Golden Globes: Get the Looks For Prom
A prom dress can break or make your night. This is why shopping for the perfect gown can be very overwhelming. It needs to meet certain requirements: stand out, fit, be comfortable, and, of course, affordable. If any group of people knows best about finding the perfect dress, it would be celebrities since they attend many events that require formal wear. According to stylecaster.com, their dresses can range from $3,000-$8,000. Even though people like Jennifer Lopez and Jennifer Aniston tend to have expensive taste, it’s easy to get the same look for less. On Sunday, January 11 the Golden Globes aired, and the stunning styles can easily be recreated for an affordable price.
Low-neck line dresses are definitely for you if you want to go for a more risqué look for prom. The Golden Globes featured plenty of inspirational dresses. Jessica Chastain wore an Atelier Versace dress. It was a metallic brown color with a low V-neckline and halter straps. She wore a chunky silver bracelet and long drop earrings. Another celebrity who wore the low V-neck look was Jennifer Lopez in her Zuhair Murad dress. Her gold dress was loose fitting with silver tones running through and a long train attached. She also wore long silver drop earrings but dressed it down by wearing little jewelry and simple plain heels. Similar gowns can be found on promgirl.com under the “shop by style” category: V-Neck under the colors brown, silver or gold. These dresses range from $100-700. Comparable jewelry can be found on Forever21.com for less then $20. Elegant heels can be purchased at DSW for under $40.
A high neckline dress is perfect if you don’t want too reveal too much skin and are leaning more towards the conservative side. Jennifer Aniston demonstrated this look in a glittering black Yves Saint Laurent dress. The top of the dress was made of sequins, and she wore her hair up with long gold earrings. A comparable dress to Aniston’s can be found on dailylook.com under Line and Dot Monroe Sequin Dress for $195. With the hair pulled up, Felicity Jones pulled off a slight turtleneck atop a turquoise Dior gown. A similar turtleneck dress as Jones’ can be found on prom girl under Sherri Hill Designer Evening Gown for $450. To achieve her up do, you can bring a picture of the hairstyle to the salon and have them copy the look. If you want to save money, you can even do your own hair by looking up “prom hair tutorials” on YouTube or searching for hairstyles on Pinterest.com.
A bright colored dress is ideal if you want to stand out the most at prom and are going for a more vibrant look. Yellow was a popular choice this year. Noami Watts wore a bright yellow Gucci dress with silver jewelry and bright red lipstick. To get your makeup like Watts’, all you need is natural eye makeup and apply red lipstick. Other stars who wore yellow were Jenna Dewan-Tatum in a Carolina Herrera dress and Leslie Mann showing off a Kaufmanfranco gown. Genealogydresses.com has a whole collection of yellow dresses for under $500. If yellow is not for you, bright red will also help you stand out like Heidi Klum did in her scarlet Atelier Versace dress. A similar dress is shown on promgirl.com under Floor Length Sleeveless Lace Dress in red for only $99.