Free prom gowns are offered at the pop-up North Bay store.
There is a destination boutique in the village of Corte Madera that is making students excited about one of the biggest, most popular and enjoyable nights of high school: prom.
CORTE MADERA, Calif.- With flower comes preparation for high school students ‘ weddings, and searching for just the proper dress or dress is something of a rite of passage. The Leadership Club at Redwood High School provides free prom dresses to individuals for the next year in a string.
This time, a mall houses The Prom Boutique. The provided the free financial place for the three weekends the boutique has been opened.
Charlotte Lacy is a young, along with Olivia Villanova, a freshman at Redwood High School in Larkspur. They began working on the project for the next year it was in life.
Before, during, and after the three-week event, some Leadership Club people made day donations.
Participants were given the task of choosing their dresses, accessories, and carefully wrapping and storing items in a blue paper store bag by first-year students and sophomores.
Lacy said,” We have so many sorts of clothes, so many styles, and so many styles, we have beautiful people if that’s your design”.
Clothes of all colours and all fabric, including silk, lace, velvet, and sequined, were hung on hangers, and sorted by length.
There was something for all, and it came in several different sizes and styles. Along with bracelets and night luggage, there are also cute shoes and strappy sandals with feet.
The administration project was started as a way to lower the costs associated with graduation and make the event available to anyone who wants to attend.
The largest hurdle is usually income, for a dress, a journey, and the solution to the graduation itself.
In addition to reducing fast fashion waste, Prom Boutique’s extra advantages included reducing the number of times that students have chosen not to use their graduation dress more than once.
Whereas previous year’s completely prom dress raffle offered about 250 garments, this year the Prom Boutique hopes to give out over 600 clothes.
Many dresses were donated by name-brand fashion retailers, who typically sell bridesmaid dresses and formal wear for more than$ 100.
In the complete- length window of the wholesale store, three mannequins sport much, strapless dresses, one a light- colored decorative with a single over- the- shoulder sleeve. They all sparkle under the bandwidth lights, with glitter and glitter glistening. The top double doors lead to two long red carpets with velvet ropes that point people to the array of colorful dresses that are displayed on racks and are arranged according to size.
Top Lilly Rubinstein attends Tamalpais High School. She was delighted with the fabric and the choices.
” The amount of choices, there are so many, and it’s really nice that they’re all for completely because prom gowns are definitely expensive”, said Rubenstein.
Lacy said,” These clothes, they’re product new with tags, and there’s something really special about being able to walk away with a shopping bag with a new outfit that no one’s actually worn before.’
The variety of choices and styles was appreciative of customers. Additionally, families are thrilled.
Eyla, a junior at a higher class in Marin County, and Alisa Arquilevich of Mill Valley stopped by to purchase.
Arquilevich said“, I’m blown apart. When she said all the dresses were free, I did n’t believe her.
It’s not just a product. According to Lacy, it’s a product that increases self-assurance without having a price tag.
She said”, Our full job here is to crack down that stigma, so this is for everybody, no matter if you can purchase it or not, because everybody should be able to go prom, whether you can purchase it or not.”
Although the Prom Boutique primarily sells clothes, there are also ties and sports coats.
It has been a humbling experience for Lacy, Villanova, and the management staff.
Lacy said”, This has been an eye- opening experience for me, because we live in Marin, and we’re often known as being a rich community, but in reality, not everyone has the same privileges and can afford a prom dress, so this is a truly cool experience.”
There’s still room for more donations and upcycling, according to Lacy.
One of our goals this year is to encourage people to return their dresses as they do when they pick out new ones so we can continue recycling and protect the planet by rocking your same outfit the next year.
The Village in Corte Madera’s Prom Boutique closed on Saturday.
They are accepting donations for the following year because they anticipate it to be even bigger.
For KTVU Fox 2 News, freelance reporter Alice Wertz works. She can be reached at ( 212 ) 963-5710.