This is a wedding store that also sells prom dresses, and knowing that in advance changes how you plan the trip. The Wedding Plaza’s floor is built around bridal, bridesmaids, mothers of the bride and men’s formalwear; prom sits inside it as a department of its own, stocked with Jovani Prom, JVN Prom by Jovani, Jovani Homecoming, Terani Prom, La Femme and the Jessica Angel Collection. The store’s own catalog also lists Vizcaya by Morilee for quinceañera. Appointments are preferred rather than required.
The appointment is the thing to plan around
The shop’s own site says appointments are preferred and that hours can vary, with evening appointments available on weekdays. Use the appointment form and the store says it will confirm the slot within 24 hours. There is seating for three additional guests, so a parent and a friend or two can come along without crowding the fitting. If you want a dress and a date’s tuxedo fitted on the same trip, say so when you book, since the tuxedo side and the gown department do not keep identical schedules. Alterations are also available through the store.
What the prices actually look like
The store publishes prices on its website, which is unusual enough to be worth using. These were the ranges listed on its own category pages for the four prom and eveningwear labels:
- Jessica Angel Collection: from $250, topping out under $600
- La Femme: roughly $288 to $898
- Terani Prom: roughly $209 at the low end, up past $1,300 at the top
- Jovani Prom: roughly $489 to $1,049
Every style is tagged either in stock or quick delivery, and across La Femme and Terani most carry the quick-delivery tag. That matters if you are shopping late and cannot wait on a special order: ask what quick delivery means in days before you count on it.
Where it sits
Jericho Turnpike here is Route 25, and a few blocks west of the store the road itself is the boundary: from Braddock Avenue to 257th Street, the turnpike carries the line between Queens and Nassau, with the Bellerose and Floral Park neighborhoods of Queens on one side and the villages of Bellerose and Floral Park in western Nassau County on the other. A shop on this stretch draws from both sides of the city line.
On the Nassau side, the relevant school system is the Sewanhaka Central High School District, whose office is on Landau Avenue in Floral Park, a few minutes from the store. It runs five high schools for grades 7 through 12 with roughly 7,700 students between them, and two of the five are in Floral Park itself: Floral Park Memorial on Locust Street and Sewanhaka High School. The other three are Elmont Memorial on Ridge Road, H. Frank Carey in Franklin Square and New Hyde Park Memorial on Leonard Boulevard. All five are within a short drive.
Without a car: the Floral Park LIRR station at Tulip and Atlantic serves the Main Line and the Hempstead Branch, and the Q110 bus runs along Jericho Turnpike.
Two things to ask before you go
- Whether the style you want is in stock in your size or is a quick-delivery order, and how long that order takes. The website tags the two differently, but stock moves.
- Whether the same style has already gone out to someone at your school. Jovani, Terani and La Femme are widely carried labels, so duplicates are a real risk here in a way they are not in an isolated small town.
The store describes itself as family-owned and operated since 1988.