<p>leanid - Lighten up. You are just incorrect about notched lapel tuxes. You may not LIKE it that they are now acceptable and have been for years, but there it is. They are acceptable. Deal.</p>
<p>(btw…do you really ‘ridicule’ people for their clothing choices? I would think that would be terribly rude and a far worse social crime than wearing a notched lapel.)</p>
<p>My clever D got her prom dress at a fine store’s going out of business sale and wore it for two years, plus a couple of events in college! But in general, girls ARE more expensive than boys.</p>
<p>leanid–fashions change. What kids wear now would have been huge fashion no-no’s when I was younger. Short sweaters over longer shirts? Bra straps as a fashion feature?? Who woulda thought any of that would be correct?</p>
<p>And what my generation wore horrified my mother. But the younger gen usually doesn’t care what the “old school” thinks is tasteless or wrong. </p>
<p>The nice thing is, you can get off the fashion merry-go-round any time you want and choose your own style. It’s a free country.</p>
<p>MotherofTwo–pink & lavendar ruffled formal shirts may have not been the best argument for our side. 
:eek: :D</p>
<p>I am sure the mini-skirts and dresses we wore in high school horrified our parents. I was the furthest thing from sleazy or a trendsetter, but everyone wore things like that then. I remember my father saying to me, “I see that you have your top on, but where is your skirt?” as I was preparing to leave the house wearing a short-short dress. Also, the term “hot pants” for those short shorts with buttons instead of a zipper really disturbed him.</p>
<p>^And don’t forget extremely short jean ‘cutoffs’ and halter tops. I kept finding my favorite pair of cutoffs in the trash. My poor father…we just gave him angina with some of our clothing choices.</p>
<p>And I do believe my prom date wore those '70s ruffles now that I think about it…lol! </p>
<p>Ah…good memories!</p>
<p>momusic,
I never actually attended a h.s. formal and I eloped, so tuxedos are outside my realm of my “personal” experience. However, my dad owned a small mens’ clothing/dry cleaning/tailoring shop where I worked throughout high school, and tuxedo rentals were part of his business, so I definitely remember all of the choices of weird shirts and colored tuxedos available during that era!</p>
<p>Having figured out where to get the best deals on tuxes, we can hijack this thread and talk about fashion all day, I’ll bet.</p>
<p>Our parents were horrified b/c theirs was a generation that didn’t even say the word “sex” in mixed company. I remember when I was a child there was a terrific stir created when a certain toothpaste commercial mentioned “sex appeal.” </p>
<p>Don’t mean to imply in the 60s we discovered sex, you understand…we were just more public about it!</p>
<p>Son’s first tux was for a cruise, my mom found one at a thrift store. The second was h’s, the third was from men’s wearhouse. Looks like we need a “tails” tux soon. I didn’t see any on the Men’s wearhouse site. Any suggestions? lots of ads show up on the side but?</p>
<p>"Having figured out where to get the best deals on tuxes, "</p>
<p>this is page 4… gimme a break and tell me where this key info resides??</p>
<p>I just saw this on the front page of my daughter’s high school paper:</p>
<p>PROM TICKETS ON SALE FOR $15</p>
<p>. . .“The dress code is formal for both girls and guys. The attire should be what you would wear to a wedding or a very fancy dinner. No casual slacks, no short sleeve shirts, and definitely no shorts or tennis shoes,” said Mrs. X (advisor). “The girls’ dresses must be formal with taste, meaning no revealing body parts. And you guys out there should wear something very presentable such as a tuxedo. Absolutely NO tennis shoes, shorts or short sleeve shirts.”</p>
<p>(I’m amused that they need to repeat the NO tennis shoes, shorts. . .)</p>
<p>The prom will be held in the school gym. </p>
<p>It will be “The biggest event of the year, and even better than last year’s Prom!” :)</p>
<p>Fifteen dollars??? Wow-- thats reasonable. His tickets were $90 (not sure if that was for 1 or 2).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.cheaptux.com/tuxedo-packages.htm[/url]”>http://www.cheaptux.com/tuxedo-packages.htm</a></p>
<p>I’ve got an “SP3” for my singing gigs.</p>
<p>^Good Lord mini, there are a lot of notched lapels at that link. ;)</p>
<p>You get your choice! They have peaks, too. (Shawl frames and accentuates my rotundity. ;))</p>
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<p>My S’s prom tickets are $110 apiece - such a ripoff. I don’t know how they expect HS kids to be able to afford that.</p>
<p>And Leanid, what’s your problem? First you want to be the grammar police, then the bidet police and now you’re the tuxedo police? Gimme a break! Looks like you have 100+ posts on College Confidential and not one of them has anything to do with college. Are you just here to act superior or what?</p>
<p>(Sorry, maybe I should have posted this on the Get It Off Your Chest thread…)</p>
<p>^lol…here’s fine patsmom…</p>
<p>NJres–I think the prevailing wisdom is to buy one if you plan to wear it twice and aren’t growing like a weed. Second-hand shops & eBay are good bets. And don’t worry about the fashion police. ;)</p>
<p>If you go to the west coast of South Florida, there are dozens of dead-people’s stores where you can find tuxs and all the accessories of the most amazing quality and variety. Not all from dead people either, but simple from folks who’ve moved south. </p>
<p>Fur coats, too. ;)</p>