Last weekend, I was invited to a prom fashion show at Lord & Taylor hosted by Jessie Leavitt from Bravo’s NYC Prep. The fashion show had a three part appeal, for me. First, it presented the winning party dress designs of three Parsons students: Samantha Sleeper, Nicki Cozzolino and Hannah Haein Lee. Second, It gave girls from New York City Schools the opportunity to show their catwalk skills while holding a competition for the schools. Finally, it gave me a chance to see pretty party dresses and meet Noel from Miss Couturable and Arabelle from Fashion Pirates.
As I’ve said over the past week, though I wore long dresses both times I went to prom, if I were to do it again, I would go short all the way. The Parsons designers seemed to agree, all three winning dresses were short, fun, and flirty. Nicki and Samantha both said they wore long, traditional dresses to prom, but liked the idea of wearing a hip party dress if they were to go to prom again. Plus, a shorter dress can be worn over and over again.
The high school girls look like they had a blast strutting around in their prom dresses. I love when normal girls know how to rock it in a pair of five inch heels. Gramercy Arts High School had the most attendees at the prom fashion show and received$1,000 from Lord & Taylor to go toward their prom.
In terms of trends, prom 2010 seems to be like ready-to-wear, of late— anything goes. This year, prom is short. Prom is long. Prom is pink. Prom is black. Prom is feathers. Prom is leather. Prom is whatever makes you feel pretty.
Click here to see Nicki and Samantha’s dresses.
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Sometimes, the perfect prom dress isn’t a cropped party dress, but it is a floor sweeping lace number. For the budding fashion luminaries, however, a long dress is often anything but typical. Exhibit A: the Western Lace Maxi Dress ($90) from Topshop.
Sure, this may be a cotton maxi with a bit of lace trim, but with the right accessories and a lot of them— think oodles of beads, pearls or bangles— this dress transitions perfectly from day to night, and then back again— after you party all night, you can wear this dress to get early-morning pancakes with your friends.
This western-inspired dress could be paired with cool, cropped cowboy boots for day or with a messy updo and a mask for a masquerade-theme prom.
No matter how you wear it, a stylish statement will be made and and fun will be had in this light, breezy dress.
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