Posted on 04/15/2007 6:09:25 PM PDT by Ellesu
Me, too, except they gave us an inch from the floor. Girls were not allowed to wear pants and boys were not allowed to wear T-shirts.
A lot of perfectly formal dresses show cleavage and as far as I know nobody thinks anything of it.
The dresses shown at the top of the thread, look pretty conservative to me. Certainly not at all ghetto or slutty.
The prom is a time to show off in a discreet way, no? I think the dresses do exactly that.
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Oh, a progressive school huh? lol
We couldn't wear pants either.
Our boys couldn't wear t shirts as an outer garment either.
They did that too, but the principal was a pervert and wanted to touch the girl’s legs.
The dress was approved before the prom. Are you don imus? You sound about as bright.
I think if the dresses were approved they had an obligation to allow the kids in.
The first part (obviously the only part in question re the two pictured dresses) is mighty vague, and if a picture of this dress looked okay to the same official who turned her away, then there's no question that the rule is too vague for anyone to make a call based on the wording. The girl made the call (clearly with her parents' backing) based on the official's prior approval of a picture of the dress. How could the official approve a picture of a halter style dress -- whether on a hanger or a skinny flat-chested model -- and then turn the girl away for wearing the same dress, based on a rule that prohibits clothing "that exposes the student's back"?
When 1/5th of the girls going to the prom are turned away, and it includes girls dressed like the two in this picture, something's wrong. This is a PUBLIC school and it is clearly attempting to enforce standards of dress that aren't consistent with the community's standards. It's one thing to have a fairly strict dress code for regular school days to maintain concentration and give kids a clue about what's acceptable in a workplace, but what's appropriate for an evening party isn't the same as what's appropriate for the office or for school.
These kids and their families have been through an awful lot the past couple of years, and certainly don't deserve to be jerked around like this. I predict the school officials who participated in this will get sued and lose.
My point is that I don't think these girls look slutty--I think they look rather nice. --And prom wear doesn't seem to have changed that much.
I agree, I see nothing wrong with their dresses.
It’s entirely possible that the dress may have been approved by the school official, but not the ample body that showed up on prom night hanging out of the dress.
I do not have a problem with the way these two girls look....
You: Which rules? The ones that changed out from under her? She sent a picture of the dress, and it was approved.”
“Melerine said she is larger-busted than many of the girls who passed inspection at the door of the Magnolia Plantation dance hall at Elmwood Park, that it is harder for her to get the right fit in a prom dress, and that Gardner gave her blessing to a picture of the dress long before the dance.”
A PICTURE of the dress was approved. How it LOOKED ON HER, VIOLATED the rules everyone else has to abide by.
A PICTURE of a dress doesn’t show you how it will look on her. She pushed the envelope and lost.
Apparently THIS school sees it differently.
They appear to have more stringent standards and don’t care what others do at other schools.
The two teens in the picture are dressed quite appropriately. School officials totally overreacted.
I’d hit on Miranda Melerine.
I’ve got DSL and that stuff was barely loading after a couple of minutes. Ah, well.
I’ve got DSL and that stuff was barely loading after a couple of minutes. Ah, well.
Strapless...but NO cleavage!
“Melerine said she is larger-busted than many of the girls who passed inspection at the door of the Magnolia Plantation dance hall at Elmwood Park”
Yes, she certainly is.
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