So I had a dream the other night about the high school prom. Probably because I'd watched Pretty in Pink and I'm still recovering from not getting to go to my prom with Andrew McCarthy.
In my time volunteering with the youth group, I often chaperoned their annual formal - their version of prom. I was always amazed (and horrified) by the length of dresses. You've heard "knee length" and "tea length," etc. Theirs was a length I jokingly came to call "crotch length." I was the Vice Principal at your middle school. You remember him - he had a yardstick and was making sure your pants were resting at the waist. I was the jerk telling girls to tug their dresses down.
Prom is elegant! It's a fairytale! It's not a nightclub or cocktail party. Call me old-fashioned. I just always associate the evening with fanciness and ball gowns. Princess dresses and tuxedos.
And I was curious about what was trendy in prom dresses this year so I was looking at JenJenHouse, which I am a fan of because they have over 700 plus size dress options and extremely reasonable prices. I was happy to see gowns back in fashion! And that a lot of them were pretty stunning in fact.
Of course, I prefer black and this one has a cool retro/vintage vibe to it so it's my winner:
If I were bold enough to wear pink, this one's got some drama to it - ands again, kinda vintage inspired:
And as I was just telling someone this weekend tha I wish I could wear the nude colors (I'm so pale, it wouldn't work on me), I thought this was stunning:
Ok, Andrew McCarthy. I'm still waiting for you. Let's do this.
In your fantasy high school life? What kind of dress would you wear to prom?
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