Prom shopping at Concord Mills has one big thing going for it: you do not have to plan the visit around a booking. The Camille La Vie store inside the mall is a walk-in shop for prom.
No appointments are necessary to shop and try prom, homecoming, or evening dresses.
That line comes straight from the company, and it suits the way a lot of families around here actually shop. Somebody has a free Saturday afternoon, somebody else has a list of colors from a group chat, and the whole crew heads out I-85 to the mall. At Camille La Vie, a junior can pull a stack of gowns, try them on, and walk out with a dress the same day.
What's on the floor
Everything on the racks is Camille La Vie's own label. That is the defining thing about the store. Instead of hunting through a mix of outside designers, you are shopping one house collection from top to bottom.
This location runs on two tracks:
Prom and party
On the racks
- Prom dresses
- Homecoming dresses
- Evening and cocktail dresses
- Quinceañera dresses
- Wedding-guest dresses
- Bridesmaid dresses
Bridal salon
By appointment
- Wedding gowns
Prom is the headline, but the homecoming racks carry as much weight in the fall, and the quinceañera gowns give families another reason to come back. Brides get a short note here: wedding gowns are by appointment through the bridal salon, which is the one part of the store that works on a schedule. Shoes, handbags and jewelry are sold alongside the dresses, so the finishing pieces can come home in the same bag.
Concord Mills prom shoppers, from Cox Mill to Landis
The store names the communities it serves: Charlotte, Huntersville, Mooresville, Kannapolis, China Grove, Landis and Mt. Pleasant. That is a wide sweep along I-85 and I-77 north of Charlotte, and it lines up with what you see in the spring.
On the Cabarrus County side, the closest prom shoppers come from Cox Mill High School, Hickory Ridge High School, Concord High School, Central Cabarrus High School and Jay M. Robinson High School. A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis and Mount Pleasant High School bring in families from the north and east of the county, and Rowan County students from China Grove and Landis are well within range. Charlotte's northern suburbs fill in the rest. With families scattered across Cabarrus and Rowan counties, the mall works as the easiest meeting point in the region.
Among the prom stops on this site's list for the Charlotte region of North Carolina, this is the one to pick when you want to try on a dozen gowns without booking a thing.
Camille La Vie Concord, in two answers
Are there petite and plus-size prom dresses?
Yes. The prom collection has petite and plus-size sections, alongside long and short gowns, ball gowns and mermaid silhouettes.
Which designers does the store carry?
The store sells Camille La Vie's own label, so every gown on the floor is a house design.