Prama - Prom Drama

When I made a Facebook group for girls to post their prom dresses, I didn't realize how fierce girls would be about their dresses.  I made the group less than a week ago, and already it has over 200 members and over 50 dresses posted to the wall - an outrageous number considering prom is still over 2 months away.

Most girls are buying their dresses online, eliminating the beauty that the local shop provides: a recorded list tracking what dresses are bought for what schools' proms.  Last year, this shop was popular among all the local high schools; this year, it seems that most girls have ordered their prom dresses online, myself included.  Though the Facebook group allows for us to see who has already bought what dress, there's still nothing preventing girls from buying the same or similar dresses.  Already there has been two Junior girls posting the exact same dress, and many girls posting similar dresses in different colors.

As with most schools, our Seniors have an emotional investment in Prom - it's our last high school dance - while Juniors still have next year.  When a Junior girl posted a dress with a clear attitude in her comment, senior girls quickly attacked her for thinking she was so important.  She then said that she meant her comment sarcastically, but, sarcastic or not, her comment is still out of place.  Seniors don't care if Juniors have the same dress, but would definitely care if a Junior (or even another Senior) has the same dress as them.

Two of the most popular dresses (a rhinestone bodice with a chiffon skirt, and a chiffon dress with rhinestone single-shoulder strap) have been posted 6 times each, all in different colors.  Girls seem less likely to attack each other for having the same dress in different colors than for having the same exact dress, though the difference seems minuscule.  In person and in pictures, the striking similarities will be blatant, and easily noticed by everyone else.

I think the problem with prom is that we're brought up with princesses and the regal elegance that comes with these, and prom is our night to become one of the princesses we dreamed about.  When two girls wear the same dress they are trying to be the same princess - a problem that we all must protect ourselves from.  Perhaps because I wasn't raised on Disney and princesses I don't see the logic in attacking each other over dresses.  Perhaps the real reason I created the Facebook group was so girls could be prepared and not shocked when two girls are wearing the same dress.

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