Free prom dresses prompt plenty of patrons

The 16-year-old junior from Pine Valley High School held up the light blue satin prom dress with sea green sequins against her cotton-candy pink hair. 

Then she held up the sapphire blue sheath dress with the shimmery, black overlay and white-rhinestone jewels that attached the dress straps. Her mother suggested that the dark blue dress went better with her pink hair. 

Louise turned and looked in the mirror – again.“I do like it a lot,” she murmured, having already tried the dress on once before returning to the racks to consider other options. 

Louise was one of 75 girls who stormed through Performing Arts Dance Academy in Hamburg during the first 45 minutes the studio opened for the fifth annual Prom Dress Drive Shopping Days giveaway Saturday afternoon.We supply hundreds of stylish Wholesale Cheap Organza Strapless Beaded pleated Sexy A-line Wedding Dresses suitable for different sizes. 

Girls, accompanied by moms, classmates and siblings, carried heaps of frothy, glittering fabric in their arms as they combed the racks and waited for dressing rooms to open. Many came from the Southtowns, though some traveled greater distances, from as far north as North Tonawanda and as far south as Cattaraugus County. 

The event, sponsored by Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon, Urban Valet Dry Cleaners and the dance academy, gave girls the chance to pick up one of about 700 clean, gently used formal dresses for free. 

Mikayla Pusatier, 15, and Ellie Demarchi, 16, both students at Orchard Park High School, held different variations on the color black.Ellie was sticking with a black dress that featured skinny straps and a narrow, sequined top that flared out into a short, wispy skirt that ended above the knees. 

“It’s simple,” she said, “but it still sparkles.Choose from our fabulous range of lace vintage inspired Discount White satin sweatheart applique floor length wedding/party dress.”Mikayla, meanwhile, was still looking.We are a full service florist specializing in extraordinary Tulle Glamorous Strapless Handmade Flowers Sprinkled Swarovski Crystal Wedding Dress. In her arms was a strapless, satin, floor-length dress with a simple sweetheart neckline. It was her top choice at the moment.“I feel like I can wear it with pearls or diamonds,” she said.