That time again- Prom!
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Pretty in Pink?
My daughter's senior year of high school has zoomed by with the speed of lightning! I can't believe she is only weeks away from graduation. Her Senior Picnic is this week (which, honestly, is not good because it's still very cool here with rain predicted all week). Her prom is at the end of May! Never fear. We shopped early. I started hounding her in February. By March, we still hadn't gone to look for dresses and she started hounding me. So mid-March, we made the big foray into Prom Shopping.
What do they wear these days? Believe me, I had a pretty good idea. We went through websites. She knew what she did not want, and what she might consider. The girls in her class set up a Facebook page, so they could post their dresses "I bought this one!" and try to avoid duplicates. Clever! But, to me, no fun. Now they all know who is wearing what before the big day. No surprises. Though, if it were me, I would post the wrong dress on purpose and just keep watching to make sure no one else picked mine. Devious! "Oh, you thought I was wearing white? Surprise, red!"
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Prints are in! Well, maybe not that one...
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Some girls choose short dresses.
Speaking of red, yes, that's the color my daughter picked. She is wearing red. And she looks fabulous in it. I never thought I would see my daughter in a prom dress, much less stand outside the fitting room watching her come out- happily! gloriously!- in dress after dress after dress. Normally, we don't shop well together. But prom dress shopping? It was a pretty magical experience. As magical as you imagine when they are babies and you put them in the frilly pink dresses before they're old enough to say "No, Mom, gah! I want to wear camo pants. Maybe I'll join the army when I grow up!" (Yes, we really had that army phase, at about age 8, but good news for me, she outgrew it!). In just about the past year, my daughter has embraced her feminine side. Makeup, different hairdos, the occasional (gasp) low-cut top. She has great personal style. She knows what she likes and what works for her. How did this happen? But back to PROM.
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Beading, full skirt.
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One shoulder looks, also popular.
All I can say is– thank goodness for David's Bridal. You know those commercials, "You'll love David's Bridal!" Yep, it's true. I do. All the other prom shops (and we stopped at a few) had one sample size and they could order your size. Then you would have wait to see if it actually looked good on you in your size. That's the way all bridal-prom shops worked when I was younger, too. But David's Bridal carries all sizes! What a relief. She got to try on dresses in the right size and decide what worked. This was a huge help. Huge! And when The Dress emerged from the field, we were able to buy her shoes, her handbag, her jewelry, her underthings– everything right there. One Stop Prom Shopping. I was ready to buy anything just to save myself the hassle of returning to shop again. And now, she has a date! A very decent boy we've known for years and trust. Yay! Everything is just falling into place. Thank you, Universe.
Our next mission? We need a white dress and shoes for graduation.
Do you remember prom shopping? Have you been prom shopping lately? What did you wear to the prom? Or did you rebel and avoid such a ceremony?
