Reply #64: I think she made it herself. Or rather remade it.

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Her father had bought her a really ugly dress from a thrift shop.

He says, "I figured you'd be able to do something with it."

She did. The results were something pretty awful by today's standards, but it was really awesome for the 80's.

I made both of my daughter's prom dresses. And it was a lot of fun going over patterns and fabrics together.

It wasn't $1 for a pattern and $20 for fabric as suggested somewhere up thread but both were probably around $100 total.

And she had an absolutely unique outfit each time. There was nearly a zero chance that anyone would show up in the same outfit.