| My best friend is a single working mum with three | | | | With a bit of careful planning all of our sons and |
| daughters. The girls attend a local school and I was | | | | daughters can look a million bucks. |
| quiet taken back when I discovered last year how | | | | Many on-line formal sites will lead you to a plethora |
| much time, effort, stress, shopping miles, money and | | | | of fashions, some even offer you tips on what style |
| arguments were invested in getting her first daughter | | | | dresses to wear according to your body shape. This |
| ready for the school formal. School formals have | | | | is a great place to start. But there are many other |
| grown rapidly over the last 10 years to be one of | | | | factors to consider if you want that 'wow' appeal. |
| the most important school events of the calendar | | | | When a fashion stylist takes someone shopping they |
| year. The youth are driving this phenomenon, with | | | | will access the persons body shape, colouring, |
| some young girls planning up to a year ahead and | | | | personal attributes, face shape, scale and personality |
| spending up to $1000.00 for their outfits. | | | | and find an outfit to reflect all of these things. The |
| The organizer of Formal Expo 2009, Graham Stroud | | | | results is an outfit that sings to you because it suits |
| has reported that $170 million is spent annually on | | | | the person so well. |
| school formals in NSW's alone. What is going on, I ask | | | | Booking a personal shopping trip with a fashion |
| you. How can hard working mums and dads keep up | | | | stylists is one option that will bring you results. By |
| with the demands that our youth are creating? The | | | | giving the responsibility to an expert you will find that |
| pressure to look great, be accepted, be cool and not | | | | the indecision and time wasting will be eliminated. |
| make a fool of your self is a big reality for our | | | | If this is not an option consider an on line consultation |
| children... | | | | be fore you go shopping. Some stylists and image |
| I remember my school formal very well. I attended a | | | | consultants will offer a style report. The trick here is |
| school on the Gold Coast, and while select privileged | | | | to mention that you only want advice for a special |
| girls took to the shops to find the perfect dress. My | | | | event. By eliminating the need to cover your entire |
| mum made my dress in an onion green floral chiffon | | | | working and social wardrobe, your stylist only needs |
| fabric. I called it my "celery stick" dress as it had a frill | | | | to develop a single' look'. |
| on the hemline that I hated. May by that is why I | | | | A good style report should cover everything you |
| want to help others in their pursuit of the perfect | | | | need to find that perfect outfit. When organizing a |
| dress. The most important thing I want to get | | | | look for a formal make sure to check if colour, |
| across is that you do not have to spend big dollars | | | | accessories, face shape, fabric and body shape |
| to get a big effect. | | | | analysis are included. If you have these basic covered |
| While many young women and men can afford to | | | | you will have no problem sifting through the many |
| choose from the best of our Australian designers and | | | | options for you son or daughter and finding the |
| place their purchases on dads credit card. There are | | | | perfect outfit. |
| many more who do not have this available to them. | | | | |