Gee, we live here in Georgia, and my daughter was thrilled to get a nice prom dress with a little jacket (homeschoolers prom) for $15!
My daughter was in a musical revue a couple of years ago and needed a “ball gown” for one number. We found a peach satin froufrou item - probably a Quinceanera gown - for $8. She gave it to one of the other girls in the show after the performance.
I’m not much of a thrift store person. Not because I’m snooty but I can’t stand the smell. They all smell like dirty clothes to me. But we were in downtown Ventura looking for a prom dress for granddaughter and we found that her fave store had closed. We were walking down the street and daughter spied a dress in this small second hand boutique store window. It was a gorgeous Marchessa Notte that would run about $1300. They had it marked for $275. It was after the fires in Ventura and they were doing inventory/writing off some stuff for smoke damage to turn into insurance. I offered the lady $150 and she said no. I upped it to $175 and she took it. Granddaughter was thrilled.
Mine got all her prom dresses at Goodwill for $12. Brand new. One was a copy of one in some movie - black with pink polka dots.