Choosing Her Pageant Dress
A little girl's pageant dress is about her moment on stage: a color she loves, a skirt that moves when she walks, and the confidence of a dress that feels like hers. A Dimitra Designs stylist will help you both compare styles in one visit.
- Skirt and shape: full, layered skirts and ball gown shapes fill the stage, while softer A-line styles move easily as she walks and turns.
- Fabric and detail: satin and taffeta hold their shape under the lights, while beading, crystals and sparkle catch them.
- Color: stage lighting changes how a color reads from the audience, so let her try more than one shade on our runway before you decide.
- Her pageant's rules: every system sets its own guidelines for each division, so bring them with you and we'll help you choose a dress that fits her division.
Why Shop Girls Pageant Dresses at Dimitra Designs?
- A runway rehearsal: our in-store runway for prom and pageant lets her practice her walk in the dress before you buy.
- Her dress, her pageant: when you buy, we register her dress to her pageant or her school, and we won't sell the same dress in the same color to another contestant from that pageant or school.
- Sized for her: we measure her and order the best-fit size from the designer's own chart when a style isn't on the floor in her size, then fit it in-house.
- In-house alterations: our master seamstresses with 40+ years of alterations expertise work right here in the store.
- If you need more time to pay: payment terms with no finance fees. See our layaway plan for the terms, or ask a Dimitra Designs stylist.
- A store for every milestone: Dimitra Designs has dressed three generations of families across the Carolinas, and many girls who find their first pageant dress here come back for prom.
Girls Pageant Dress FAQs
What kind of dress works for a Little Miss or Junior pageant?
It depends on her pageant system and division. Some ask for full, sparkling gowns, while others prefer simpler, age-appropriate styles. Bring your pageant's guidelines to Dimitra Designs in Greenville, SC, and a stylist will help you compare dresses that fit her division and that she feels happy and confident wearing on stage.
How do we find the right size in a girls pageant dress?
We measure her and compare those measurements with the designer's own size chart, because sizing varies from one designer to the next. Most dresses are on the floor in one size, so she can try the style first. If she needs another size, we order the best-fit size from the designer.
When should we shop for a girls pageant dress?
A few months before her pageant works well. It leaves time to try styles, order her size if it isn't on the floor, and fit the dress. Because girls grow quickly, a Dimitra Designs stylist can help you time any alterations closer to her pageant date, so the fit is right on the day.
Can she walk the runway in her dress before we buy?
Yes. Dimitra Designs has an in-store runway for prom and pageant in our Greenville, SC store, so she can practice her walk and turn in the dress before you decide. It helps you both see how the skirt moves and how the color reads, and it makes the dress feel like hers.
Will another girl in her pageant have the same dress?
Not one bought from us. When you buy her pageant dress at Dimitra Designs, we register it to her pageant or her school. Once it is registered, we won't sell the same dress in the same color to another contestant from that pageant or school. The registry covers dresses bought at Dimitra Designs only.
Do we need an appointment to shop for girls pageant dresses?
No. Girls pageant shopping at Dimitra Designs in Greenville, SC is walk-in, so you can come in during store hours and try on dresses the same day. Weekdays are the quietest time, when a stylist has more time to help you compare dresses and let her walk them on our runway.
Find Her Pageant Dress at Dimitra Designs
Ready to find her pageant dress? Walk in to Dimitra Designs in Greenville, SC, no appointment needed for pageant, and a Dimitra Designs stylist will help her try on, compare and walk the runway. See all our pageant dresses.