Prom Dress Codes

[Yazmeen]

A fun topic: should there be prom dress codes?

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...ress-code?lite

[BigB08822]

Absolutely, have you seen some of the dresses worn to Prom where they clearly do not have a dress code?

Ghetto Prom

[essence_of_soy]

Absolutely, have you seen some of the dresses worn to Prom where they clearly do not have a dress code?

Ghetto Prom

Is that Ghetto Prom for real? OMG.

[Jemestone]

Ghetto Proms are the best. Seriously those kids don't look so bad. That's the way the people at my prom looked minus the dresses and suits to nba teams and fashion brands labels

However, the girl with the brown dress with only leaves covering up her nips, BIG MAMA, and the pregnant girl showing off her belly were so wrong though I would have loved the opportunity to at them at the prom

[Jenny]

If I were the parents of some of these people I might have an issue or two, but in principle I applaud the individualism,and support anyone who wants to tiff it up.

When I was in high school we all dressed alike - scanning through my old yearbooks today I realize there was very little room for individualism, personal expression or imagination. We all wore the same brands of jeans and sneakers, did our hair the same, shopped in the same stores, and basically did everything we could to fit in. Rather boring I think.

[MacMadame]

No. It's prom. It's not like people will be distracted from doing their school work.

As long as it doesn't violate any local nudity ordinances, what's the big deal?

[Jemestone]

^ I agree, as long as it's reasonably covering up the family jewels

[numbers123]

prom codes existed when my kids were in high school - 14 years ago. To some extent it was to avoid gang wars at prom. In other instances it avoid indecent exposures - the kind that would result in misdemeanor charges. The faculty and others really didn't want to be fashion police, but they had to be.

[susan6]

Absolutely, have you seen some of the dresses worn to Prom where they clearly do not have a dress code?

Ghetto Prom

Someone wore full-on bedlah to Prom?!?! (the bellydancing outfit) At least it looks well-made, which is more than I can say for some of those other outfits.

[julieann]

We all wore the same brands of jeans and sneakers, did our hair the same, shopped in the same stores, and basically did everything we could to fit in. Rather boring I think.

So did my my parents, so did I, so do my kids...

so do all kids, kids will never change....

But yes there should be a prom dress code or you will have all kind of inappropriateness

[FiveRinger]

Ok....those toe nails were just too much for words.....I will never think of a pedicure in the same way again.

[Jemestone]

But yes there should be a prom dress code or you will have all kind of inappropriateness

Oh please, I wore a dress like this walking down street. Oh the stares I got

[Artemis@BC]

'K, I need to get my eyes checked -- I read this as "Porn Dress Codes."

[Reuven]

Not too far off the mark, then.

[Jemestone]

'K, I need to get my eyes checked -- I read this as "Porn Dress Codes."

And you came right on into the thread, didn't ya?

[Artemis@BC]

Heck, yeah!

[julieann]

Oh please, I wore a dress like this walking down street. Oh the stares I got

I think the poor dear has it on backward

[numbers123]

nm

[RFOS]

'K, I need to get my eyes checked -- I read this as "Porn Dress Codes."

The porn dress codes are discriminatory against people who wear clothes!

[PDilemma]

So did my my parents, so did I, so do my kids...

so do all kids, kids will never change....

But yes there should be a prom dress code or you will have all kind of inappropriateness

I have been to about 15 too many proms. You think that looks inappropriate now, what do you think happens when she starts dancing??? And the dresses with slits up to the upper thighs get hiked up for dancing until we are seeing everything. It does get indecent.

It is sad that parents cannot be relied on to help teens make smart choices and schools have to intervene.