- It's worth about anywhere from 2,000 to 3,000.
- Wow!
- I feel like I have water wings on.
- I don't know this color existed.
(Chloe and Nina laughing)
- I did not think it was going to be this hard.
(upbeat music)
- Hi, I'm Nina.
- Hi, I'm Jazzmyne.
- Hi, I'm Chloe, and today we're gonnabe trying
cheap versus expensive evening gowns.
(cheers) (girls gaps)
- All right, so what do ya'll think about evening gowns?
- I wish I had more occasions to wear them.
Like, I don't live a fancy social life, gala life.
(Jazzmyne laughs)
The closest I've ever came was in college,
I studied opera, and so for my recitals
I used to have to have gowns.
- [Jazzmyne] That's cool, that's really cool.
(operatic singing)
- I love the idea of evening gowns,
but I don't think I've ever actually worn,
like a real nice evening gown.
The last time I even wore a gown
was to, like, a costume party.
- I wear a lot of fancy dresses,
some would be considered gowns.
When I go to events, I'm like, well, if I'm gonna go,
I'm gonna (bleep) go.
- So we thought we would try and see if we could get
the cheapest possible gowns that we can find
from somewhere online.
- And then, we're having a stylist come in,
who has chosen for us some super fancy, high end gowns,
that we would never be able to afford on our own.
- What would your preferred style be with a gown?
- So I'm someone that keeps it pretty simple,
and like classic,
I think for today I actually wanna do something different,
and I wanna do something that's a little more avant-garde,
and a little more like, fashion-forward.
- I think I'm more looking for something
that has glam element, and like a glitz element.
I would love to look like disco ball.
- [Chloe] Oh yeah. - [Jazzmyne] Whoa.
- [Nina] in an ideal world.
- I think with me, I tend to go a little bit more
like classic silhouette, a little bit like body-hugging.
I always add to it, whether it's cool makeup,
or accessories, or earrings.
So last time we tried our little swimsuits,
and it was a lot. - [Chloe] Yes.
- How are you guys feeling about gowns?
- This time I want to find something that I actually
would wear, that is at the best possible price.
Because I feel like last time I just kind of found
whatever was the cheapest.
- [Jazzmyne] Yeah.
- Last time, I had the most expensive piece,
and so this time I don't want to have
the most expensive piece. (laughs)
- Ah. - I wanna win.
The piece I chose last time was kind of safe and basic.
This time, because I want something a little bit more glam,
I wanted to have a little bit of zhuzh, zhuzh.
- Yeah! - Yeah, zhuzh it up.
- Last time I had such a different
high-end experience than you guys had.
I feel like finding swimwear, being plus size, like sucks.
And then when you add high-end onto it.
- [Consultant] We didn't find stuff that was 500,
600 plus dollars. - [Jazzmyne] No, no.
- It was mainly 200, 300.
- So I'm hoping that this time it's similar to you guys,
I know that there are some designer gowns out there
that are plus size, and very expensive.
So I know they do exist.
- Good, so far the cheap, cheap, cheap side of this,
we're gonna try and keep it under 50 bucks per gown,
which could be quite difficult,
because I know, like, an average sort of gown
for like prom or whatever, would be like 100, 150.
But we want to see what we can find for that price,
and see if we can actually find stuff that's wearable.
(whip cracks) (hands clapping)
Alright, let's do it, let's go, let's go shopping!
(upbeat music)
- If I can't both kind of form fitting and sparkly stuff,
at least I want like one or the other.
- Maybe I can look into renting a dress,
and that would be a nicer dress for a cheaper price.
- I'm willing to have it be more around 35,
I don't think it needs to be 10 or 15.
- I'm gonna start on Amazon, I think.
Ooh, this green dress is very pretty,
and very in our price range,
but I kinda don't love this sleeve area.
This one is kind of pretty,
but the reviews are not that great.
♪ These are too expensive ♪ Rent.
- [Chloe] Is there any really nice ones?
Black Tie?
That's still very expensive.
- I'm going to look at ASOS first,
because I know their dresses, they're usually cute,
I know my size.
These are dresses.
I'm not sure if any of these look like gowns.
- I found a couple dresses on Revolve
that are kind of around the price point
that I'm looking for.
But one, they're not really my style,
and the color is just very not me.
- [Chloe] Poshare, never heard of it.
Okay, still too expensive. (laughs)
- [Jazzmyne] I would wear this to an event.
It's pretty basic, but I feel like I could dress that up.
- I am like really struggling with this,
I did not think it was gonna be this hard.
- [Chloe] So I've been looking for so long.
I've looked on Misguided, bunch of different ones, Boohoo.
I think I might be taking this a bit too seriously,
and I just need to pick something.
- It was like the only thing that would pass as a gown.
It's also a bridesmaid's dress.
It says that it's blue, but it looks white.
- I came back to Amazon.
I did find this dress that I think is pretty cute.
There aren't a ton of reviews,
but some of the reviews are good.
It's not as sparkly as, like, I want it to be.
It is a nice shape.
- Okay, so this one is in budget.
It looks kind of fashion-y.
I don't know if like up close it might look a bit cheap.
I really like this one.
This one is $10 over the limit.
I might have to go a little higher.
- $28 is very inexpensive.
Not 100% what I would love.
I hope I can make this work.
- [Nina] Normally, I would get like a black,
but I'm gonna branch out, and I'm gonna be different,
and I'm gonna get a navy blue.
I'm a little bit nervous for the fit.
All I need is, just, it's got a zip.
- I think I might go with this one.
I really like the bow situation.
It's not like it's glammed out as I'd hoped,
but it is kind of more on the fashion side.
Final decision, done!
(intense music)
- The gowns are in!
(girls whoop)
- Exciting!
- Here you go, Nina.
- [Together] Oooh.
- It certainly doesn't look high, high end,
but I don't think it looks like it's under 50 dollars.
- No. - No.
♪ Aha ♪
- Well, this is a bridesmaid's dress.
It's bluer than I thought it was.
It looked white.
I think like once I get into it,
hopefully my body will just rock it out.
- I've never seen you in this color.
Never in such a pastel before.
- I didn't know this color existed.
- All right, last but not least.
- Yes. - Okay.
- I love the color.
- And the bow!
- We are a statement.
- I did the thing, doesn't feel the nicest.
We all got off the shoulder ones, all of us.
- Oh yeah, that's funny. - Yeah we did.
- This was 60 bucks. (buzzer rings)
I went over.
(screech)
- Chloe, you broke the rule. (eerie music)
- I broke the rules, I broke the rules!
- Now you get punished.
- No! (laughs)
- I think for you, you were looking for something
a little more avante-garde, with like a statement,
which I think is harder to find at a lower price point.
- All right, well, let's change.
- Yeah, let's go try them on.
- Whoo.
(upbeat music)
(Nina and Chloe whoop)
- Gowns. - Gowns.
- Gowns.
- How do you feel?
- It actually fits me pretty nicely.
- [Jazzmyne] Yeah, it does.
- I thought it was going to be a little off,
but it's actually great.
I like the style, the only thing I don't like is,
I don't like the fabric.
- [Jazzmyne] Yeah.
- It just looks a little cheap.
- Oh yeah, that.
- What is this, there's a little hole right here.
I don't know what this is.
- Nipples.
- I do like this though, I don't know if anyone else does.
- Yeah, it's cute.
- The bow element is really cool.
- Yeah.
I feel like we don't need - the sleeves?
- Yeah, what's going on here?
- I feel like I have water wings on.
(splashes) (child laughing
- I feel like this kind of takes away from the bow.
- This part that's like the fake wrapping of the bow
was like over.
- Yeah.
- [Jazzmyne] That makes sense.
- You know what I mean?
- Let's just re-design the dress.
- Let's do it. I think we can.
- Jazz, I really like yours. - [Nina] Ah, the color.
- [Jazzmyne] Thanks! I know, the color is different for me,
but it's still cute.
Taking this as one, an event dress, and two,
as a bridesmaid's dress, like I'm here for both of them.
I think what saves it is this almost tuxedo-esque neckline,
and I like how it shows off my tattoos,
so it's still obviously still my personality.
It feels good for this to be on sale for 28 bucks.
I'm pretty happy.
How do you feel?
- I actually really like this.
I will say I think it's a touch big.
If I wanted to wear this, on the reg,
I would get it a little bit tailored,
because if I relax my body, this part is like.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Chloe] What's it suppose to do though?
- I don't know.
- I like it. I have a problem with this fabric.
- That fabric looks kind of cheap.
- Old. And cheap. - Old and cheap.
(Chloe laughs)
This to me looks, just this part right here.
- I wish it was just this fabric.
- The same, yeah.
- The lower fabric feels really nice.
It has like a good amount of volume,
like I think I can get a good-
- Oo, little spin? - Oh yeah.
- Yes, we know how much you love to move.
- I think this is a really good option
for, like, glitziness under $50,
but that still looks expensive.
- Yes.
I think we all did pretty good.
You went over, but it's okay.
- We would get away with going to the red carpet in these,
if you didn't get too close to us.
- We can photograph from a distance very well.
- Here's the thing, if you're just doing it for photos,
I think it would be fine.
- Yeah.
- I'm very excited to see the super high end ones.
- I'm excited.
- Okay, well let's get out of these gowns,
and meet the stylists.
- Whoo.
(upbeat music)
- Hello, welcome! - [Devon] Hello. Thank you.
- Tell us about yourself.
- I'm Devon and I'm a stylist,
and I brought some beautiful gowns
for you guys to try on today.
- [Nina, Jazz & Chloe] Yes!
- So Nina's gown is by Rani Zakhem.
- [Nina, Jazz & Chloe] Whoa, ooh.
- It's heavy!
- It's very heavy.
- It's a beast!
It's worth about, anywhere from two to three thousand.
- Wow.
- I mean, this is really incredible.
And like my arm is getting tired holding it up.
- [Devon] It's very heavy.
- There's so much work on it.
I definitely tend to go for dresses
that have a little more support.
My cheap version was like a cold shoulder,
so I feel like halters put a bit of strain on my neck,
but I'm willing to suffer through it
because this is so pretty.
- Alright, the next dress.
- [Nina, Jazz & Chloe] Ooh.
- I'm interested in this.
- Christian Siriano dress.
- I love Siriano.
- Same.
- Sixteen-hundred. - Okay.
- Very elegant and classic.
- Yeah.
- And you have the detail at the bottom.
So Christian Siriano is known for, you know,
his inclusive designs, and he's dressed many
plus sized celebrities, but I find it generally
pretty hard to find plus size gowns.
Unless, you know, you're someone extremely famous.
- And there's levels to it too, where you can find a dress,
but is it cute?
I'm excited to at least have this,
it's (bleep) Siriano, so. - All right.
- Let's move on to the last dress.
This is Gustavo Cadile. - Oh, beautiful!
- Oh my god. - It's a fur baby.
- You wanted couture! - Yes, it's got great texture.
This is probably around three-thousand dollars.
This was part of one of his runway collections.
- I mean, I can't stop touching it.
- I know.
- Feel! - Yeah.
- Yeah.
- It's so pretty. This is actually so perfect
for what I wanted, because I wanted something
that like I don't usually wear.
And I don't definitely usually wear
what is basically a beautiful carpet.
- Let's put them on, I'm very ready.
- Oh my god, let's put them on.
Okay, we're gonna go now.
(upbeat music)
- Wow.
- [Nina & Devon] Ooh.
- Bam! - [Nina, Devon & Chloe] Oh.
- How are we feeling?
- I can't breathe. - Me neither.
- Oh, oh.
- Fancy gowns are smaller than normal gowns.
- It looks perfect.
- [Nina] Yeah. - Yeah.
- I'm so not used to this color,
I'm so not used to this fabric,
and I'm so not used to anything
that actually gives me a shape.
- The fabric just like, takes it to a whole new-
- [Jazzmyne] Whole new level.
- [Nina] level, yeah.
- I just can't like, stop petting myself.
- I know, I want to touch you.
It definitely looks expensive.
- The draping looks very expensive.
You can really only drape like this by hand.
- [Chloe] Well, it also has it in the back too,
which is really cool.
- It looks like you murdered the fanciest unicorn.
(violent neighing)
- Oh no! - You wore him out.
- As a prize. - Nina!
- Because it looks expensive and rare.
- Okay, well, let's move on to Jazz.
- I love this dress. It's very similar to my first one.
In like, body hugging, and how it went off my shoulders,
but this is just done so much more rich.
I love that the fringe at the bottom is on a slant.
- [Nina] Like it looks expensive and chic
but it also just like feels very Jazzmyne.
- And I think I would honestly have to step up my game,
because I think I would wear heels with this.
(Chloe gasps) - I know. You know I don't.
- This is big. - I know.
- This is big.
- It's so comfortable.
I can twerk, I can walk, I can breathe.
- Yeah, turn around, I want to see the fringe in the back.
I didn't realize it was quite this long.
- Oh, wow.
- It's the little details that make us rich.
- Let's go over to Nin.
- Okay.
- [Jazzmyne] This is a (bleep) lot, but I love it.
- [Chloe] Oh my god, the bottom of that dress is gorgeous.
- It's beautiful - It's so beautiful,
I cannot breathe, the halter is really
about to decapitate me, but it's worth it.
It's like the naked beading kind of thing.
But it doesn't feel super naked.
- Like, I know that there's a shadow
of you wearing underwear, but I didn't even notice.
- We've all seen, like a beaded dress,
but it's not usually like this intricate.
It looks like so much work went into it,
not just like a machine printed out.
- It was also really deliberate.
because you've got, like, different patterns
in different parts of your body,
like I think it's deliberately made
for the shape of your body.
- I said I wanted to be a disco ball,
now I'm a little pink disco ball.
- Do we think that these dresses were worth the prices?
- I think that my dress is definitely worth the price.
Two to three thousand feels very fair.
I will just not pay rent for a couple months,
and just take it. - Oh my.
- Why not?
- Livin' the dress.
I wouldn't blink at this price,
knowing that one, it's Siriano.
Two, that it's just feels so structured.
I think if I had that cash to spend freely,
I'd be like, charge it.
- This is beautiful and everything,
I just can't fricking breathe.
Like, if it was fitted more to my body,
I think it would be worth the price,
because it is really fricking cool and different.
- Thank you so much for helping us,
and pulling these beautiful dresses.
- You're welcome.
- Alright, so that was an experience.
- [Nina & Jazzmyne] Yeah.
- What'd you guys think overall?
- This definitely a difference between cheap and expensive.
- The cheap ones are passable for what you need them to be,
for like a night.
They're solid dresses, but these expensive ones, I mean.
- I feel kind of like in the middle,
because I'm like, yes, these are great,
but also our inexpensive ones,
they were good for what they were.
- Totally. The kinds of events that I usually go to,
I don't need something like this,
but if I ever go anywhere like,
crazy high end, then I would maybe try,
and like, rent something like this for a night,
or something. - [Nina] Definitely.
- So are we in agreeance that we prefer the expensive?
- [Others] Yeah.
- I think I do prefer the expensive.
- I think we're just bougie.
Alright, I think it's time to bounce off out of here
in these beautiful gowns.
Thanks for joining guys!
Good-bye.
(upbeat music)