There are many ways to find cheap prom dresses. One is to look in the online stores for discounted prom dresses. There are many online stores and departmental stores that sell cheap prom dresses from time to time. Checking out the Craigslist for you locality will also be useful sometimes. eBay is another website that you have to keep checking for formal gowns, and prom dresses at low cost. When we say cheap prom dresses it is not that the quality of the prom dresses will be cheap, we are talking about the cost of the dress only.
Another way to look for formal prom dresses is to look for used prom dresses. Prom dresses are worn only on that occasion and thereafter is found in your closet only. Many senior of yours would have used them once and it would as new as you find in the stores. They might be willing to sell them off as there is not need for that formal prom dresses in the future. You can look for such seniors who want to make some quick buck by selling their formal prom dresses. You can use these methods to find cheap formal gowns too. Consignment outlets are another place to look for cheap prom dresses and formal gowns. Most of the time, you might come across some brand new formal gowns in these consignment outlets.