Prom Dresses: then and now

[pumpkincat210]

I feel old! I was looking through everyone's prom post and couldn't help but notice how much the prom dresses have changed from when I went in 1999. The dresses then were all long, dark colors. Now everyone seems to be getting more laid back, short flirty bright dresses. I feel so dated now! But in away i miss the ball gowns and gloves too, lol.

 

[Shimmer]

IKNOW!
I thought the same thing last year when I was selling the dresses to the girls...they're soooooooooooo flirty and fun now

I feel so old!!

 

[Pink_lily]

even my prom dress seems dated too, and i went in 2002! i also went in 1999, and felt that that dress was way different from my 2002 dress. both times i wore a ballgown, but i loved my second one best because it was plain and very versatile. now everything's so flirty and some of them require double-stick tape!

 

[Shimmer]

check out the jovani prom line.
Those dresses are very WOW without being toooo over the top.

THEN look at xcite and xtreme xcite.
Holy.
Crap.
I wouldn't walk out of the house like that, much less let my daughter walk out like that.

 

[alurabella]

I wore long flowy gowns at mine four years back... so sad.

 

[Shimmer]

NEVER would I have been allowed by my school to wear those dresses!

 

[brandiisamonkey]

My first Prom in 99 I was ahead of the bunch I loved my dress so much, I stood out and I loved it...

It was a bright green color with a golden sheet to it think overgrown or lucky green, it was a 2 peice that laced up the back and had a long flowy skirt and I was really Tan from being in Guard lol I got that dress for only $66 I think

The next year I work a traditional looking dress that I paid an arm and a leg for it was pretty just not nearly as good as the one from last year...


I love when you let your personality show though your clothing and not just wear things that are in style

 

[user79]

I also wore a really modern dress at my prom in '98, it was really different than everyone's dress. It was knee length and made of a blue and black lace material and just looked really unique. I really was never into the cinderella poof dresses, I think they are hideous. I would even maybe still wear that dress now.

 

[Parishoon]

who would have thought this little backwoods place i live would be fashion forward (kinda) Homecoming was the big done up to-do w/ the fancy poof dresses, while prom was more cocktail/semi-formal dresses.
I like my prom dresses the best. One was turquoise halter w/ an asymetrical edge, the other was this pink "tube" dress w black embroidered flowers around the trim (sounds tacky but promise it wasn't) i thought i saw one like it at the store the other day
I wore a lengha (from a family friend's wedding) for my homecoming

now it's all kinds of lazy, my youngest brother went to his senior prom in a dress shirt, tie, & slacks, homecoming he wore khakis & a dress shirt (thing is this boy owns TWO freakin tuxs...my dad offered to buy him ANOTHER ONE! he begged him to change so he looked "sharp")

my favorite was this 80s theme party a friend had,

those are blackmail pics (it was hideous)

 

[kaliraksha]

Mine was in 2003... and I agree with everyone... I had something long, elegant, beaded... and now it's either extreme or short and flirty. We use to do short and flirty for homecoming. I see girls out for prom and I'm like "that's not a prom dress!" Hehe... getting older...

 

[kimmy]

if it makes you feel any better, Courtney, last dance i went to, i rolled up in a long black and gold gown with black ball gloves

and the one after that, a calf-length sparkly baby blue gown with white elbow length gloves and a white feather boa (yes, the boa sounds ridiculous, but it was a Hollywood theme

)

 

[pumpkincat210]

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Originally Posted by THE ANTHEM if it makes you feel any better, Courtney, last dance i went to, i rolled up in a long black and gold gown with black ball gloves and the one after that, a calf-length sparkly baby blue gown with white elbow length gloves and a white feather boa (yes, the boa sounds ridiculous, but it was a Hollywood theme )

No, It sounds fun!! I want to go to a ball now.

 

[kimmy]

i left a feather trail half the night. it was epic

 

[Katura]

hahaha...heres my poofy yellow amazingness!

And....I did the cool thing and wore yellow flipflops....wow.

Couldnt move the whole night anyway in that huge thing! haha

 

[Rockell]

I was never a fan of the ball gown style or the heavily beaded/sequined dresses. My first dress was strapless and black with pink satin trim - very simple. My second was long and teal with just a few sequins. I felt like a mermaid in that dress.

 

[Shimmer]

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Originally Posted by Katura hahaha...heres my poofy yellow amazingness! And....I did the cool thing and wore yellow flipflops....wow. Couldnt move the whole night anyway in that huge thing! haha

I sold dresses exactly like that in green and blue etc. and the girls always looked SO CUTE in them.

Ilove those dresses.

They reminded me of my wedding dress (it was tulle too)

 

[mzcelaneous]

Oh goodness, don't let me get started on prom dresses LOL. My hometown was considered ghetto compared to the surrounding cities and our proms proved it. I went to proms from '98-'00. We had girls wearing dresses made out of fake Louis Vuitton or Gucci fabric, and even football or basketball jerseys. Most girls were scandalous as heck -- only covering their breasts and barely their thighs. Pretty sad. If this forum wasn't so public, I would've found some of these photos and post them LOL. Of course I'd hide their identity somehow

I'm so mean.

 

[Shimmer]

do a google search for Ghetto prom. that about covers it.

 

[Joke]

Ok, now I'm so sad that Belgium doesn't have proms.
They only time when you can really really dress up here is for your wedding ...

 

[rubixio]

http://www.birkoph.com/ghetto_proms.php


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haha.