Prom Picture...yikes!

Mrs.Cooley2bee · May 2011

One of my Mom's friends has her daughter's prom pictures posted on FB. I feel like some of the dresses are very inappropriate. Our HS dress code said that our shirts had to meet our pants, no belly showing....so I'm guessing these dresses would be a no-no? Not to mention my parents would have NEVER let me out of the house like that. Ugh, Charlotte will remain locked in her room until she is 23. I really hate that girls at this age feel the need to look so much older than they are.

Am I off base here? Thoughts?

DRockH · May 2011

I absolutely agree! I was saying this about some of the dates that matt's younger brothers were taking to prom 4-5 years ago... insaneness... I dont even think they made dresses like this when I went to prom!

sistrkate · May 2011

I truly do not understand it.

But then again, I don't get the hate against jean shorts, either.

Clearly I am no fashion expert.

Mrs.Cooley2bee · May 2011

sistrkate:

I truly do not understand it.

But then again, I don't get the hate against jean shorts, either.

Clearly I am no fashion expert.

Katie, I didn't know jean shorts were that bad either! I don't own a part of shorts...period, but that's another issue. I think jean shorts are cute on all kinds of people. I am thinking the bad style comes from the middle aged men that wear short cut-offs....ewww.

sistrkate · May 2011

Mrs.Cooley2bee:
sistrkate:

I truly do not understand it.

But then again, I don't get the hate against jean shorts, either.

Clearly I am no fashion expert.

Katie, I didn't know jean shorts were that bad either! I don't own a part of shorts...period, but that's another issue. I think jean shorts are cute on all kinds of people. I am thinking the bad style comes from the middle aged men that wear short cut-offs....ewww.

I don't own any shorts, either! I wear capris in the summer.

megan1019 · May 2011

sistrkate:
Mrs.Cooley2bee:
sistrkate:

I truly do not understand it.
But then again, I don't get the hate against jean shorts, either.
Clearly I am no fashion expert.
Katie, I didn't know jean shorts were that bad either! I don't own a part of shorts...period, but that's another issue. I think jean shorts are cute on all kinds of people. I am thinking the bad style comes from the middle aged men that wear short cut-offs....ewww.
I don't own any shorts, either! I wear capris in the summer.

Same here!! I haven't worn shorts since my mom put me in them! I wear capris as well.

I don't know which is worse in this picture- the dresses or the Jersey Shore tanning. I know for a fact they didn't have those kind of dresses when I went to prom 13 & 14 years ago (ouch!!)

Ttimes3 · May 2011

I'm not saying I wore one, but dresses like that were totally in style the year of my senior prom (1998).

gimbal · May 2011

That's absolutely horrible. I would never let DD wear anything like that. I don't know what I would do if DS' date had a dress like that. I do know I would not be happy about it and would judge her and her parents for it.

Aimlc1281 · May 2011

Dress #2 and #4 would have been at my prom (2000) but the first and third...crazy! Looks like costumes right out of Dancing with the Stars!

bellevuebride07 · May 2011

I don't think they are that bad. The tans bother me way more than the dresses.

hannah&ben · May 2011

I should post pics of my DD's friends at the Mardi Gras dance earlier this years.... bunch of 12 & 13 year olds in strapless mini-dresses with spray tans and heels. It was cute. Not really.

DRockH · May 2011

When DH and I were talking about this, he said he thought it gave the male date a certain expectation for the night of prom... and just fulilled the idea that prom night is a chance for the guy to get lucky.

I am not sure I agree, but I can see where he is coming from.

cooperme2871 · May 2011

Aimlc1281:
Dress #2 and #4 would have been at my prom (2000) but the first and third...crazy! Looks like costumes right out of Dancing with the Stars!

This. I graduated in 1999 and those would not have been a big deal. Now, the cutouts have to go. I think they are ugly anyways.

Mrs.Cooley2bee · May 2011

Bellevue made good point (via text to me). I had a pretty decent clevage dress for my senior year prom...I may need to go back and take a look to see how bad it was. Part of me wishes my parents would have stepped in if it was over the top. Hehe, maybe I'll find the pic and let everyone here judge. But I will say that the cut-outs and the tan bother me more than clevage.

Ttimes3 · May 2011

Mrs.Cooley2bee:
Bellevue made good point (via text to me). I had a pretty decent clevage dress for my senior year prom...I may need to go back and take a look to see how bad it was. Part of me wishes my parents would have stepped in if it was over the top. Hehe, maybe I'll find the pic and let everyone here judge. But I will say that the cut-outs and the tan bother me more than clevage.

Honestly, I was just about to agree with Bellevue's "I don't think these dresses are that bad" opinion. In general, I'm less offended by exposed abdomen than a low plunging neckline on a teenager, which some of my own dance dresses may have been guilty of...maybe not. I DO distinctly remember wearing a red sequin dress (which I borrowed from my short, size 0 cousin) to my junior homecoming. It had a higher neckline, but let's just say I am quite a bit taller than my cousin...and was definitely never a size 0. Looking back, it was definitely a bit too snug...and a bit too short.

Perhaps I'll work on a little "old school" album on FB. Wink

gimbal · May 2011

cooperme2871:
Aimlc1281:
Dress #2 and #4 would have been at my prom (2000) but the first and third...crazy! Looks like costumes right out of Dancing with the Stars!

This. I graduated in 1999 and those would not have been a big deal. Now, the cutouts have to go. I think they are ugly anyways.

I do agree with this. My react was to dresses #1 and #3. No one can convince me those are appropriate for a high school girl. Actually, #4 probably wouldn't have been at my prom since I don't recall anyone wearing a short dress, but it's nothing next to #1 and #3.

linzpinz14 · May 2011

I commented about this on FB last prom season. I think cut-outs belong on a BEACH, not on a beatch at prom.

JK, jk. But I do think they are hugely inappropriate for a formal dress. My little bro-in-law's date had one on for his prom last year and it disgusted me.

Ttimes3 · May 2011

I wore a long, black dress (like the one Julia Louis-Drefus is sporting in the photo below), from Bebe, to my junior prom. It had a very similar sheer panel in the middle (although, like JLD's, it did not reveal my navel). Is this trampy?

Mrs.Cooley2bee · May 2011

Okay - I don't have a picture of me at prom...but I did wear it again in college, this is what I could find on FB. A bit of boobage, but oh how I wish I still fit in that dress.

bellevuebride07 · May 2011

You were hot then and you're hot now.

Ttimes3 · May 2011

Coolio - we were dime pieces in our trampy, black dresses. Wink

buckeyethor · May 2011

My sophomore year I wore a dress with the tiniest little flower lace cut outs on the mid-drift. It was completely tasteful.

buckeyethor · May 2011

TTT, don't worry. I wore a tight black backless dress with a slit up to there my Senior Prom.

Aimlc1281 · May 2011

Ttimes3:
I wore a long, black dress (like the one Julia Louis-Drefus is sporting in the photo below), from Bebe, to my junior prom. It had a very similar sheer panel in the middle (although, like JLD's, it did not reveal my navel). Is this trampy?

I think this is appropriate because the sheer panel keeps a bit to the imagination. Definitely does not turn you into a hussy!

Ttimes3 · May 2011

buckeyethor:
TTT, don't worry. I wore a tight black backless dress with a slit up to there my Senior Prom.

hooker Surprise

buckeyethor · May 2011

My boobs were covered!

jerseygirl81 · May 2011

Wow, number one and number three are especially brow-raising for me. I see pictures like this on my 17-year-old cousin's FB page and I just can't get over it.

KristenBtobe · May 2011

I wish I had an occasion to wear number 4. I dressed like a hobag in high school though. So take my opinion for what it's worth.

Christine.Louie · May 2011

Ooh yeah I had the same reaction to my sister's and her friends' dresses this year. I was blown away by the fact that my mom let her buy such a revealing and expensive dress. We literally had to tape her dress to her boobs so the dress would stay in place and the back of the dress was very low too. DH brought up the obvious of what a teenage boy would be tempted to do with such a dress, much to my horror but not surprised.

When I was her age, I was only allowed to shop on the clearance rack and a regular v-neck cut was considered not covered up enough. Apparently the cut-outs are in style now...as are short dresses. I know back in the day if you wore a short dress you were a slut and it'd raise eybrows. Seriously...kids these days! In a few years, they'll just wear a bikini to prom :P.

I'll post pictures of my/her and her friends' dresses later in the above thread... I at least found my sister's dress to be the most tasteful of them all...

KYmama9286 · May 2011

I'm not really shocked by this since my senior prom was not that long ago (2005) but I do think the dresses are fugly as well as the way too fake tans. I know since I went to a private Catholic school that we had a dress code for all dances. It wasn't super strict but it did have rules about how low cut it could be, how far down in the back it could go, how short it could be, etc. You could still skank it up pretty easily but nothing as bad as those dresses.

DH on the other hand, went to a really small Christian school and the dress code there was completely RIDIC...I'm talking straps had to be at least 1 in thick (no strapless at all), no cleavage could show AT ALL, the girls all had to bring in the dress they were going to wear a week before the dance and the female staff had to approve it. His sister said that when you brought the dress in they would make you bend over to see if cleavage was showing when you bent over. So even if your dress was modest if it was too loose on the top it was a no go. It couldnt be above knee length and obviously cut outs would have been WAY out of the question. DH's poor sister had to make all of her dresses because at a 34F bra size even a turtle neck gives the poor girl cleavage. I'll have to see if I have any of my prom pics on my other computer since my hot hottie prom date in DH.

gandcnky · May 2011

Um, ridic. I went to a pretty conservative all-girl HS, and we weren't even allowed to wear strapless dresses. I would NEVER have been able to buy a dress like that. It makes me nervous being the parent of a girl. Embarrassed

Christine.Louie · May 2011

gandcnky:
Um, ridic. I went to a pretty conservative all-girl HS, and we weren't even allowed to wear strapless dresses. I would NEVER have been able to buy a dress like that. It makes me nervous being the parent of a girl.

lol and that's why DH said he only wants boys. According to him, if you have a boy, you only have to worry about one penis but if you have a girl then you have to worry about all the penises in the world! Oye!

Mrs_D_in_KY · May 2011

Christine.Louie:
lol and that's why DH said he only wants boys. According to him, if you have a boy, you only have to worry about one penis but if you have a girl then you have to worry about all the penises in the world! Oye!

My dad and brother tell me this all the time. That since I have a boy I only have to worry about one penis. Tongue Tied

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