It's almost prom time!

susancs

It is my eldest daughter's prom this year and we went to Fonthill Road, ( Finsbury Park,London) shops on a Saturday to get the dress with her friend and Mum. The girls spent the whole morning trying on dresses in the various shops and both found really nice formal prom dresses. The same type of dresses online from sites abroad were considerably more (about three tiems the price) and of course with no option to try them on. Some dresses looked nice on the hanger, but looked awful on. A friend who is a hairdresser and beautician is doing her hair and makeup.

motherofstudents

When did this start ? They didn't have this when my youngest left school and that was 2005. Why do we have to do what Americans do, we should have our own traditions.

System

My dress for Yr11 cost £5 and my two dresses for 6th form proms (i was split between 2 6th forms) cost about £10 each. Never saw the point in spending hundreds of pounds :eek:

edited my year 11 prom was 2003 so it's been going since then at least, and i remember the year above having it too so 2002?

pigpen

My sister who is 30 didn't have a prom but my sister who is 25 did.. and I think it started the year after the older of the 2 left.. whatever year it was 13 years ago it started then at our schools lol...

In a way I think it is a lovely to commemorate their leaving school I hated the way we were herded into the school library given a leavers certificate and sent home.. it was such a deflated let down after all those years of school

Poppy9

motherofstudents wrote: »

When did this start ? They didn't have this when my youngest left school and that was 2005. Why do we have to do what Americans do, we should have our own traditions.

They used to be called "balls" but that sounds too old fashioned.

My neices and nephews in their late twenties all attended prom. If anything they were more formal than now. Then boys had to wear suit and girls formal dresses. Also they had to go in couples so you had the pressure of dates.

Now many boys wear trousers, shirt and ties with converse. Girls can wear short or long and can be quite informal. Also very few go in couples now. Instead they prefer to go as groups of friends either same sex or mixed.

pigpen

MrsE wrote: »

How do you know at 16 (or 18) she is never getting married?

did you read the bit about the surname???

And if she is stupid enough to get married she can pay for it herself.

Poppy9

pigpen wrote: »

did you read the bit about the surname???

And if she is stupid enough to get married she can pay for it herself.

My brother and his now wife shared the same surname so she said there was no reason to get married. She changed her mind 10 years later when people were telling her that his ex wife had more rights than her!!!

joeblack066

Just bought DDs dress today- she has steam punk stuff but not got the cOnfidence to wear it to prom. Dress came from an alternative shop, gorgeous black satin, she looks amazing in it, £37.50. Shoes and bag that she had for her brothers wedding last year. She doesn't like fakery so no tan or talons, just a hair appt and done! Yay! :-)

midnightraven3

son was due a new kilt so thats what he got
as stated before he will be wearing it years down the line
(he cant grow any more surely:D)
he has already had 2 uni functions to wear it since starting in September

tradition at his school was
during the prom, all the dads went and set up tents in the grounds of the castle next to the school
when the came back from the hotel where the meal was, the janitorial staff kept the school open, and they all got changed and spent their last night together under canvas
(and breakfast was delivered in the morning, so not all "primitive"):rotfl:

DianneB

My school had Leavers Ball's back in the 70"s, we all wore long dresses which were in fashion at the time anyway and the boys wore suits. Did our own hair and makeup and got there on the bus!! It had been a school tradition since the year dot so Prom's are nothing new. The only difference is the mad amount of money spent on them these days.