Every teenage girl looks forward to prom and all the things associated with this big event. However, of all the things that a teenage girl can look forward to, her prom dress is top on the list. That means she must have the dress of her dreams if she is to go to prom. In most cases, the dress that she wants might have been featured on the runway or she saw a celebrity wearing it. This obviously means that it is a designer dress which does not come cheap. Now, because this fact is known by most people, there are a number of Chinese online shops that are selling fake knock offs. According to a recent survey, almost 20% of prom dresses that people buy online are counterfeits. shesprom.com has made it a point to reveal such scams.

Shesprom.com is a useful website because it offers an authentic prom dress ShesProm to girls who want to buy their prom dresses online; in particular how to avoid being ripped off by these Chinese websites. There are well-known prom dress designers like La Femme, Tony Bowls and Jovani. However, their dresses do not come cheap. What these Chinese websites do is that they steal copyrighted images from such renowned designers and they make fake imitations of their dresses. Many teenage girls are scammed into thinking that they are buying the exact same “designer” dress at a cheaper price.

Apart from the very useful prom dress guide, shesprom also came up with the idea of creating a viral video for the sole purpose of revealing the differences between an original designer prom dress and a fake one. There are certain factors that one needs to take into account when buying a prom dress online and one of the main factors is the price. According to the president of shesprom.com, Frank, the dress is likely to be counterfeit if the price is too good to be true. According to Frank, the price of designer dresses is determined by the designer. As such, all prom retailers must sell the dresses at the price determined by the designer.

As such, if you buy a dress from this online shop, you can be assured that you will be getting genuine merchandise. According to Frank, there are a number of problems that come with buying a fake prom dress from Chinese websites:

The dresses are poor in quality
The dresses do not have the perfect fit
Fake prom dresses do not resemble genuine designer dresses in any way
There is a chance that a fake dress will not be delivered in time for prom
The Chinese websites do not offer refunds and returns


If you live in America, there is no legal recourse for you because the Chinese companies are situated in China Shesprom has over 10,000 Facebook fans. It conducted a survey of its customers and found that almost 20% of girls were forced to buy 2 prom dresses for one prom in 2012. They initially bought a fake dress and then later bought a genuine designer dress from shesprom.com.