A riverside street and a long list of prom labels
Tchoupitoulas Street follows the bend of the Mississippi through Uptown, and The Red Carpet New Orleans keeps its showroom on the stretch inside the 70115 zip code. It is the city store of a two-location business; the second store is on the North Shore. The shop invites shoppers to "Discover the most exciting of prom dresses" at either address, and in New Orleans that invitation is aimed at families from Orleans and Jefferson parishes alike.
The draw is range. The prom lineup runs to more than fifty labels across the two stores.
Featured names
- Sherri Hill
- Jovani
The lineup covers both stores, so a shopper chasing one exact style should ask the Tchoupitoulas staff whether it is in the building.
The shop sorts its gowns into four main departments. Prom is the deepest, and the other three each have their own job in the school year.
Homecoming
Shorter styles for the fall dance, including Ashley Lauren's homecoming line
Evening
Formal gowns for black-tie events that are not school dances
Cocktail
Party-length dresses for dressier occasions outside the prom season
A small bridal collection rounds out the menu. Everything else is aimed at the school-dance and formal calendar.
Who shops the Tchoupitoulas store
An Uptown address puts the store within reach of a wide mix of New Orleans high schools. Isidore Newman School is in the same part of town. Warren Easton sits in Mid-City, Benjamin Franklin High on the lakefront side, and Edna Karr across the river in Algiers. Archbishop Chapelle and other Metairie schools are just over the parish line. Shoppers coming in from St. Tammany usually find the sister location, The Red Carpet on Highway 190 in Mandeville, easier to reach, and both stores show up among the south Louisiana prom shops on this site.
Gowns are only part of the sale. The shop also sells jewelry and evening bags, and it frames the whole visit around the finished outfit rather than the gown alone.
From the dress, to the jewelry, to the perfect little bag, you'll find everything you need for that flawless red-carpet look!
Shopping The Red Carpet on Tchoupitoulas
Does the store have homecoming dresses in the fall?
It keeps a homecoming collection alongside prom and evening wear, so the fall dance and the spring prom can both start at the same shop.