Help! If you buy dresses online.

I'm shopping for a formal dress to wear to the Marine Corp Ball and I'm kind of scared to buy a dress online. I'm worried it wont fit or maybe it wont look good on me, but I'm trying to buy one for $50 or less because I wont wear it again and it will most likely get ruined. My question is if you buy online do you think the size charts are correct? I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to shopping online for any clothing.

i got a dress online and it fit me perfect and i got it from a website called the 10dollar mall or something like that.

Personally, I hate buying clothes online, I have to try everything on first.

But try to stay fairly close to your size on the chart and make sure you have enough time for it to be tailored if need be

I should order like tomorrow then because it is on the 10th. Lol. But now I have to pick one. I hate shopping. I'm going to look at that 10mall site now.  

Quoting TracyBee:" I should order like tomorrow then because it is on the 10th. Lol. But now I have to pick one. I hate shopping. I'm going to look at that 10mall site now.  "

if thats not the right site you can also google it cuz i could be wrong on how it is written out

Just see what their return policy is so that if it doesn't fit, you can exchange it for a different size.

I'm curious why it will most likely get ruined...

Do you not have any dress shops or a mall in your area?

Quoting Cass-Hole:" I'm curious why it will most likely get ruined... Do you not have any dress shops or a mall in your area?"

Also curious ... why ruined?