Come stroll down memory lane, dab your eyes as they mist over with fond memories of proms of yesteryear. Be sure to take notes because we are voting here for Prom King and Queen.
1. Casey - Damn, this girl even looks good at her prom! She sends in her "dorkiness" and yet I never see it that way. Casey, you are Beee-u-tee-FULL here! Lucky was the dude who took you.
2. Lin - Okay, so mine wasn't really awful. While Casey is going for the "hot" look, I'm cornering the market on "cute". Dig that pink dress and ribbons in my hair.Okay, so the dude was some dork from gym class. My boyfriend of two years broke up with me right before prom and I was scrambling for a date. Homeboy was breathing, so that pretty much was the requirement for a prom date at that point. It wasn't much fun, needless to say, but the photo was cute.
3. Shieldmaiden - Yowza! Shield my eyes from all that blue satin and lace!! And check out Nino, her date! Why do I think he's in the mafia now? Or in a blue barrel at the bottom of the ocean wearing some cement shoes.So, while we are giggling at Kimberly's expense, please remember that in the 80's this was HOT! Big hair, blue satin and lace, big shoulders, and date with a white tux was IT!
4. Jodi - Desperately Seeking Style! Wow. Jodi was rockin' her prom with this number. Okay, so Penny Stephonopolous had the same dress in pink that night--Jodi went on anyway with her giant bouquet and hidden uber-cool Nine West silver sling back pumps. Jodi wants everyone to know that the other side of the dress was straight. Yep, that's right--like the mullet she's sporting, it was business on one side, party on the other. Cool, Jodi. Yeah....no.Yes, her date was looking snappy in his white tuxedo, but did Jodi really have to match her skin tone to her date's tux?? Nothing is helping this photo--not even the lone fake tree the hotel provided for ambiance.
5. Joe - So, while I'm still recovering from Jodi's photo, I think this one is quite possibly the worst.Okay, so I'm a little partial, but Joe is one freaking high school mess in this classic. In case you can't spot the dork amongst dorks, he is the dude in the front sporting the BROWN tux and the "cinnamon roll" hair. Yeah, good look, eh? I'm sorta glad he's lost all that hair to be honest with you.
I'm not sure where to begin with this treasure. I mean, look at the backdrop. The hell?! Cigars?? For 17 year-old kids?? And nobody yanked them?! The tuxedos are a mess, the "decorations" worse, and the Seven Dorks frightening.
I literally asked Joe "Did your mother give a sh*t?" to which he replied "She thought she did". And the coup de grace? The prom was held in a car dealership showroom--minus the cars. All class. All class.
Please cast your vote for the following gals for Prom Queen:
- Casey
- Lin
- Kimberly
- Jodi
- Gym class dud
- Nino, the Italian Stallion
- Mr. Rourke (Jodi's date in white. All white.)
- Joe Cinnabon (Don't even think of voting for the other knuckleheads in his photo)
31 comments:
Oy. I'll vote when I recover from the flashback nightmares.
Okay Lin, while I had a lone tree for a back drop you got a red couch. What is the suggestive in that [for prom night]?
You gotta love an era in [dance]education when smoking, and stogies at that, were acceptable. Did Mr. Cinnabon and that gang have the coveted on-campus smoking pass to boot? And where are the chicks for the affair...or are the stogies the dates? Or did they lose them to second hand smoke? Love it!
Kimberly has cheated us...we deserve a full length view of all that lace and satin. Grandma would have thought we deserved it since she was the creator of the gown.
Casey it just isn't fair, you look beatuiful hardly harboring an ounze of prom fashion flashback nightmare. You can hold your head high, no shame there.
Now for my vote.
I'm voting Nino for King. For some reason I feel like if I don't I may end up wearing cement shoes at the bottom of the lake.
Not to be narcissistic but I am voting myself queen--I am after all the hottest mess in this bunch. And hey Lin, that's not a mullet I am sporting it's a bi-level, get it right. LOL Long live the metallic cellophane-esque fabric....oh wait it does live, in my basement (after all these years, hehehe).
I have to vote for you and Joe. I mean you run the place, how could I not?
Well they are all very good, but I am going to have to go with very cute and adorable Lin, and big, bad smokin, Joe! Too bad you guys weren't together then, it would have made a really interesting photo...sort of Yin and Yang!
The selection of queen is difficult with these fine options. In the end a bouquet beats a wrist corsage, so my vote goes to Jodi.
The selection of king is also difficult with that field of manly studs to chose from. Bottom line that golden crown worn by smoking Joe gives him that regal touch. I vote for Joe--long live the king!
I'm voting for Jodi for Queen and Cinnabon for King. I think you may be right about that hair. (Sorry Joe!)
WOW! Those are awesome in the hilarious category!
Hmmm, I think I'll vote for Jodi for prom queen (wish we could see both sides of that dress!) and it's a toss up between Nino and Joe...I'm going to have to go with Joe. Yep, the cinnabon hair and the cigar won over the mafia threats.
Happy Monday, thanks for the laugh :)
Jen
For the King, Smokin'Joe Rules!
Nothing beats Fidel Castro's followers!
I vote Shield for the Queen.
That shimmery blue tablecloth was too glorious for my eyes..
Sorry Lin, try harder... :D
If Casey thinks she's dorky she needs to be slapped! (I don't know how old that picture is, but she's freakin gorgeous!)
Oh my!
Casey is gorgeous! She does not belong in a dork contest.
I am still somewhat blinded by the blue satin in both dresses.
I must go with the second one, though. The layers on one side and straight on the other is just too .... indescribable.
And who else but Joe?
After much consideration:
Lin for the Prom queen because whoever would wear ribbons in their hair on the most sophisticated night of there life deserves a vote.
and Joe - because the hair rules.
Ok Lin, not fair. First off, thanks for the compliment but I also sent you the link to my dorky 8th grade dance pictures. Those could have been in the dork off, for sure. I just happened to be a big fat tomboy in high school so I picked a non frilly dress that has actually stood up to the test of time. Now for you, you are simply adorable, as is Joe but wth is up with the cigars? And it's amazing, I can see your kids in the earlier versions of you guys. So cute.
Has to be Casey and Joe. Sorry that pair doesn't match up right. Joe scores for really cute, if you could get rid of the cigar!
No prom for me, so I don't have to squawk about missing the entry.
Helene--No kidding. Just the photo of mine gives me the heebiejeebies.
Jodi--I caught the "no chicks" thing in Joe's photo too. I think they were too embarrassed to be with those idiots. :) It's gonna be a full race between you and Kimberly. Yes, you have a LOT going on there, but she has all that LACE.
Violet--Oh, it's all fair here. There is no schmoozing the host!
Hot Rocks--I would not have been seen with him back then! And I thought my gym dud date was dorky!!!
Chuck--Jodi said her date was loaded because his parents owned the Honda dealer, hence the giant flowers! I have to agree--that is one winning bouquet! My kids are STILL trash-talking Joe for that photo.
Lola--Leave it to Emma to come up with the "cinnamon roll" hair comment. I think she was dead on with that one!
Jen--But look at Nino's eyebrows! Talk about caterpillars!! :)
Vanilla7--This is the one time that I am NOT the dorkiest of the bunch. I can't even say my photo is bad--it's just "cute". I agree--Kimberly and that blue lace is a killer!
LJ--Heck, I wish I looked like NOW!
Pricilla--I think Jodi has a photo of her daughter in her dress somewhere on her blog--we'd have to do a search. Maybe we could see both sides. Hmmm.....
Highway--I don't think we were going for sophistication back in those days. I was aiming for "cute" and I think I have that cornered. I think if Joe was aiming for dork, he got that right. ;)
Casey--Oh, your 8th grade photos are cute too! You keep telling me you were a dork, but I never see it. I'm totally jealous!
Sharky--Lots of bloggers didn't go to prom--it was almost a theme here. I'm not sure what is worse--going and hating it or missing it altogether.
Some humorous tidbits:
Nino isn't in the mafia. He's a minister with two kids.
My grandmother made the dress. And (surprise) I did my own hair. There IS a full length photo somewhere, which was taken at the pre-prom Fashion Show at the high school. In it you get to see my white pumps. They ended up under the table for the duration of the Prom because they were tres uncomfortable. I just wish I hadn't left the super uncomfortable bra in Nino's car. Ah well. His mother hated me anyway.
I gotta go with Joe and Jodi-- Joe because the backstory is hilarious and Jodi because the dress looks like it just might generate and store solar power.
oh darn I never did get my picture dug out.
Oh well, I'm voting for Kimberly for queen
and gym class dud for king
I don't know who is laughing harder right now me or my daughters (who I have offered my prom dress to wear time and time again to no avail).
Hey Kimberly, the man who use to live in the house next door to me was in the mafia, he told everyone he was a vending machine salesman. Just saying. ;-)
I'm wondering, if I win do I get a crown and a bigger bouquet?
Tough choices but I'll go for Kimberly for Queen and Joe for king although that guy in the white tux and tails is a close 2nd!
You are like the only person I;ve ever seen who had a decent prom pic!!! Now, as for your date...
I vote for Kimberly and the blue satin number. Satin is always a winner in the prom book...
And I dare anyone to vote for anyone but Joe.
I don't have anything to say about the females. Maybe I'm partially blind or something, but they all look perfectly normal to me. But that last picture of the guys is too funny to be serious. I feel bad for them.
Shieldmaiden--Did you leave the bra in the car BEFORE or AFTER prom???! Wow, scandalous! ;) And he's a minister now??? Hmmm.....
Ann--It's gonna be close between Kimberly and Jodi, but CinnaJoe is looking like a winner.
Jodi--Oh yes! IF you win, you'll get a crown and bigger flowers (if that is possible)! I like the "vending machine" alibi. ;)
Beaded Tail--Looks like the guy competition is heating up now too! It's gonna be a close one for Queen!!
peewee--Yeah, for once, mine isn't that dorky. Who knew that I would have one moment in time that was semi-normal! Hooray! But the date??? Ugh.
Cute--It's the lace that does it for me with Kimberly. Too bad we can't see her white shoes. :(
Ratty--Aren't they scary??! And they thought they were cool. Yikes. Joe actually took the mayor's daughter to prom--notice the girls have ditched their dates. :P
I don't know why I'm drawn to Joe. Must be the bun... I mean the hair! LOL!
Love this post and the pics :D
What? No more entries? Did everyone chicken out? lol I'd have sent in a picture, but we skipped prom and did the Rocky Horror instead.
Prom King definitely goes to Joe. And Shieldmaiden is my Queen pick!
I'm voting for Jody.. and Mr. R.. why you may ask.. simple..
Jodi is standing there in that beautiful prom dress.. and her face looks worried.. She can not remember if she took her panties off and put them in the glove box so she wouldn't misplace them behind the bleachers later..
and Mr. R has that...I'M GONNA GET ME SOME TONIGHT.. look!
They are the True,, King and Queen of prom!!!
All great classics and really hard to vote for only 2 of these gems! I think I am going to go with
Queen: Jodi because she is very shiny and it's hard to match a tux to your skin.
King: Nino because...I'm afraid he'll take me out if I don't vote for him.
I vote for Lin and Joe.
WOW, you were a sweet young thing!
my vote is definitely you and Joe !!!
(Stands up and begins clapping) Bravo, Lin! Excellent choice of photos.
I don't think my vote will count, but here goes anyway.
Queen = Jodi
King = Nino
p.s. The ribbons in your hair were an awesome touch. Well done.
Nessa--Joe swears it is the lighting that makes his hair bad, but I know better. Cinnamon rolls win every time--hands down. :)
Storm--Apparently a lot of folks didn't go to prom. I tried, but we bloggers must be just too cool for prom.
Queen--You know, I thought the EXACT same thing about Jodi's date. That is one creepy look on that dude's face!! It totally screams "I'm gonna get me some..." doesn't it??? Sick, demented minds.
Buggys--Jodi does have some translucent going on there from her skin to her bouquet. I guess color wasn't "in" that year! LOL. Poor Jodi.
Veronica--This is the one photo of me that isn't really dorky. Okay, so my date makes up for it--but that doesn't really show in the photo. I couldn't even laugh at my prom photo.
Natalee--Well, I can see voting for Joe, but I think the race is between Jodi and Kimberly. Those two chickies have got some STYLE!
CG--There is something about this blog that celebrates our inner dork. I think that was well represented here at our prom. And Joe? If that photo doesn't scream "dork", I don't know what does. He didn't want me to post that photo, believe it or not.
omg, the gowns, the gowns!
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