When shopping for designer prom dresses the internet provides you with an opportunity to look at endless choices of dresses without leaving your home, which eliminates the tiring journey of walking from store to store.

Whether it is a discount prom dress at a discounted price or a unqiue prom dress, you can find what you want while sitting in front of your computer!

You could also buy a prom dress and your graduation dress together. You could get discounts on both, and save a great deal of cash!. So... one of the biggest benefits is lower Costs.

But...you will need to be careful to follow some guidelines whether shopping on the internet or in your local dress shop.

YOUR BODY TYPE

It is extremely important to consider you body type when picking a unique prom dress. If you pick the right Prom dress or gown that fits you and your body type... you will look so much better that if you just pick a dress that you like the most.

If you have an hourglass figure, your body type may be thin, or you might be a plus size. Whatever your body type... picking a dress that ultimately compliments you is very important to how good you will look in your Prom Dress.

* Hourglass figure: A good choice is the strapless or halter top dresses.
* Boyish or straight figure: Choose a dress with open shoulders and a flared skirt
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* Plus sizes: choose a low neckline, empire cut dress and a flared skirt
* Pear Shaped: Choosing an A-lined dresses or empire waist dress will lengthen the legs and the torso. This choice should also be darker at the bottom and lighter at the top as well.

SIZING: When you have decided on the perfect unique prom dress for your body type, then you will need to get your size right!

A common problem is that many dress manufacturers sizes vary. Your dress size may be 10 for a particular manufacturer but size 12 for another.

This particular problem can be solved easily by shopping online.

Many online stores provide you with an online catalogue that has a chart of sizes that you can concise to your measurements.

If you must have a dress that is not available in your size, buy the largest size! You could alter the dress if it is a size or two big for you but if the dress is small, you will need to go through the process of returning it.

ALTERATIONS:

No matter how careful you are to find a Prom Dress that fits you well... When your Prom is 2 weeks out you may need to consider altering your dress. We gain or lose weight, and this will affect how well your dress now fits.

So buying wedding gowns, graduation dresses, or design prom dresses online not only saves you money, but since it is likely you will need an alteration... it will ultimately prove to provide you with a better variety of choices, and help you save a ton of money as well!