 2011's top homecoming dress trends and some really useful hints on how to do it without breaking the bank:

Firstly what are the trends worth following this year?

1.Bright Colors Are A Must

2011 is all about bright eye-catching colors. We know that an LBD is an all-purpose dress, but leave the black for later this year and go bright. Bright yellows, oranges, reds...they're all good, as the key is to catch the eye. After all, homecoming parties are supposed to be fun, so go a bit wild.

You could even team up the dresses bright color with some matching vivid eye-shadow and lipstick, to go with a real 80s vibe!

2.Leave The Long Skirt designer evening dresses For Proms

Homecoming is about dancing, fun and is a bit crazier than your average prom night! So go for a short skirt that will allow you the freedom to move without tripping over all of the time!

Don't think that your shape should dictate the length of your skirt, as I'm a firm believer that bigger, curvier girls should also be showing off their legs.

3.Accessorize With Sparkle

The trend this year is to be SEEN, so along with bright colors you should be choosing a dress with crystals, sequins, rhinestones and anything else that will sparkle and get you looked at. Don't forget to also wear some sparkly jewelry to complement the look!

4.A-Line And Ball-gown Style Is Where It's At

These two styles are great for homecoming as they are comfortable for dancing and will suit almost every girl's body shape, especially A-line dresses that look good on every woman.

5.Iridescent Taffeta Is So Cool This Year

Sounds weird, right? But this form of taffeta is great as it is a kind of two-tone fabric that changes color in the light. What could be better in the year where we are trying to get noticed?

It's got a really trendy metallic look and is nice and light which will also increase the comfort of your dress, so see if you can find a dress made of this fabric if you can!

So that's five cool trends for 2011, but how about saving money?

6.Shop Online

If you're buying dresses in a store in the mall not only are you paying a lot of profit margin because you're paying for the store's utility bills, rent and the staff's salaries (as well as just pure profit). The result? These homecoming dresses are expensive!

The best money-saving tip is to buy online, as websites usually operate at much lower profit and therefore you can get the same dress cheaper!

The only possible issue is delivery time, but as long as you give yourself time before homecoming then this will be fine.

You should be able to get a really beautiful, custom-sized homecoming dress online starting at about one hundred dollars...now that's cheap!