| College age girl weighing in here...I just had to go shopping for semi-formal dress myself (for a wedding), and I got it at Macy's. They had a lot more options in the store than they do online, and the wintery stuff should be going on sale now. Of course, I had a much harder time at it because I was looking at petites. But if you are going to buy something, you might as well buy it with the plan that she will have it on hand for a couple of years, rather than making it a one-time thing.
My school has a semi-formal dance each winter and most of the girls show up wearing some variation of a knee-length spaghetti-strap or sleeveless cocktail dress in a dark color and strappy sandals. I agree with the others who said that that Macy's dress would be nice as a work dress but not for this. If she's young looking I would try to steer clear of most stuff from the junior's department and babydoll-style dresses because that'll just end up making her look even younger. You also might want to see if she has a black or white cardigan or something that she can wear over a sleeveless dress, instead of trying to find one with sleeves. |