In an era when clothes are mass-produced overseas and sewing machines are considered vintage housewares, do people really make their own prom dresses anymore? You betcha. TODAY.com asked readers to ...

According to Seventeen Magazine, last year's prom dress cost an average of $236. For less than $90, Barbara will make Grace's one-of-a-kind dress and a matching vest for her date. "I just can't see ...

A former military man honed his sewing skills so that his teenage daughter could go to prom wearing her 'dream' dress. Fishing and hunting enthusiast Mariah Herron, 17, from Marshfield, Wisconsin, had ...

Dear Eunice Farmer: My daughter wants me to make her a prom dress that is strapless. My biggest problem is that I can't find a pattern small enough and I don't know how to adjust a larger pattern to ...

Jennie Garth revealed on Wednesday that she made her 18-year-old daughter Lola's prom dress from scratch Nicholas Rice is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE Magazine. He began working with the brand as an ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Sarah Lewis designed her prom dress and recruited the owner of a local ...

Making custom prom gowns is a lot of work. Making 17 in one season would be a career - or at least a very time-intensive side gig. “This is actually my part time job,” said Keya Wilson of Harrisburg, ...

Dear E.D.: Chris Buckley, who runs the Teacher Supply Depot at 3108 Lenox Ave., accepts craft materials such as you described. The depot helps teachers stock their classrooms, and they are pretty ...