Plus Size Prom Dresses Are Big Business
Just because your teen daughter cuts a silhouette more like the Bridget-Jones-days Renee Zellweger and less like how the actress looked in Cold Mountain, does not mean she has to wear a ‘tent dress’ to her prom! Plus size prom dresses are fashionable, stylish and very in-vogue.
In America today, sixty-two million women average size twelve or larger and forty-nine percent of women wear size sixteen or above. With more teens than ever wearing larger sizes, the fashion industry has been smart enough to stay abreast of the body shape trend and accommodate the need for attractive, gorgeous plus size prom dresses that every Mom and Dad’s “little girl”, no matter how big or small she is, would love to be seen in.
The prom is a celebration of a young person’s school days, and no one wants to feel like a wallflower. The right dress and accessories can turn any young lady into Cinderella, oozing with confidence, brimming with vitality and bubbling over with excitement. It helps if there’s a degree of comfort sewn into the outfit. Yes, the occasion is formal but it’s still a party and a girl’s gotta boogie! Too-low necklines can be a little difficult to manage on the dance floor, and a lot of corsetry in the bust area can be very restricting. A clever designer can take all these and more into account and create a stunning prom dress that can flatter the plus size teen’s figure, in the perfect color to show off her skin tone, hair and eyes. If sexy is on order, then that can be arranged too. Big girls no longer hide themselves in shapeless, boring clothes.
Look at Kirstie Alley. She’s been thin and she’s been terribly overweight, yet she makes the most of her best features. Her face and hair, in combination with her vivacious personality, compel the eye away from her body shape. Oprah Winfrey, too, is a victim of fluctuating weight, yet she nearly always glows with an attractive magnetism.
Your belle of the ball will be able to hold her own with “the beautiful crowd” when she waltzes in on the evening wearing one of the incredible range of plus size prom dresses available today. A quick look over the Internet will reveal dozens of websites offering tons of styles. And don’t be too concerned about price either. Buying a plus size prom dress is no more expensive than a size four or six. It’s all about demand, and as mentioned before, there’s plenty of that.
Fabrics are often a consideration for a plus size gown. However, where it used to be best to avoid clingy materials such as satin and silk, the trend now is to design a more flowing style. This means no bulges are obvious, but the sheen in the material creates an illusion for the eye, and a lot of movement in the entire piece. One thing to remember however is that jewelry should be toned down to accommodate the shine of the satin.
As the saying goes, “big girls don’t cry”, and certainly not when they are faced with such an amazing range of plus size prom dresses to choose from.
