Posted on 01/29/2015 2:54:42 PM PST by Kaslin
When 16-year-old Gabi Finlayson went to Paris with her mother and brother in December, she only bought one thing: a light pink dress with lace overlay that fell just below the knee. She planned to wear it to an upcoming high school dance. “I loved it,” she tells Yahoo Parenting. “It reminded me of Audrey Hepburn. It seemed like a classic dress I could wear forever.”
So on Saturday night, the Utah high school junior couldn’t wait to show up at the dance. “Being a 16-year-old girl, it’s hard to find something that makes you feel pretty and when you do, you want to share it,” she says. But instead of feeling like the belle of the ball, Finlayson ended up feeling shamed and embarrassed, she says, when she was asked to cover up her bare shoulders.
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I agree
Well her mind is surely 19th century or early 20th
Her shoulders are not bare. Her ARMS are.
A Second Amendment gal who believes in the right to bare arms!
She would have passed muster when I was in high school a mere half century ago.
Agreed. Rules are rules. I do wonder if the fact that this was a very special purpose influenced not modifying it rather than being an act of defiance.
UTAH? I would say that’s the answer but I sure wouldn’t agree that she dressed inappropriately......
Just going by the picture, unless she is very large that is not a 2" strap.
You missed where I wrote I liked the dress and did not agree with the rule being that strict. But she knew the rule and decided it did not apply to her. Now if nobody measured the strap and just went on a monitor’s say so that would be wrong. Not call the news wrong, but apology from the school and any money paid for dance tickets refunded.
She could have very easily taken a picture of herself in the dress and had it vetted by school administration to see if it would be o.k.
Yeah, this is really something isn’it? Heck, it was fine long before the 1960’s also. There is NOTHING wrong with this young gal’s dress. She looks very nice wearing it. Leave it up to some school’s resident fuddy daddy’s ideas, or that particular school district’s dumb ass dress code/rules, to gum up the works.
Wow you make a lot of assumptions about the person in charge of making sure the dress code was adhered to. If being told to cover up a dress is all this girl ever has to contend with is her idea of a ruined night she should count her blessings.
daddy’s = duddy’s
I agree with you that she met the dress code. The illusion bodice is not held up with a spaghetti or other thin strap. It’s a continuation of the bodice. The hem is modest, the dress fits perfectly and is not too tight. It’s a classic, beautiful dress and shame on the school for taking this step. They need to change the dress code to accommodate a design like this. If I were her mom, I’d had a word or 12 for the monitor.
Her straps/shoulders of the bodice are more than two inches. She wins this one.
Amen.
Well you made the first assumption, that she knew she was breaking the rules. I contend that she knew no such thing because the dress is so old fashion and modest.
I’m betting my assumptions are closer to the truth than yours.
OMG, I’ve seen that photo on here before; there was one hysterical thread about crazy prom dresses and hairdos...
This dress is lovely. And quite modest, IMO.
If the students were given the rules before the dance then you would be wrong. I doubt they were just handed the rules at the door.
The dress is lovely and I think very modest. But this is not about the dress. It is about snowflakes. She could very easily have taken a picture of herself wearing the dress and had it vetted before the dance. She also could have gotten in touch with her mom and asked her to bring a shawl or other covering besides a winter coat. She could have nicely asked for the straps to be measured. But no she wanted to play the poor put upon act and call the news.
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