Sparkly Homecoming Dresses: Sequins, Beads, & Glitter

How to Choose a Sparkly Homecoming Dress

Every homecoming dress in this collection sparkles, so the real decision is how you want to sparkle. Allover sequins, hand-set beading, rhinestones, and glitter each throw light differently, weigh a different amount, and need slightly different care.

Which Type Sparkles Most in Photos?

It depends on the light in the room. Rhinestones and sequins both need a light source to bounce off, so they come alive under a camera flash and in the beam of a dance floor light. Rhinestones throw the sharpest starbursts of the group. Glitter behaves in the opposite way: it gives a soft all-over shimmer that reads beautifully in daylight and in video, but it can go quiet in a dim room with no flash. Beading sits in the middle and gives you dimension and shadow rather than flash, which is why beaded dresses photograph so well up close.

If your dance is indoors and most of your pictures will be flash photos, lean toward a homecoming dress with sequins or rhinestones. If you are doing a daylight photo session first, beaded homecoming dresses or glitter hoco dresses won't let you down.

How Do I Keep A Sparkly Homecoming Dress From Snagging or Shedding?

A few simple habits will keep you from snagging or shedding your sparkly homecoming dress.

• Step into the dress rather than pulling it over your head, since jewelry and hair clips catch on sequins.
• Keep rings and bracelets away from beaded panels when you sit down.
• Hang the dress rather than folding it so the weight does not distort the stitching.
• Never iron directly over sequins or stones, because heat warps them and can loosen the glue on hot stones. If a stone does come loose, a tiny dot of fabric glue puts it back.

You should know though that it is normal for glitter homecoming dresses to transfer a little the first time you wear them, so give a new glitter hoco dress a gentle shake before you put it on.