Gothic prom gowns: the look

A gothic prom gown doesn’t even have to be black, it’s more the sensuality of the colours that count, so purple and dark red work fine, even pink if it is co-ordinated with black!

A gothic prom gown would probably have a tight fitted corset section, and flowing skirt, although it can work just as well with a short skirt.

There are lots of specialist sites online now where you can get prom dresses that are designed in the goth way, so you don’t have to rely on adapting old dresses, which used to be the norm.

Maybe you aren’t a fully fledged goth, but like the shape of the clothes - not the loose hanging casual stuff, but the more fitted shapes, and you could go for this shape and still keep the more classic colours you’d associate with prom dresses.

There really is a huge array of choice, so you can make your gothic prom gowns as you want - they also work for halloween and fancy dress parties!