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   >>> prom can be the biggest, most fun party in high school , and now it's time for the girls to start shopping for dresses that they'll always remember.

   >> the editor in chief of "17" magazine has some ideas along with awesome shoes.

   >> yes, she does. came the to play. how are you?

   >> i'm dressing for you ladies.

   >> a tough thing for teens trying to find the right prom dress. right? they start in the fall, don't they.

   >> they start years before prom. they've been dreaming of this day for years. this is every teen girl's red carpet moment.

   >> yeah.

   >> let's bring alex out. she's our first model. she's got a strapless char truz --

   >> this is the "it" color of the season, this acid green color, really hot.

   >> beautiful.

   >> altered fashion. when you have the nice little knot on the side, it makes it really comfortable for dancing. when you're wearing a dress with a slit, though, you always need to make sure you do a little wig until front of the mirror and do a check so you don't have any wardrobe malfunctions.

   >> good one. stick it out there, baby. be proud.

   >> is this for any kind of body type or just hers?

   >> well, she looks amazing. this long column dress looks amazing on a tall girl, but it's great for girls with curves because it just floats over the curves.

   >> so pretty.

   >> thank you.

   >> let's bring out helen next. she's wearing something really trendy. the low-high things.

   >> isn't that beautiful.

   >> yep. and the color makes it classy. it's still trendy, but the color makes it really classy.

   >> it's very lady-like as opposed to trashy. you see so many girls lie thai look like hookers going to the prom. these are beautiful.

   >> when you're wearing a high-low and one shoulder, it's all about ak celtics rising with the bracelets.

   >> and that ring.

   >> and the shoes.

   >> yeah.

   >> so much time looking for the right shoes, this is the only dress that's going to let you do that.

   >> thank you.

   >> next up is megan. this is a dress that's flattering for a curvy girl. hi.

   >> yep.

   >> i like that.

   >> this is such a red carpet moment for her. major hollywood. but the waist sucks you in at your tiniest point and then just cascades over your curves. it's comfortable. you can dance in this dress. you can eat dinner this dress.

   >> yeah. some attention in that red.

   >> that red is just stand out in a room.

   >> and you always wonder when it's off the shoulder what kind of necklace or something to wear. you put a nice one on her.

   >> earrings and a necklace. this is $258.

   >> and the side pony hip, too.

   >> megan, you're all up in it. danielle is next and she has sequins which is a big trend, obviously. big trend at the oscars.

   >> like mrs. america time.

   >> glamazon. va vavavavoom. it's classy, not too flashy like a dils coe ball. it's a soft pink. it's really giving her -- it's lighting up her skin tone , amazing for a girl of her skin tone . she just looks elegant and she's going to stand out in a room of black dresses.

   >> speaking of black dresses, we have a column dress, which is absolutely gorgeous.

   >> we all have these prom pictures where we krin nl at what we looked like.

   >> never cringe with that one.

   >> you'll never cringe in this dress. this is her audrey hepburn moment.

   >> beautiful.

   >> the mermaid shape where it sort of hugs to the body and flares out at the bottom gives a girl curves. if you're more of a straight girl, it gives you hips and a butt and a little extra.

   >> all the kardashians in that short-lived wedding had her maid dresses on.

   >> vera wang .

   >> thank you.

   >> you all look beautiful.

   >> no dress would be complete without a pair of spanx , what do you think?

   >> we told you yesterday she's a billionaire because she invented spanx and not you.

   >> i did! i stand on that. i'm so happy for you, sara.

   >> thank you.

   >> i am.

   >> thank you.

   >> you thought it through. and i hadn't learn dodd that yet. so good for you.

   >> thank you. i come bearing spanx . i'm not going to prom, but i am with a lot of people on their prom day.

   >> yes, you are.

   >> congratulations.

   >> thank you.

   >> more power.

   >> who has spanx on right now?

   >> i do.

   >> i took mine off because i knew she was coming.

   >> you have them on underneath those pants.

   >> i do. these are the ones that i cannot live without. i wear them under all my pants. you adjust the band. no panty lines , nice and firm.

   >> continue gralts on forbes, by the way, and the billion dollars.

   >> crazy.

   >> every time there's a spanx alert, there should be --

   >> check, baby.

   >> she's such an inspiration to young women that what she did with her business --

   >> with no training in that area.

   >> look up to you tremendously.

   >> thank you.

   >> real spirit.

   >> thank you.

   >> always good to see you.

   >> thanks so much.

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