David's Bridal

My Prom
by Samantha Bryant

Friday night (May 25) was my senior prom, and I was so excited to wear my dream design created by David’s Bridal.

Me and My Date

I painted my nails gold to match the gold sequins on the dress. I then streaked my hair with pale pink dye, because … I’m not really sure
why, but why not? A friend French-braided both sides of my hair and
pulled it into a tucked/twisted bun. It looked really neat with all the pale pink running through it. I added some flower clips that I made with black petals and sequins.

For my date, I went with a good friend named Merlin. I sewed black sequins onto his bow tie so that he would match my hair clips and dress. Our group of about 25 people took a limousine into Washington, D.C., for dinner. My dress had so many layers that when I sat down I basically took up two seats in the limo! No one seemed to mind though.

We danced at prom for about two hours and ended the night at a quaint all-night diner. Everyone commented on how wonderful I looked in my dress. I was constantly overwhelmed with how lucky I was to have been a part of this contest.

Meet Samantha Bryant who will be posting a couple of blogs about her experience with the “Sketch Your Prom Dress” contest and being named the winner.

“New York was a truly amazing experience. My favorite part was touring the design studio at David’s Bridal. I met all the designers who worked on the prom dress competition, including Juliana Chan, who explained how she took my dream and brought it into a stunning reality.

The designers offered me so much insight into the industry, from spotting trends to marketing the final product. I was delighted to see that they still create sketches through hand illustrations rather than on the computer. In the fabric lab, I learned about the complicated process of selecting fabrics. On another floor, we got to meet the pattern makers, who drafted the patterns used to create the prom dress samples. Everyone at the studio was super and nice, and reinforced my desire to become a fashion designer.

On the final day I went to the David’s Bridal store on Sixth Avenue and did a TV interview for a morning lifestyles show. I got to try on the dress, and I couldn’t be happier with the way it looks:) I’m super excited to wear it to my school’s prom in a few months.”
by Samantha Bryant

Modoration.com features our “Sketch Your Prom Dress” Contest!!
Click here to enter!