Where to Purchase a Formal or Cocktail Dress

Need to look great for a formal or cocktail dress for a special occasion?  Some moms asked for recommendations of where to shop for a formal or cocktail dress.  Lots of great options here – from discount to high-end stores!

Discount Stores

Sugar Plum Consignments

• Sugar Plum rocks!
• try Sugar Plum Consignments off Ridgeway for a great dress- they often carry vintage and have an array of sizes.

Celery Upscale Resale
Celery has high-end dresses, worth checking out!

Barefoot Bride

• I picked up two dresses from Barefoot Bride. Both were very, very reasonable and in good condition.
• Check out Barefoot Bride….. She has more than wedding dresses!

Dillards
Dillards has a great clearance rack of evening gowns. I got one for $30 about a month ago that was originally $130

Half of Half
Bartlett

Boutiques

Southern Couture
Southern Couture in Regalia has amazing dresses!

Ella
Chickasaw Oaks

Crazy Beautiful
University area

Anthropologie
Shops at Saddle Creek

Joseph
Shops at Laurelwood

Indigo
Germantown

Oak Hall

Isabella
Laurelwood Collection

Lavish
Collierville

Sashi

Pink Coconut Boutique
Olive Branch, MS

Muse
Downtown

Online Options

Rent the Runway

• Rent the Runway is officially the best invention ever.
• I just used RentTheRunway.com for a black tie event and was VERY happy!
• Obsessed with rent the runway!