Formal/Prom 101 || Introduction + Dresses

Hello all you beautiful people! For us girlies in Australia formal 'season' is coming up also known as prom! This means a whole lot excitement with dresses, hair and makeup being fussed about all over the place. I have been biting my tongue in excitement to do this series because it's so fun and exciting. Basically, over the course of a few weeks I will be writing all about formal and helping you get prepared! So.. lets get to it! Just a little disclaimer, I may be collaborating with a few different companies but all opinions are 100% honest as usual.

Today I'm going to be sharing all about dresses, I personally get really overwhelmed when it comes to formal dress shopping only because there are so many choices and I tend to freak out not knowing where to start. Here's a few tips!

Breathe Before all else, breathe and collect your thoughts. It's really not that big of a deal! Of course we all want to come up in the best dress possible and strut our stuff, but at the end of the day what matters is the memories that you will make that night and the fun that you're going to have. Relax, you're going to look absolutely beautiful.

Imagine Before you start storming into stores and freaking out because there are so many choices, start to imagine what you want your dress to look like, 'the one'. Here's a few questions to prompt you..

- What colour do you want? Is there a specific colour that you have in mind or a theme that you want to match to?
- Strapless, one strap, two straps, halter, long sleeve, cap sleeves?
- Thin about the details! High neck, plunge, low back, lace, metallic detailing?
- Do you want a short dress or a long dress?

Oh so many questions. BUT WAIT! What if you have no idea at all? That leads me on to my next step.

Gather inspiration Get yourself on Pinterest, look at magazines, look online and in stores, talk to your friends about it. Once you have a small idea of what you want your dress to look like, go ahead and look up the key words like "white strapless dress".

Keep your mind open As great as it is to know exactly what you want, sometimes.. it doesn't exactly go the way you want it to. I know so many girls who have their dream dresses in their head, but when they try it on, it doesn't end up looking like what they expected.

Talk to your friends and family about it The opinions that I value the most? My mum, my two sisters and my best friend! Bring your girls out shopping or have a cute shopping date with your mum.

Set yourself a budget Whether it be $50 or $500, it's great to have a budget in mind. You may want to really go all out, and if you can afford to that's great! Personally, I find it hard to bring myself to splurge on a dress that I'm probably only going to wear once. It's completely up to you! There are some really great and affordable dresses out there for those of you who are looking for one.


Now for my favourite places to look for dresses online. There are definitely negative things about buying dresses online, it may not look the way that you wanted it to or the quality may not be great. But personally, I find that there are so many more options out there online that it's less likely for you to rock up to formal with the same dress as someone else.

1. FAME & PARTNERS

This is my favourite place to look at dresses. Not only do they have amazing dresses, but they have so many options to customise them by length, straps, materials and even colour! I'd definitely recommend checking them out. They also have a huge range of dresses that range from the cheaper side to the more expensive range.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK FAME& PARTNERS OUT

If you're interested, I do have a coupon code for 15% off all original priced dresses. Just key in RYNSPIRATION15 at the checkout!

2. ASOS

Asos is one of my favourite places to shop at for any occasion. I absolutely love the quality and service that they provide and some of their formal dresses are pretty amazing. I recently purchased a formal dress from their website that I'm considering wearing to one of the formals that I will be attending this year so definitely go check them out if you're looking for somewhere that offers express shipping.

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3. MISSGUIDED

I've never actually bought anything from MissGuided before but I am in love with their dresses. One of my friends actually purchased her dress from here last year and she won best dressed! The amazing thing about MissGuided is the fact that they do have dresses on the cheaper side for great quality.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK MISSGUIDED OUT


Those are probably my top 3 places to shop at online, next week I will be featuring some different dresses too. I hope some of you found this helpful and don't forget to take advantage of the 15% off code at Fame & Partners!



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KARYNENGEE

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