<p>Yeah, well, I decided to buy my prom ticket at the very last moment. Now I need to go tuxedo hunting, and well, I live in LA, so it shouldn’t be terribly difficult.</p>
<p>My prom date is wearing a black dress with diamonds… hrmm…</p>
<p>Should I get a wrist corsage or a pin-on corsage? What type of tux should I get? Is it too late to get a tux? What should I remember? (Limo arrangements are going to be done with a group of friends).</p>
<p>Help!</p>
<p>// P.S.: It’s… next Friday. Friday, you ask? Yes, Friday. =(…</p>
<p>Pin-on. Wrist is goofy. Real diamonds? Don’t give her a conventional corsage, find one orchid bloom and let her pin it or put it in her hair. Most simple possible tux, black, simple. Simple. Simple. Shawl collar. </p>
<p>Remember that it’s only a prom and that still it is a prom. Make her feel special. If you care for her. For example - if you can afford it fill the limo with bunches of flowers…</p>
<p>Have fun. </p>
<p>Download great songs to a CD and have the limo guy play it and then give her a copy.</p>
<p>Be sure to tell her she looks beautiful. Even if she doesn’t:) This is actually useful long beyond prom…</p>
<p>Oh, you’ve got plenty of time. A whole week? My son had me driving all around the Thursday before a Saturday prom, and I heard my daughter on the phone to her bf last night trying to persuade him to buy a corsage, when her prom is in 3 days. </p>
<p>So the answer is yes, your date wants a corsage, and the girls usually prefer wrist corsages. Just about any color will go with black - so you might want to ask your date her preferance for color of the corsage.</p>
<p>You will find a tuxedo easily - there are placed to rent all over - but start calling around tomorrow. Otherwise you will end up paying more than you have to (the most competitively priced places run out sooner). </p>
<p>Wrist corsage. Around here, they run about $35-$45. Order it as soon as you know her colors becasue this is high prom season. My son ordered his GF’s yesterday, and the prom is today (fri). The lady at the florist yelled at him…lol…“when did you find out the date of your prom? Did you just find out TODAY??” LOL. She’s right. But, she took the order - with lots of "oi vei"s. Your date should buy you a boutonniere. Girls/their parents often forget this little detail. Boys like to feel special, too. </p>
<p>It’s not too late for a tux. Around here (we’re in Philly), you really have to order it three days before an event. We’ve cut it closer, but they have to make calls, rush it, etc. Not worth the stress if you know you need it and can order it now. </p>
<p>If you go to a formalwear store, the people should help you try on different tuxes to see what you like best. They’ll also rent shoes to you, if needed. Tuxes run about $160. After Hours Formalwear was sending out discount gift cards in the mail. My son received two mailings during the last month. The gift card was worth $40 off. You might want to look for coupons or ask people if they have an extra card. $40 off is a nice discount! </p>
<p>Don’t forget to plan to get a haircut. Also, you should understand what’s going on with pictures before everyone gets into the limo and heads off. Will pics be taken at someone’s home or some other venue? If your parents are the sort to want to take pics, you might want to let them know if any elaborate photography plans. </p>
<p>I’m not worried about the budget. I can always start writing checks, if needed (I’ve been looking for an excuse to use the checkbook)… but… aargh… I’ll figure something out.</p>
<p>Oh, and on the issue of the corsage…the better florists will offer you various types of wristbands, including rhinestone. Stay away from the clunky, pastel corsages with bows (one small ribbon is ok - VERY small/thin) and such. It should look neat, small, well put together…like floral jewelry. Orchids or roses make nice corsages. Orchids often have to be ordered around prom time.</p>
<p>Definitely wrist corsage. With many of the dresses the girls wear nowadays (strapless or spaghetti strap), there is no place to pin the corsage on the dress.</p>
<p>It really depends on her preference. Ellemenope makes a good point, but I made corsages (out of duct tape!) for some of my friends, and they said the wrist corsages bugged them. Can you find out what kind of dress she’s wearing?</p>
<p>my daughter had a thin strapped top and she pinned her corsage to her waist- I think it was roses- or maybe that was his?
funny true story
the mom of a friend of hers was ordering the pants for his tux, she didn’t know the inseam so she went to his closet and measured a pair.
However this was a pair of the baggiest pants he had!
his tux was a little odd looking ;)</p>
<p>Here in our area, girls often get a presentation bouguet for pictures since so many of the dresses aren’t corsage friendly. No one else has mentioned them, so maybe it’s just here that they do this. The girls have their pictures taken with them and check them for the dance.</p>
<p>tlaktan - I am far from a prom expert, as I never attended one in my life. But my son went to 2 formals and my daughter will have gone to four (after tomorrow’s prom). It is not too late to get flowers or a tux. My nephew just ordered a tux about 2 days before his prom. As far as flowers, when you said your date was wearing a black dress, I remembered something from my son’s senior prom.<br>
His good friend is from a very strict family who does not believe in dancing or proms, but he was 18 and decided he was going to attend the senior prom no matter what. When we were taking group pictures before they left, I noticed that his date, wearing a black dress, was carrying a beautiful, rather large in comparison to the corsages others had, bouquet of very colorful flowers (maybe lilies, roses, etc, I’m not sure). It looked stunning and I later asked my son how his friend had come up with that idea, thinking he had a brilliant sense of style and fashion. Apparently, this was not the case. The poor kid had no idea about proms or flowers, as no one in his family had been to one and his mother wasn’t even speaking to him about the prom. He just went to a florist and got “flowers”. Lucky for him, it worked! He might have even started a new trend. I think it looked great with the black dress and I suggest it for your date. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Great idea on the bouquet. I vote for the bouquet. I could never wear a wrist corsage, having been an “edgy” teen myself. Felt too silly. Or flowers for the hair. That’s a trend right now, pinning a flower to the hair if she plans to wear it up. But I would ask her…or ask her best friend to ask her.</p>
<p>I like the idea of a bouquet. My D’s date presented her with a gorgeous wrist corsage (she prefered that to a regular corsage). Unfortunately when she got back it was a mess. Somehow on the dance floor it managed to get trampled = sounded like a mosh pit. A bouquet would have looked gorgeous and lasted longer to enjoy!</p>
<p>I’ve even seen some florists offer a “nosegay”–a smallish bouquet with miniature roses or other small flowers to carry instead of a coursage. With a black dress, the florist should be able to guide you on a choice.</p>
<p>Around here (mid-Atlantic) girls all get wrist corsages–and they give their dates boutonnieres–find out what is standard at your school if you want to be mainstream. The wrist corsages are almost always little roses with various other items to fill in, in colors that will work well with the girls’ dresses–with black I suppose anything would work so it’s really a matter of your date’s preference.</p>
<p>You should ask your date about her floral preferences. The cut and style of her dress may make a corsage a foolish choice. She may not be the wristlet type. She may be wanting flowers for her hair. Options there: a fairytale circlet, a cluster to use to sweep long hair back, or blooms to place in an updo. Ask about color, too. Although with a black dress it will be hard for you to make a totally wrong color choice with flowers.</p>
<p>And the tux. Black. You’ll regret any other color choice eventually if not immediately.</p>
<p>Have fun. Find out from your limo partners and their dates if you are doing any photo-op moments for parents. Make sure to include your parents in this.
If no one has planned this, you might suggest that you set up one location for all the parents to come and take group snaps – one house or a restaurant, etc.</p>