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DRESS LENGTH FOR TWEENS

ScrapHappy — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:39:17 GMT

I'm looking for a dress for my daughter to wear at a wedding. Are the styles now that the length of the dress is several inches above the knee? When I look on line and see them on the models, it looks so short to me and that it's a size or two too small. I've always gotten her dresses that fall just slightly above the knee. No, I'm not being a prude. The girls look lovely but it's just so short. What's your opinions?

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CelticCrafter — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:42:15 GMT

How old is she? Having her mother pick her dress may make for one unhappy girl.

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bluehost — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:43:10 GMT

Go to nordstrom.com. They have a whole area devoted to what to wear to weddings. I'm sure they have dresses for tweens.

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Bri369 — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:45:50 GMT

I don't know how old she or how tall she is, but dresses are very short.

My daughter is now 5'10" and it was very difficult finding dresses that barely covered her behind.

I don't have any advice, but put in a search for dresses in the length you need and see what comes up.

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ScrapHappy — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:46:12 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
How old is she? Having her mother pick her dress may make for one unhappy girl.

Oh, I let her pick it out. She's 14, but a young 14.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:46:19 GMT

@CelticCrafter wrote:
How old is she? Having her mother pick her dress may make for one unhappy girl.

@CelticCrafter

oh yes.....been there, done that......TWICE

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beach-mom — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:47:27 GMT

@ScrapHappy - I think your daughter will want a dress that her friends would wear too, and that is one that is probably a few (or more) inches above the knee. If she feels comfortable wearing one that short, I would let her. The two of you can look online and get an idea of what girls her age would wear to a wedding.

When my DD was her age there was a mall store that sold dresses made for them. It's gone now, but there are probably other stores, and even Macy's that has a nice juniors department. A saleslady there could help the two of you select some nice dresses for her to try!

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Twins Mom — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:47:54 GMT

Dresses in the “teen” or young adult area in our shopping experiences have been very short. We had good luck going to some young designer area of Macy’s . They were a tad longer but fashionable.

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sunshine45 — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:48:17 GMT

short is definitely what many are wearing......they call it fingertip length i believe. the bottom of the dress or skirt ends where your fingertips are when standing straight. this is the criteria they use for school dances and events in our area.

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sidsmom — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:49:10 GMT

@ScrapHappy wrote:
@CelticCrafter wrote:
How old is she? Having her mother pick her dress may make for one unhappy girl.
Oh, I let her pick it out. She's 14, but a young 14.

14 is old enough to determine the length of a dress.

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Carmie — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:53:54 GMT

I agree, the teen dresses are way too short. Some are inches from showing panties

I told my granddaughter that I would buy her a new dress to wear to her 8th grade graduation last spring. What I time we had finding something suitable!

She is only about 5'3" and I can't imagine what the taller girls have to do to find something. To make matters worse, she is busty...wearing a DD cup size. Some dresses were cut too low as well.

I found two dresses at Macy's that she could wear and bought them both. They could be a bit longer, but they were more of a modest length than most.

Good luck.

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patbz — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:03:35 GMT

@ScrapHappy : One option is to go to a store (ex. Nordstroms) that has a "personal shopper" service. Give the personal shopper your criteria and see what she comes up with. Just the experience of going to such a store, and being catered to might be better for your daughter than going to Disneyland!

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Another new name Sue — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:13:25 GMT

I don't think you said how tall your daughter is, but sometimes the dresses in catalogs/internet look very short because the models are very tall.

Good luck choosing a dress. Moms walk a thin line between not enough and too much interference in these cases. Hope you can come up with something you both love.

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SilleeMee — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:21:32 GMT

Fingertip length for a young girl at a wedding is appropriate.

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Carmie — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 16:29:48 GMT

The dresses my 5'3" granddaughter tried on were way, way shorter than finger tip length.

There were so short that she was very uncomfortable just trying them on. Definitely inapproperiate.

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Pook — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:09:36 GMT

@ScrapHappy Did you ask her to show some examples of what she might like? Have her show you online. Usually by around 5th grade most are already choosing their clothing- many younger. If there are disagreements give a little and she probably will work with you to find something. I know when I was around that age, mini skirts were in and my normally conservative mother didn't insist on her choices. She was one who chose her battles.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:27:03 GMT

@ScrapHappy wrote:
She's 14, but a young 14.

@ScrapHappy

Ok, maybe I am behind the times........

What is the difference between a tween & teenager and at what age does either start?

What is a "young" 14? Do you mean she's immature, not fully developed &/or acts more like she's 10?

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Anonymous032819 — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:41:33 GMT

@Mz iMac wrote:
@ScrapHappy wrote:
She's 14, but a young 14.
@ScrapHappy
Ok, maybe I am behind the times........

What is the difference between a tween & teenager and at what age does either start?

What is a "young" 14? Do you mean she's immature, not fully developed &/or acts more like she's 10?

@Mz iMac

Teenager = age 13 through 19

Tween = age 10, 11 & 12

A "young" 14, I don't get either.

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ScrapHappy — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:45:53 GMT

@Anonymous032819 wrote:
@Mz iMac wrote:
@ScrapHappy wrote:
She's 14, but a young 14.
@ScrapHappy
Ok, maybe I am behind the times........

What is the difference between a tween & teenager and at what age does either start?

What is a "young" 14? Do you mean she's immature, not fully developed &/or acts more like she's 10?

@Mz iMac

Teenager = age 13 through 19

Tween = age 10, 11 & 12

A "young" 14, I don't get either.

A call her a young 14 because she is a bit immature for her age. Not into the clothes or boys as much as others, still likes Disney channel and building (very difficult) Legos. She's also in 8th grade, not 9th like she should because she was born very premature (considered a micro preemie) weighing 1.7 lbs so she had a lot of catching up to do. She's tiny for her age, she always will be and that's just fine.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 18:48:21 GMT

@ScrapHappy"building (very difficult) Legos."

Sounds like a future architect to me.

@Anonymous032819 Thanks for the explaination. I just never heard that term before-tween. In my world a teen is any person at the age that ends w/teen. A 12 yr old in my world is considered a pre-teen.