Sequins and denim share the floor at LUX Boutique. Dawn Demario founded the shop in 2012 as a women's clothing boutique, and it still sells tops, jeans, jewelry and seasonal collections first. Its Special Event Collection adds prom and homecoming dresses to that mix, and that is what puts this Main Street shop on a Carroll County prom list.
The store introduces itself on its homepage with a line that matches the mood inside.
The Cutest Women's Clothing Boutique on Main Street in Downtown Westminster Maryland!
The shop is in the Bella Building on Main Street, in downtown Westminster, the Carroll County seat, with McDaniel College at the west end of the same street. Four names greet customers on the site, Dawn, Anna, Jess and Cassie, which gives a sense of the scale. With a staff that small, a prom visit at LUX is personal by default.
The prom and homecoming rack
The Special Event Collection is split into a Prom collection and a Homecoming collection.
Prom collection
Mostly Faviana
- Around sixty Faviana styles listed online
- A handful of gowns from Alebella
Homecoming collection
Shorter and sparklier
- Sequin minis, satin strapless styles and bodycon cuts
- Closer to the shop's everyday stock
Product pages list every color a style comes in, from light pink and royal blue to sage, emerald and peacock, so a shopper can narrow a palette before stepping inside. Fitted jersey, beaded open backs, mermaid shapes and rhinestone details all show up in the descriptions. The homecoming dresses are a good fit for a fall dance or a junior who wants something she can wear again.
The online store does real work for a shop this small. Gowns are listed with sizes and colors, and LUX offers store pickup as well as shipping, free on orders over $150. Checking the listing first and then trying the dress on in person is the efficient way to shop a small boutique. At a store this size, the size you need may be the only one of that style in the building, so check the listing before you make the trip downtown.
Sales collect in the site's FabuLUX section. At the end of the 2026 season, every formal gown there was marked half off, which made it a good place to look for a fall formal or next year's homecoming.
Where Westminster students come from
Westminster High and Winters Mill High are both in town, and Carroll County's other public high schools, Century and Liberty in the Eldersburg and Sykesville area, South Carroll, Manchester Valley and Francis Scott Key, round out the county's list. For a shopper from any of those towns, a dress errand downtown can fold into a Saturday on Main Street, one of the more walkable shopping streets in north-central Maryland.
Accessories round out a look without a second stop. LUX carries jewelry, belts and bags, and its in-store charm bar is exclusive to the Main Street shop.
LUX Boutique in Westminster, answered
Which prom designers does LUX carry?
The prom collection is mainly Faviana, with some Alebella styles. Both are listed online with sizes and colors.
Is there homecoming, too?
Yes. A separate homecoming collection carries short sequin, satin and bodycon dresses alongside the prom gowns.