DREAM dates and dresses – every girl looks forward to that prom night or the graduation ball. The SM Department Store has a collection of dresses that are pretty and elegant. Ranging from delicate pastels and jewel tones, with details like bubble skirts, empire waists, and dazzling draping.

Here are tips on how to select the right dress for that special night.

• Dresses with pleats and ruching details are in fashion for evening dressing.

• Dresses with bubble bottoms not only add a fresh twist to evening dressing, but balance broad shoulders out.

• An empire dress should carry you royally through the night.

• Asymmetrical gowns and dresses with uneven hemlines are perfect for petite girls, it create an illusion of longer legs.

• Dresses with ruffles, drapes, and layering have a soft and feminine look. Cinched waists add curves to lean figures.