prom dress, oh my! *si*

Chiam · Post by **Chiam** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 6:23 am

What on earth is to be done about prom???? I have to go dress shopping and try on dresses with someone and then I have to wear the dress to prom! They don't sell many long sleeved (cute) dresses to my knowledge and I shawl is just too classy or something. I have no idea what I can do, what did some other people do for their proms? (my scars are on my wrists and forearms). PLEASE help me if you can!

Laura · Post by **Laura** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 10:40 am

Well I'm in the UK so have only a very hazy idea of what a prom is

But this question has been asked before, so some stuff on these threads might help you:
http://busmail.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=52910
http://busmail.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=46260
http://busmail.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=2401
Good luck
Laura

8akharris · Post by **8akharris** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:06 pm

You can get nice lacy tops with sleeves- similar to a cardigan, which you can wear over the top of your dress. Apart from this I don't have any ideas- sorry! I'm sure you'll be fine though, I have every confidence in you.
Stay happy, luv Kel x.

enna · Post by **enna** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 1:08 pm

If it's your forearms and wrists you want to cover, why not buy a pair of classy, long gloves? That's all I can think of really - also from the UK so I'm not to knowledgable about proms.

Enna

8586 · Post by **8586** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 7:58 pm

Get the cute gloves!!

tenar · Post by **tenar** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 1:07 pm

you can get lace gloves too...they are very cute.

for my prom style thing, i am planning on using a bit of concealer on the scars (mine are red, so iwill also use the light green stuff i use on my horribly red cheeks when i can be bothered), green tones down red. i wil have to be careful not to put arms on dress and rub hard though. then i will put a couple of fine bracelets - in keeping with my dress style - on my wrists - they really tone down the effect of scars.

inside the ball it will be too dark for anyone who is not looking out to see. and if you carry yourself with confidence and are not self-conscious about arms, then that might be ok.

that, and a slightly f***-off attitude ('long story', 'old scars', 'mind your own business', 'ask no questions get told no lies/keep all your teeth') if people ask mighthelp. though i have never been asked about my scars when i was wearing a formal dress.

xxxx

Midnight Tigress · Post by **Midnight Tigress** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 3:28 am

Personally, I had the same problem for our school's "Winter Weekend" formal dance. And my dress had NO SLEVES.
Luckly, I asked my best friend who also used to cut what I could do, and we came up with teh idea that I could wear her "arm warmers"(for anyone who dosn't know, they're like those long gloves, but with no finger area), and that worked fine.
For prom, I found an AWESOME black rennasance-style dress, so it covers my arms.

I wish you the best of luck with your prom problems. *hugz*

michigansucks · Post by **michigansucks** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 6:54 am

I had the exact same problem last year. I bought a sleeveless dress and then bought a while shawl with beeds. Either that or long gloves. have fun.

Wilwarin · Post by **Wilwarin** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:15 am

gloves are very in now so they would work well, although all those other things would too, gloves would be cute

Orange Crush · Post by **Orange Crush** » Wed May 12, 2004 12:17 pm

My prom is friday yay!

I've got a shawl to cover mine and I'm gonna use make up aswell.

wondercheese · Post by **wondercheese** » Fri May 14, 2004 7:51 pm

I wore long gloves to mine. It worked, but wasn't very comfortable. Hope you have fun!

wondercheese

lost down here · Post by **lost down here** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:07 pm

hate to say it - but a shawl would probably be your best bet, or bracelets and such. maybe on the night of prom find some concealer that works with your skin tone to take the redness out of more recent cuts

herebedragons · Post by **herebedragons** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:36 am

Gloves would be so cute with a retro-style dress. I don't think a shawl would be too dressy for prom but it would be hard to keep it over your wrist all night without being obvious. If you are going with a date you could hint for a really big coursage.

bluefairy · Post by **bluefairy** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:12 pm

They sell this pancake-type makeup in department stores to cover tattoos, but it works great on scars too (I can't remember it's name right now, though). But, it stays put much better than concealer. If I remember it's name, I'll get it to you.
My scars aren't that big, but they are clustered, and I've rarely been asked about them. It's going to be dark in there, too, so you may be okay au-natural. But, the big thing is you being comfortable. If you need to hide them, by all means, hide them! You should have fun, NOT worry about your scars.

bright.eyes · Post by **bright.eyes** » Thu Jun 03, 2004 11:00 pm

I had EXACTLY the same problem, and was panicking about my prom for a while... then i had the idea of wearing a pair of long gloves. It sounds like my scars are in the same place as yours, and i got my gloves in the same colour as my dress and think they looked realy nice

Good luck

Reflections · Post by **Reflections** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 9:16 pm

wrists & forearms can be easily covered by gloves, which can still be really cute. for my prom I got a pair that was just a shade of pink lighter than my dress.

Diamond Dog · Post by **Diamond Dog** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:55 pm

pope8586 wrote:Get the cute gloves!!

Yes! I love gloves. They're so beautiful and glamorous looking. Acessories stores like Claire's and Afterthoughts usually sell them.

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