Did you go to Prom in the 1980s?

[bumbershoot]

Oh, in that same year I won a contest to meet Duran Duran and got to kiss Simon Lebon on the check...that was my 80's highlight!

omg. lucky!

Kids these days have no idea how hard it is to get your hair to actually do that.

That's officially my favorite "kids these days" statement. Heck, I don't even know how hard it is; I thought the popular girls' hair just did it. I have curly hair with no interest in doing all of that to my hair, so I never learned how to make hair do those things.

I probably still have it here somewhere...DH was my prom date (he was DBF then, of course), so we have a matching set! Should've used them for our wedding toast, huh?

That would have been adorable.

We got the flutes/wine glasses too, but never thought much of it. IT was just a keepsake, and thinking about it now, it was kind of forward-thinking, that you could someday use it legally?

1985-"Careless Whisper" by Wham.
Westin Hotel in downtown Chicago.

I think of all the themes, that's the strangest of all.

Knowing our era it was probably Mad Dog wine

Ah, memories of freshman year of college....

 

[bumbershoot]

I dont' want to be the one to ruin the thread, but I had so much fun reading these...although my proms weren't until 91 and 92.. I dont' remember the 91 theme, but 92 was "In your eyes" by Peter Gabriel... Wasn't that really an 80s song?? Dunno...

"In Your Eyes is a hit rock/pop single from Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So. It reached #1 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and #26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986."

"In 1989, the song appeared in the Cameron Crowe film, Say Anything, in a scene where broken-hearted Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) serenades his former girlfriend (Ione Skye) outside her bedroom window by holding up a boombox above his head and playing the song for her. (This scene has become a standard pop culture reference for romance.)"


(love John Cusack, really hate that movie and that scene)

 

[bumbershoot]

Guess I could answer the question.

I have to go to the yearbooks for this. Prom theme was really unimportant to me, though each year was involved with their own theme (none of that juniors picking the senior's theme, etc!).

OK, my yearbook tells me nothing.

But for my own Junior Prom, then a friend's Senior Ball that year, then my own Senior Ball the next year, I wore what was pretty much the same dress. Horrifying! But we didn't have much money.

I found a dress that was tea-length and came with an underskirt to make it floor length. For my Junior Prom, I wore it tea-length with the pink sash it came with, and pink shoes (the shoes I wore to 8th grade graduation!). For Rod's Senior Ball I wore it with the underskirt, with a deep red sash I made and red heels, with some gorgeous red crystal drop earrings. And for my own Senior Ball, it almost didn't fit (whoops!), and I wore it tea-length again, with another homemade sash, blue this time, with dyed-blue shoes (that "bled" all over my feet).

My mom was very happy with me! And since I went with different guys each time, and my friends really only went to our Senior Ball, no one ever commented about it to me.

The only problem with the dress was that it was all ruffles in tiers going down, and in each formal picture taken at each dance, the date I'm with is messing up the ruffle under my waist. Grr!

Oh and the other problem with it, when I look at it now, is that it was pure white and very bridal, but I did NOT notice that at the time. I think I was planning my wedding when I finally realized that it could have doubled as a wedding dress, had I gotten married right after graduation!

 

[Rock'n Robin]

Unfortunatley I didn't go to my junior or senior prom, never got asked out to go I don't remember jr. or sr. prom themes.
Only the popular girls and their boyfriends went to prom, at least at my HS.
Oh well, I guess I didn't miss much

One change these days is that you don't have to have a date to go. In my school you also had to have a date--which is why I didn't go junior year as my then-bf wouldn't go. So if you had no date, you sat home. Now kids can just go in big groups of friends. A MAJOR improvement and more fun for everyone.

Robin M.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

One change these days is that you don't have to have a date to go. In my school you also had to have a date--which is why I didn't go junior year as my then-bf wouldn't go. So if you had no date, you sat home. Now kids can just go in big groups of friends. A MAJOR improvement and more fun for everyone.

Robin M.

My junior year, it was a group of us 4 girls who went... and lemme tell ya...that was MUCH more fun than going with my date senior year....lol

 

[Disney Doll]

Senior prom was The Long and Winding Road (the Beatles song).

Junior Prom I don't remember.

Funny how important that was back then, and now I don't remember.

 

[arliepooh68]

how in the heck do you guys remember this?? Mine was in 86, couldn't tell ya the theme, we too got the wine glasses with the date on it. My best friend passed out as we waited in line for pictures, i do not think we ever made it inside to the dance part, it was so warm i too ended up sick, went home and went to sleep! some prom night! dress, red spaghetti strapped floor lengh puffy dress. . . sadly i still have this dress! some 20 years later. . .

 

[mdrob214]

No idea about the themes but here are my dresses

Jr Year-1987

and

Sr Year-1988

 

[roadtripper]

1983--Our theme was "A Taste of Paradise," which is a line from the Meatloaf song "Heaven Can Wait." I was on the prom committee, and remember crying when someone played it (I loved it so much.)

Dress was a yellow polyester frilly thing that was only 16 dollars--cheap even in 1983. I REALLY wanted the Jessica McClintock dress that one of my BFFs wore. She got to be on the prom court, married well, and works for Ellen Degeneres now-- it all goes back to the dress!

 

[Tinker'n'Fun]

1984 - Sr. Prom, Heaven by Bryan Adams, wine glass and a powder blue book and photo frame. My dress was white southern belle with hoop skirt, and if I had the courage I would put it on DD and post a pic. Yep, still have the dress, it comes in handy for school plays. . Prom was sooo boring and we went to Putt-Putt afterwards. I guess I was a real goody-goody cause I was home by maybe 1ish. The day after we always had a picnic and I pretty much dumped my date (best move ever, he had a girl pregnant less than a month later) for an older guy I had a crush on. We had quite a good time but later on in life he resurfaced in my life and pretty much stalked me... Creepy!!

 

[JBurke]

No idea about the themes but here are my dresses

Jr Year-1987

and

Sr Year-1988

YIKES!!
Nice gloves

The 80s were so bad. My kids laugh at all my old photos!

 

[cybrkitn]

I didn't go to any of mine (Class of 90), but I did go to DH's 1988 Senior Prom. I remember before the prom and the picture that was taken of us at the catering hall and after that, I don't remember a thing (well it was 20 years ago ).

 

[clarabelle]

For flowers what did you do??
Nosegays were in when I went to prom. Which seems pretty silly -to have to carry them around.

 

[sha_lyn]

For flowers what did you do??
Nosegays were in when I went to prom. Which seems pretty silly -to have to carry them around.

pin on purple orchid for the first, 6 white baby roses on wrist the 2nd one.

 

[mdrob214]

YIKES!!
Nice gloves

The 80s were so bad. My kids laugh at all my old photos!

Hey! My son played Anakin Skywalker with those black gloves. He loved them. I must've gotten rid of the gold ones at some point (probably with the gold lame` shoes! ) I cna't imagine why!