Style Flashback Friday: Prom
20 Jul
Inspired by the Independent Fashion Blogger website who did a post about prom styles from the past I thought I’d take some time while on vacation to show you my past style in the form of my prom dresses!
Junior Prom – 1997
I’ll be honest with you. This is my favorite dress I’ve ever owned or worn, including my wedding dress. It was a Jessica McClintock that I got on crazy clearance. It was too big in the bust and too tight in the hips (and I didn’t get it altered) but I made it work because I loved it so much.
This was also one of my favorite hairstyles of all time. Maybe not so much the up-do, but the color. My hair dresser gave me fire engine red highlights and then styled my hair to make the most of them. I’ve yet to find another hair dresser who could recreate this genius.
I wish I remembered what I did with this dress. I doubt it would fit me now (32 year old hips are different than 17 year old hips) but I’d kind of like to try.
Senior Prom 1998
I saw this dress in a magazine (probably Seventeen) and wanted it for my prom dress. The color was unique and the style was significantly different than most of the other dresses at prom. I also bought it from a store that guaranteed they wouldn’t sell anyone else from your high school the same dress!
I ended up not loving it as much as I thought I would. Part of me wished I had gone with the full pink princess-style dress. But I did love that it wasn’t exactly the same as every other girl at the dance.
You may have also noticed I didn’t blur out this date’s face. That’s because he’s now my husband!
Which dress do you like best?
Did you go to prom? What did you wear? Post your pics on the Loop Looks Facebook wall if you dare!
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Nothing is classier to me than tweed and a pencil skirt.
A reader recently contacted me and asked for help with a pair of ankle boots she just bought.
Right now I’m pretty happy with my closet. But even so there are days when I stand there and stare at all the hangers and think, “I wish I had….”
I’ve had all of these clothing pieces in my closet for a long time. I keep wavering on whether or not to keep the cardigan and then it keeps staying. 
Pairing the fancy sequined skirt with a neutral colored cardigan and nude heels helps keep it from being too bling-y or overwhelming.
Love this post! And Jessica McClintock! There’s a blast from the past
You can also see my senior prom dress in this post at http://librarianforlifestyle.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/fashion-flashbacks-putting-my-best-foot-forward/.
Your senior prom dress was pretty sexy
Wow, thanks! {blush}
I feel the same way about my junior prom dress! It got some great wear too…prom, a pageant my senior year, and then I wore it to a sorority formal my freshman year of college! I still have the dress for posterity’s sake…it’s either in a bag in a closet at my house or in my old closet at my parent’s house. If I was at home, I would actually consider posting a picture from back in the day (1996-1998)
Sadly, I never had occasion to wear mine again. You’re lucky you got to wear yours several times!