our formal is the 24th too:) its not anything too fancy since there are only like 30 of us- we either hold them at our house since we have a ballroom- or this year its at our favorite bar- its basically a big party.... i'm not going since i'm here- but to answer your question- i usually recycle dresses from high school or i borrow dresses from friends/sisters or i just make up a fun outfit wtih a long skirt and a pretty top or soemthing....

Our formal is May 2nd! I will be shopping in a friends' closet :)

your formal is on a sunday? :confused:

My mom bought me a new dress for ours this spring, which I was stoked about, since my date was a friend from home and that ruled out old high school dresses. :p

I want to see some pictures of your formals! I haven't been to a formal in forever. :(

I'm a dork! It's that Saturday. :)

Pics from Formal!! :)

http://www.geocities.com/josiewvu/formal.html

Buy or borrow?
 

I used to trade dresses with friends I knew wouldn't show up to the same event, but eventually you go through everything in each other's closets and you're back to square one. I've been pretty happy with the people on http://www.gatheringguide.com/ec/bri...s_dresses.html though. It's a lot of bridal shops, but they have really fantastic formal dresses, especially if you shop around.