Lakeside Mall closed for good on July 1, 2024. It had been the largest mall in Michigan, and the site is now headed for a mixed-use redevelopment called Lakeside City Center, with more than 1,500 housing units in the approved plan. What that means for a junior looking for a gown is simple: dress shopping in Sterling Heights is no longer something you fold into a mall trip. It happens at independent storefronts along the mile roads. Stars Fashion is one of them, at 2063 Metro Parkway on the west side of the city.
The road matters here
Metro Parkway is 16 Mile Road. Follow it west out of Sterling Heights and it crosses Dequindre — the Troy border and the Macomb–Oakland county line — where the same pavement becomes Big Beaver Road and runs to the I-75 interchange in Troy. Going the other direction, Metro Parkway has an interchange with M-53, the Van Dyke freeway, which is the route in from Shelby Township and Macomb Township. So this is a straight shot from either county without touching a mall parking structure.
Which schools this shop sits between
Sterling Heights has five high schools split across two districts, Utica Community Schools and Warren Consolidated Schools. Three of them are the big comprehensive ones. Adlai Stevenson High School on Dodge Park Road enrolled about 1,880 students in 2024–25; its Titans have a standing rivalry with Eisenhower. Henry Ford II, the Falcons, sits on Clinton River Road with roughly 1,630 students. Sterling Heights High School, black and gold, is on 15 Mile Road under Warren Consolidated, which also runs Cousino in Warren. Add Troy’s schools a few minutes west across Dequindre and you have several thousand upperclassmen inside a short drive of this one storefront.
That volume is the reason the shop advertises a dress registry, according to its own website: your gown gets logged so a classmate does not walk into the same gym in it. In a graduating class of 400-plus, that is a real concern rather than a sales gimmick.
Brands verified on the racks
Each of these labels lists Stars Fashion on its official retailer locator:
- Clarisse and Colette — ballgown and A-line territory
- Jessica Angel — fitted jersey silhouettes
- Jasz Couture and Ava Presley — heavier beading and pageant-leaning detail
- Dave & Johnny — the lower price tier of the group
The store also appears on Mori Lee’s dealer locator. Its own site sorts inventory the way shoppers actually ask for it: corset and lace-up backs, mermaid and fitted, ballgown, sequins, plain satin, and short. Beyond prom, the shop’s Facebook listing describes evening wear, wedding and bridesmaid gowns, mother-of-the-bride, and tuxedo rentals. That range fits the city. Assyrian, Chaldean and Albanian ancestry are among the largest reported groups in Sterling Heights, and a formalwear store here is selling into engagement parties and weddings all year, not only a high-school spring.
Planning the visit
Hours listed by the store are noon to 7 Monday through Friday, noon to 6 Saturday, closed Sunday. The late opening and the closed Sunday are worth building around — there is exactly one weekend day to work with, and in March and April that day fills. Calling ahead at (586) 977-9530 to ask what is in stock in your size before you drive is the practical move.
One caveat worth stating plainly: this is a small independent shop with a light online footprint. There is no published inventory count we could verify, no confirmed opening year, and no posted price list. What is verifiable is the address, the hours, the phone number, and the six brands above.