- Joined
- Dec 31, 2009
- Location
- Smack dab in the heart of Texas
I was a 90's child and never got to go to prom. They had a huge hullaballoo in my day because the dresses didn't conform to dress code. Girls were made to were cardigans over their dresses because they showed too much, (The trend then was strapless or spaghetti straps. Honestly they were way more covered than most) after that they put out a flyer every year with the acceptable dress code, and the consequences for breaking it (No refund of the prom ticket, and a detention in my day. Not sure if the latter still applies)
During my teaching career at a local school, we had a superintendent who had an anti-shoulder agenda. You could have boobs having out, skirt up to your whooha, but shoulders? Gasp! Last year I helped a wonderful young woman get a dress for prom and there were so many DONT'S it was mind-blowing. Just takes all the fun out of it--plus the jerk (not the aforementioned guy) waited till the last danged minute to decide can't do this--can't do that. Hey! These girls shop for months! Some of them and their families scrimp and scrape for a year just so they can have one special night. I cannot stand authoritarianism in any form--can you tell? I've seen a lot of beautiful strapless dresses (hey, Miss
America of 1960-something!) and many of them show a lot less than a covered shoulder dress. Okay, off the soapbox--I've been enjoying re-reading and seeing a lot of familiar faces!