Homecoming Dresses

Two ideas sit on this dress that rarely share one: a sheer beaded corset bodice at the top, and a vintage toile print running across the skirt below. Off-the-shoulder straps keep the shoulders bare, and a satin bow marks the waist where the two...

Geometric cutouts set into a sweetheart neckline, a bodice covered in rhinestones, and a skirt that stacks into ruffles — this is a dress with three separate ideas about how to get noticed, and all of them work. Lacing at the back handles the...

A train that comes off gives you two silhouettes from one dress — full drama for the entrance, a clean floor-length line for everything after it. Product Details Silhouette A-line with a detachable train Neckline Round crew neckline Length Floor length, with a detachable...

Cutouts set into a sweetheart neckline, rhinestones over everything else, and lacing at the back to pull it all in. Fuchsia is the loudest way to buy this shape and the one that photographs hardest under a flash. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline Sweetheart...

Taffeta holds a pleat where satin would let it drop, which is why the folds here stay sharp all evening instead of softening after an hour on a dance floor. Product Details Silhouette A-line Neckline Strapless, straight across the bust Length Short / mini...

Beading on a corset that stays still, chiffon ruffles below that never do. The contrast between the two halves is what makes the dress read as designed rather than assembled. Product Details Silhouette A-line Neckline Strapless, straight across a corset bodice Length Short /...

Chiffon in tiers falls rather than stands, so the skirt follows you a beat behind. The bow is the only fixed point on a dress otherwise entirely in motion. Product Details Silhouette Tiered, with a ruffled skirt Neckline Fine spaghetti straps Length Short /...

Appliqués on black satin are almost invisible until the light moves, and then the whole surface appears to shift. It is far more sophisticated than lace on a pale ground. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline Fine spaghetti straps over a corset bodice Length Short...

Fringe is the only trim that keeps moving after you stop, and on a close-cut sequin dress it is the only way to get movement at all. A V-neck keeps the line long above it. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline Deep V-neck Length Short...

The bodice is sheer mesh with beadwork and floral embroidery laid straight onto it, so the structure reads as pattern rather than construction. Below it the satin skirt is ruched smooth and close — two completely different surfaces on one dress. Product Details Silhouette...

Pleating is shaping you can see, and built into tiers it gives the skirt two kinds of line at once — vertical in the folds, horizontal in the layers. Product Details Silhouette Tiered, with a pleated skirt Neckline Strapless sweetheart Length Short / mini...

Royal blue satin cut close, with nothing added. The colour is strong enough that decoration would only compete with it. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline Sweetheart Length Short / mini Sleeve Sleeveless Fabric Smooth satin, fully lined Embellishment Undecorated — plain satin throughout Feature...

Tiers in tulle build volume in steps rather than all at once, so the skirt stands away from the body without needing a hoop underneath it. Product Details Silhouette Tiered, with a layered skirt Neckline Off the shoulder, over a corset bodice Length Short...

Red tulle in tiers with lace over it. Each layer catches light differently, which is why a deep colour like this does not flatten out in photographs. Product Details Silhouette Tiered, with a layered skirt Neckline Straps over a corset bodice Length Short /...

Red sequins and one bare shoulder. There is no version of this that reads as understated, which is either exactly what you want or a reason to look elsewhere. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline One shoulder, asymmetric Length Short / mini Sleeve Sleeveless Fabric...

Dark green sequins are close to black until the light hits them, and then they are unmistakably green. It is the one sequin colour that holds something back. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline One shoulder, asymmetric Length Short / mini Sleeve Sleeveless Fabric Sequinned...

The asymmetric neckline does the heavy lifting here — one shoulder covered, one bare, and a ruffle running down from it that keeps moving after you stop. Satin holds the bodycon line clean through the body, so the ruffle reads as deliberate rather than...

Royal blue satin holds beadwork without letting it take over — the colour is saturated enough to stay the first thing you see, with the stones arriving a moment later. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline V-neck on fine spaghetti straps, over a corset bodice...

Flowers built out of fabric cast small shadows on the ground beneath them, and on a muted green those shadows do more work than the colour does. The dress reads as texture first. Product Details Silhouette A-line Neckline Strapless, straight across a corset bodice...

Sequins on ivory have no colour to lean on, so every one of them has to be placed for the way it catches light. Done right, as here, the dress glows instead of glittering. Product Details Silhouette Bodycon Neckline Fine spaghetti straps Length Short...