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College ball

  • 19-01-2010 3:15pm
    #1
    Vinta81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭


    Going to my first one in less than a month, what exactly do people wear teacup length/shortish/full length? I don't want to look like I'm at the MET Ball, but I would like to be fairly dressy and budget wise I'm ok with splashing a lil bit.

    So ladies, options or opinions please? Preferably no black as Ithink it's such a depressing colour.


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  • #2
    OldGoat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭✭OldGoat


    Try and get some pictures of previous events just to give you a feel for the event and then start looking at what you want to wear.

    I'm older than Minecraft goats.



  • #3
    Seren_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,810 ✭✭✭Seren_


    I went to one of the balls at college last year, and most people were wearing cocktail style dresses. There was a few in debs style dresses too, but then again I suppose people might have wanted to get another wear out of their debs dress or something :)

    I wore a knee length dress, but I find them more comfortable than full length ones anyway.

    This dress is very pretty, and you could accessorise it with brighter colours too. Monsoon is a great place to find nice dresses too.


  • #4
    jellie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,503 ✭✭✭✭jellie


    Any college ball I went to it was pretty much anything goes in terms of dresses (once they were in someway dressy)


  • #5
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    Most people wear cocktail type dresses. Some wear debs type dresses. Doesn't really matter. Nothing TOO ballgowny though. I wore this dress to 2 balls last year, both in different colleges! But I woulda been one of the less dressy ones.


  • #6
    JessieJ
    Closed Accounts Posts: 51 ✭✭JessieJ


    It's really a case of 'anything goes' at college balls. Some girls will splash out on a really fancy, full-length gown while others will wear cocktail dresses. A friend of mine looked fab last year in a really simple black dress she bought in Zara for €20.

    I'm hoping to wear either a red or black pencil skirt to my college ball in a few weeks time. The problem is that I have no top to match them! Has anybody seen any nice corset/bustier tops in the shops lately?


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  • #7
    Vinta81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭Vinta81


    Coast have some try the online store http://www.coast-stores.com

    I forogt about making this thread today :o I saw a pretty full length dress on Coast, a magenta colour and then a champagne cocktail length one in warehouse. I'm just not sure if many girls wear full length? As I think i'd actually prefer to be quite dressy.


  • #8
    Lia_lia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,691 ✭✭✭Lia_lia


    I'd say about maybe 25% of the girls there wear full length dresses. But go for it!


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