<p>I have a friend whose daughter went to prom in a black vinyl bustier, long black skirt, and elbow-length gloves. Very goth bordering on dominatrix. Her date wore a baby-blue tux. It was actually very funny, and they both looked great, in their own untraditional way.</p>
<p>S wore his Chicago shirt to school. Did not care that it was in the dirty laundry (still in his room) that I asked him to being down yesterday in anticipation of wanting to wear it today. He left the house singing. Talked to a Chicago math friend last night about dorms, paid his deposit, and is very happy.</p>
<p>He wanted the broader liberal arts experience for undergrad when it all came down to the end. He knows he’ll be heading back to the math/science bubble for grad school, but Chicago lets him get the preparation for that plus the chance to be challenged outside his comfort zone.</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion of Syms – S wears a 28-29 waist, 34 length, and a 14 1/2 neck, 35 sleeve shirt – it’s hard to find stuff that doesn’t hang off his skinny frame.</p>
<p>Snow in Chicago today – oy vey!!! I love hearing about all these prom dresses – such lovely, smart and accomplished young women around here – they must all take after their moms!</p>
<p>CountingDown - leaving the house singing, how wonderful! That says so much. I’m very happy for you.</p>
<p>I’m also laughing pretty hard here. Your son and mine could swap clothes - although we usually just give up and buy the 15" neck.</p>
<p>Wow ladies, try a kid who’s 6’2" and 165…29/30 waist-35 inseam, 42 long jacket, 15" neck and 35" sleeve…he’s the proverbial scarecrow! We keep waiting for him to fill out (he’s 21 now), but so far, no go. Pants are the real issue, he even had trouble with jeans. Do they make separates for tuxes? I never looked for that. He has such trouble even with blazers and sports jackets because if the shoulders fit, the body is HUGE, and the sleeves are ALWAYS too short. He loves european cut shirts and jackets, but even those sleeves are usually too short in the length/shoulder size he needs.</p>
<p>runnersmom, my youngest brother was built like that in college – 6’4, 160. I’d try Men’s Warehouse to see if they have tux separates.<br>
S needed a suit this year and they did a terrific job – they had to do major work on the suit jacket for the same reasons you describe.</p>
<p>Martharap, if she wore the t-shirt to school, I bet the decision is made. Congratulations! Jude, what a horrible time to have FA up in the air. I hope you’re able to get it resolved quickly or get extensions on the decision. I hope kitkat gets things finalized too.</p>
<p>May I join this thread? Vigil-sitting here. </p>
<p>Congrats on your son’s decision, CountingDown. Pay no attention to the Chicago weather today, or for the next month. We have no spring. Period. But we do have fall – glorious fall – and your son will be on that beautiful Hyde Park campus for it!</p>
<p>Son just finished attending admitted students days at his two remaining choices. Contrary to expectations, the heavens did not part to signal his decision. He loved both schools, which is a nice problem to have, but one that must be resolved by Thursday. I’m very glad I quit smoking 25 years ago. I’m about to collect him from the airport. In anticipation, I’ve printed out several CC threads from previous years about ways to help make the decision. I suspect we’ll be list-making and he’ll be gut-checking for the next 72(?) hours.</p>
<p>And yes, I’m also loving all these prom dress descriptions. A little w i s t f u l (thanks mods) that I’m done with all that, since the two still at home are boys, but delighted to hear about everybody else’s.</p>
<p>D skipped her junior prom but pulled out all the stops for her senior one. Her dress was a black strapless column, with an asymmetrically gathered bodice keeping it from being severe. She went with a very Audrey Hepburn look for her hair and makeup, too. It all came together really beautifully - and was such a fabulous contrast with her everyday look, which is neat and cute but usually includes cleats at some point. 
Her date was the boy-next-door (okay, across the street) - just an old friend, but one who provided excellent arm candy 
and a bit of glamour, in that he’d gone to elementary school with the whole bunch of them, but switched districts for middle and high school. </p>
<p>Apparently it was a hugely fun evening/weekend. (Our house was not prom central for the whole thing, but we did get to see them all at several points along the way.)</p>
<p>Hearing about all these nice tall guys gives me hope that my tall, skinny D can wear those 4 inch heels at college!!!</p>
<p>Our school’s prom is still a month away. D got her dress a few months ago and was a bit worried that the choice she made was not right for prom - her dress is a gorgeous black gown with some shiny “bling” scattered on the front. I’d say she looks so Hepburn-ish in it! Since everyone she has shown the dress to absolutely loved it, she is now confident it is “prom-worthy”. I think she may get even more mileage from this dress (vs a puffy gown) since it can be “dressed down” with a little jacket and worn to the opera or something like that.</p>
<p>Welcome, wjb. This is the place where we can stop you from picking up smoking. Vent, share, celebrate, eat and drink (only virtual, though) and whatever else suits your fancy. The CC posters here are so accomodating and supportive.</p>
<p>Wow! I think we should rename the thread America’s Next Top Model, which evil D got me hooked on. All your daughters sure looked beautiful. I wish I could have seen them all.</p>
<p>Harriet, you feel differently from me. I could go prom dress shopping with my own living Barbie (yuck! did I really say that?) every day of the week.</p>
<p>Actually, it is so much more about what is inside the young women than outside that I was shocked. And now I’m madly in love with goofy Tyra Banks.</p>
<p>We can put the myth that smart girls aren’t beautiful to bed. All those prom outfits sounded wonderful</p>
<p>My D was opposite of Audrey Hepburn, though she did wear an exact copy of her Academy Awards acceptance dress to someone’s bat mitzvah. She can’t fit into any more. She wanted to look like a “fairy from Midsummer Night’s Dream” and almost sported fairy wings, but chickened out. She shimmered and had her hair in Pre-Raphaelite curls.</p>
<p>Re Syms and skinny sons: My S is not tall, but he does weigh 130 and is skinny skinny. That’s what made the Syms tux so perfect. It was a 36 (yea) and cut really narrow for style. It actually fit him.</p>
<p>Oh, mythmom, I would - and do - go shopping with D any time the opportunity presents itself. Just not for prom dresses these days.</p>
<p>And S1 isn’t going to his prom this year, though he promises he will go next year. </p>
<p>So this year’s formalwear fun will be limited to inserting S2 into the clownishly large rental tux and enjoying how well it goes with his six-year-old gaptooth grin, when he transforms from Mischievous Kindergartener into Dignified (yeah right) Ringbearer for his cousin’s wedding this Saturday.</p>
<p>Harriet: That sounds as perfect as it can be. I’m sure you’ll get great pix.</p>
<p>S didn’t go to his junior prom either.</p>
<p>mythmom: S1 is a 36 that has to be lengthened and taken in. S2 is a 48 long (6’3 1/2, 235 lb. full IB/defensive tackle). Fifteen months apart in age. Light years apart in everything else. Keeps me on my toes!</p>
<p>Well they’re not as different as my kids: one’s a D and one’s an S! Haha.</p>
<p>Silly joke.</p>
<p>Well this tux didn’t need to be taken in because it was cut so narrow. Don’t know if it would have fit any other skinnies.</p>
<p>Lengthened? Oh challenging. You have to hope there’s enough material in the hem I guess.</p>
<p>Making another OOS visit this weekend to scope out the last school on D2’s list of schools to consider applying to. She has a clear front runner so this trip should solidify things in her mind or open up a can of worms! She has to make a decision within the next few weeks whether to accept the athletic scholarships or wait for academic. I’m trying to let her sort things out…it’s very hard for me!</p>
<p>No news on the prom front here. It’s not until the last weekend in May so the asking is just starting. She doesn’t seem that interested so I’m betting she won’t go. :(</p>
<p>My D went to prom as a junior but not as a senior. I was WAY more disappointed than she was. She did end up doing many formal events at college for sorority but I never got to see her looking gorgeous. And she never takes/sends pictures.</p>
<p>Eat up every minute of the prom stuff. In my case, I only got to “see” one.
S never went to EITHER of his—“Why would I spend any money on that?”
(he had a girlfriend senior year who I’m sure was very disappointed)</p>
<p>I hate to say that I’m living vicariously through my kids but back in my day proms were looked down on as too “50’s” and abandoned my senior year for lack of interest. S1’s prom will be cocktail dresses and suits rather than tuxedos and gowns, too bad because as a musician he has his own tux (hand-me-down from Dad but looks super on him with red vest). However, got pix of my niece’s prom this past weekend so I was able to indulge in looking at all of her and her friends’ glam outfits, dates’ tuxes, etc. </p>
<p>Funny how once The Decision has been made, the world starts to spin normally again!</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota, is D2 a senior and are the schools holding a spot open beyond the May 1 deadline?</p>
<p>wjb–welcome and feel free to give us the play-by-play on your son’s decision making process.</p>
<p>S and his friends are planning to go to school on May 2nd wearing hats announcing their choices for next year. He hasn’t gotten one yet, so it will be interesting to see what he cooks up.</p>
<p>Still waiting for the world to spin normally here. Waiting to see if we got any updates on FA - I was out of office all day so unable to make phone calls. Once school has had our appeal for over two weeks…the other one about 72 hours :)…Tonight’s project is to get all the paperwork together so that when the decision is made that we can execute!</p>