Mimi's Prom in downtown Overland Park is the Kansas City store of a family-owned, woman-led company with what the company says is the largest prom dress selection in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain region, and its team travels the country to handpick the dresses that come in. Nearly everything on the floor is ready to go home the same day.
The business started in June 2010, when Amy opened a 1,200-square-foot boutique in Sullivan, Missouri, after leaving years in the classroom. Her daughter Victoria grew into the business with her, and the company credits the mother-daughter pair as its founders. The Kansas City prom store came in 2020, so this location is the newer branch of a company that has been dressing prom shoppers since 2010. Its sister prom shop in St. Louis County, Mimi's Prom StL in Chesterfield, runs on the same model.
The company puts its store teams at the heart of the experience. Each location is run by its own managers and stylists, described as highly trained, and the stated goal is that a shopper walks out feeling confident and celebrated. Families are welcome to leave a gratuity for their stylist if they want to.
Booking, budget and sizes
Every Mimi's location works by appointment. There is no long wait to get in or to get a fitting room, and each shopper has a stylist ready when she arrives.
The store gives its own Kansas City price figures, and they split by dress length.
Long prom
$275 to $1,000+
- Average dress $400 to $500
- Sizes 00 to 28
- On the floor for prom season
Short homecoming
$75 to $1,000
- Average dress about $300
- Sizes 00 to 24
- On the floor July through November only
At this store, short dresses and short-dress appointments are offered July through November. Inventory changes daily as dresses sell and arrive.
Layaway is free for 60 days. Payment, sales and alterations come down to a few short terms.
Payment
Cash or card, not checks.
Sales
Every sale is final, including layaway and sale items.
Alterations
No seamstress on site; the store texts its list of recommended seamstresses to customers who bought their dress at Mimi's.
The labels on the racks
The store carries Sherri Hill, Jovani and JVN by Jovani, Ashley Lauren, Ava Presley, Ellie Wilde, Faviana, Atria and 2Cute Prom.
For students on the Johnson County, Kansas side of the state line, the shop sits on Santa Fe Drive in the old downtown of Overland Park. Nearby schools include Shawnee Mission North, Shawnee Mission South, Shawnee Mission East and Bishop Miege. The company says girls "travel from near and far" to shop with it.
The store describes its weekends this way.
Weekends are busy & full of hustle and bustle in store. You can expect more shoppers, guests, & stylists in store creating our organized chaos.
Mimi's Prom Overland Park, answered
Do dresses leave with you on the day of the appointment?
In most cases they can, because the store keeps many dresses in stock that are ready to go home on the day of your appointment.
When can I shop short dresses at the Overland Park store?
During homecoming season, July through November. At the Kansas City location, short dresses and short-dress appointments are offered only in that window.
Is there a payment plan?
The store offers free 60-day layaway. All sales are final, including layaway purchases.