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Topic: Prom Dress or Beach Attire? You Decide


Topic Posted by: ingyandbert
Date Posted: Mon May 12 12:52:50 2008
Additional Comments:

Doesn't sound like being arrested taught her the difference.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/05/12/edwards.skimpy.prom.dress.khou





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Posted by: Or
Date posted: Tue May 13 2:23:51 2008
Message:

Sad stuff, really.

Total skank.


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Posted by: SuzyB
Date posted: Mon May 12 21:17:29 2008
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Not only is it completely inappropriate for a high school prom, it's also extremely ugly. Nobody would look good in that.

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Posted by: carmen
Date posted: Mon May 12 20:40:59 2008
Message:

#1---she should have waxed

#2--she should have shaved her face

#3--where the hell is her mother?

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  • I'm not sure I understand the first two comments, but totally with you on the third. eom--RK

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    Posted by: cc
    Date posted: Mon May 12 20:34:53 2008
    Message:

    I was first struck when she said she didn't know why she couldn't get into her prom (something like that).  That's very tragic, if she doesn't GET IT.  Doesn't get it, doesn't see anything wrong with it, & apparently no one in her life to teach her otherwise & prevent her from heading out the door dressed like that.  Glad the principal stuck to his guns. 


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    Posted by: Carissa
    Date posted: Mon May 12 18:55:32 2008
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    I hold the school district administration responsible, to some degree (of course the ultimate responsibility is the parent or guardian). 

    My daughter had a band banquet last weekend, and we bought her the cutest dress at Ross to wear with it.  It was sleeveless, green cotton with eyelet trim, knee length; basically a summer sun dress.  This isn't it but it was very similar to this one, only green instead of blue:

    She had to wear a white T-shirt under it.  The dress really looked much better without the tee, but the (public) school has a rule that no sleeveless tops/dresses can be worn alone, unless the straps are greater than 2 inches wide.  This is at any school function, even prom.

    This rule seems too extreme but it certainly does prevent anyone wearing slutty outfits like the one in this video.

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  • We had that same rule when I was a Principal. That is a darling dress by the way. ~~misspm

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    Posted by: Sparky
    Date posted: Mon May 12 18:50:55 2008
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    I think perhaps she should have used some of the material for the dress' train for the bodice.

     

    Photo


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    Posted by: Elizabeth
    Date posted: Mon May 12 17:43:59 2008
    Message:
    TRASHY. She looks like a slut, and, more than likely, probably acts like one....so now she'll go get pregnant and some poor innocent child will have HER as a mother. What a role model. Again, the cycle continues...

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    Posted by: Kri
    Date posted: Mon May 12 17:09:48 2008
    Message:
    Okay, I have to make this comment, although I *KNOW* I am going to get slammed.

    While I do think the dress is not only inappropriate for a teen, I also think it is hideous. But I would bet money that if it were a famous celebrity in that dress, there would be people commenting on how great she looked.

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  • No slams here. You're probably right. I certainly wouldn't be making those comments, but you know there are plenty who would. And that does say something about why teens do these things. eom--RK
  • In my book, it would be ugly no matter who was wearing it. ~i&b
  • I don't care for it either way, but I think it would certainly raise fewer eyebrows on say; the Red Carpet to the Grammy Awards than at the school Prom. ~~misspm
  • And this is I think exactly why these girls try to get away with wearing these 'dresses' at their proms. They see female celebrities show a lot of skin at red carpet events and get praised for it. You can show off some skin and look classy, but this girl's dress had no class at all. Chewbacca
  • You're exactly right Chewy. When scantly clad celebrities are all over the news the next dayafter walking the Red Carpet in next to nothing-it sends the wrong messages to these girls. I'm sure she expected to be the fashion hit of her Prom. ~~misspm

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    Posted by: LISA K
    Date posted: Mon May 12 16:40:16 2008
    Message:
    omg   Not only skimpy    UGLY too!

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    Posted by: Sparky
    Date posted: Mon May 12 16:25:13 2008
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    I was reading some of the comments that were left on the newspaper's website.  The vast majority of people thought the girl looked like a slut and wondered how the parents could let their daughter out of the house looking like that.

    What I thought was interesting were the comments that the school went too far in calling the police.  I disagree. I think that as the situation escalated, it was appropriate to call the police.  My guess to what happened was that she was barred from prom and was told to leave.  Instead of leaving, she continued to argue and to create a scene.  At that point, she was trespassing and was again given the option of getting arrested or going home.  In her own words she said "They didn’t give me any options but to go to jail or go home.”   So, in my never to be humble opinion, she made the decision to be arrested on her prom night.


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    Posted by: ML
    Date posted: Mon May 12 15:43:30 2008
    Message:
    Hmmmm...I see street corner...

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    Posted by: Chewbacca
    Date posted: Mon May 12 15:39:59 2008
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    I have to wonder what goes through these girls' minds. It's your senior prom. It's a chance to shine. But instead of looking like a million bucks, they want to look like hookers who charge a million bucks instead. Good for the school to sticking to their rules. I wouldn't be in favor of handcuffs unless she was really causing a disturbance, and she probably was.

    AND she was given guidelines as to what she couldn't wear, yet she and/or her parents still thought she could buck the rules and show up looking like a rap video extra.  

    She shouldn't be proud of the dress. The color looks like baby vomit, it's butt ugly, and she seems not to have the grace to pull this type of outfit off. Luckily she's got no boobs, or she'd be breaking even more decency rules.

    I don't want to sound like a judgemental prude, but there are many people in society who judge people by how they dress, especially women. There isn't a lot of respect out there for people who think this is presentable attire unless you're on the red carpet.  I don't see her faring well in an office with a dress code.

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  • I don't know why this story fascinates me so much, but it does. Another thing that I noticed was that she said that ''everyone'' liked her dress...yeah, I'll bet a bunch of 18 year old horny boys liked her dress. My bet is that she probably contacted the media to make the school embarrassed for denying her access and to get her prom admission back. Her trick backfired on her though. (no sick sexual pun intended.) Even if the school refunds her the price of prom, she is being lambasted in the reader comments for being a tramp..................................Sparky

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    Posted by: fuzzwuzz
    Date posted: Mon May 12 15:28:08 2008
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    Wow, talk about craving attention much??  Well, she got her three minutes of fame.  Really stupid "dress".  Heck, it wasn't even a dress actually.  Love the prinicipal!!!  Good for him and shame, shame on her and her family for allowing such stupidity!!!!

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    Posted by: Sparky
    Date posted: Mon May 12 15:27:24 2008
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    I like how in the article it says while she regrets how things turned out, Taylor thinks she had little choice. "They didn't give me any options, but to go to jail or go home,” she said.

    How about the choice when she (or a friend) sewed that little number in creating a dress that didn't make her look like a two bit hooker?  That's where her choice was. Her choice wasn't to show up to a nice hotel and expect to be allowed in to a formal dance with that as her dress.  Her friend managed to find a dress that was appropriate.

     http://www.txcn.com/sharedcontent/dws/txcn/houston/stories/khou080509_tj_promdress.e4ef3d2b.html

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  • See, now the sunglasses really set off the outfit! RME. ~i&b

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    Posted by: RK
    Date posted: Mon May 12 13:53:30 2008
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    Hey, it's a local story! (Well, sort of. Sugarland is actually a good 45-minute drive from here. But it's in the "greater Houston area".)

    Wow, I can't believe she isn't embarrassed. And what's up with the reporters asking her to model the dress?


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    Posted by: trkdrvrsqueen
    Date posted: Mon May 12 13:50:17 2008
    Message:

    Well for cryin out loud!!.....if that were my daughter she wouldn't have left the house!! Sad that the adults in her life let her buy it in the first place. I do think they should have given her back her $$!


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    Posted by: susienews
    Date posted: Mon May 12 13:46:10 2008
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    I'm with Misspm.  Where are the parents?  And what do they do for a living that would make them believe that "dress" is acceptable prom attire?  Hmmmm....  And I'm left shaking my head at a public school system that releases stupid people into the real world without any common sense.  I guess Common Sense 101 is an elective or something.  : )

    My favorite gown will always be the Pregnant Prom Dress

     

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  • Geesh! Did she get into the prom? TDQ

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    Posted by: misspm
    Date posted: Mon May 12 13:09:14 2008
    Message:

    I say neither. When I look at that dress, I do not see prom or beach but I'll keep to myself what I do see.

    Question. Does she have parents? Did they know she was leaving the house in that...for a PROM? Or was her mother the one that "custom" made that "dress" for her?

    Yesterday when I was in the bookstore, I saw a book entitled "Stop Dressing Your Six Year Old Like A Skank!" No kidding. I wonder if there is a teenage version.

    Oh, and good for the counselor that stopped her and the Principal of the school, who held his ground. I would be surprised if no dress code requirements had been sent home as they usually are for these things.

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  • Yup, I thought it was great the the adults in charge of the dance held to the dress code. Maybe girls will think about this incident when choosing their outfits next year. ~i&b

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    Posted by: sandy
    Date posted: Mon May 12 12:59:53 2008
    Message:
    I have a whole e-mail of something similar taken at a prom somewhere. This is just one outfit. I have more.

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