Posted on 01/24/2005 8:32:44 PM PST by MisterRepublican
PROM princess or porn queen?
This prom dress is so skimpy, even the designer's CEO wouldn't let his teenage daughter wear it. But the dangerously revealing gown, prominently advertised in Seventeen Prom, YM Prom and Teen Prom, and on sale in a Midtown shop, is a top seller for the company this season.
"I was shocked when I first saw it, but now it's one of our top 20 dresses nationwide," says Nick Yeh, the CEO of Xcite, the Stafford, Texas, company that designed the dress and some 200 other styles this season.
"I have a 15-year-old daughter and, no, I would not recommend she wear this dress.
"As a businessman," he adds, "I'm not judging what a teenager should wear or not wear. It's up to the parents to decide for their own children."
In fact, some shops in smaller cities require girls to bring in parental permission slips to buy the dress, Yeh told The Post.
At Elite Designs, a formal shop in Midtown that has the barely-there gown on a mannequin, owner Surinder Nagpal says, "We've gotten a few calls about that dress. Originally, I wasn't going to stock [it], but my sales associate told me that girls would want it, so we're stocking it in black and red."
So far, says Helen Rodriguez, Nagpal's sales associate, no one has bought the $495 gown - but it just arrived.
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Vlaz, Vlaz, Vlaz...I do believe the young ladies at your school will not appreciate the diss. Better watch your back son.
Actually, my prom date WAS cuter. Redhead with legs that went all the way up. Almost married that one. Neither of her two prom dresses looked anything like.... er... that.
Other than to walk the streets to ply the world's oldest profession, I can't imagine why any female would want to wear this dress.
No flame here.
BUMP!
My daughter has only been out 1 time and that was to a good friend of the family (she'll be 18 in March)...Fortunately, she takes after her mother (I didn't have much of a dating life and God dropped a wonderful man on my parent's front porch - a week after I moved out!)...I'm praying she'll be so blessed - dating is just one more stress our teenagers and young people don't really need in their lives!
What's funny is that the dress in your pic is more modest than the dress in question. I would take you in that--to the prom, I mean (lol).
I know...
You guys won't believe this...
THAT is a pretty scary picture...
You go to a prom with a gal wearing that and you are going to end up in a fight for sure.
No. I wouldn't.
And Yes - I'd have gone to thje proms if the girls dressed like that when I was in school.
Vlaz aint getting any Prom Night.
I *hope* you are a girl person...
I guess Vlaz won't be getting lucking on prom night.
Wow, this is even more tasteless than duct tape prom dresses and tuxedoes.
All of which is exactly why you are such a neat FReeper. Do it. I'll cheer from the sidelines, I'm old and tired at the moment. ;-D
Agreed!
However, I must admit to wishing certain dates would be willing to wear a bit less - but only in private!
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