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PROM ADVICE
So I'm a girl bringing another girl to prom and I need to know some things
1.We're both wearing a dress. Mine is probably going to be yellow so should she get a dress that compliments mine or is it not a big deal?
2. She's older so she obviously doesn't want to spend a lot on a dress. If she gets a cheap but nice looking cocktail dress would she stick out too much? (My dress isn't going to be extravagant anyways)
3. I get her a corsage, but do I also get one for myself? And how do I know what corsage to choose?
4. Is there usually a coat check at prom? I don't wanna carry a cluth and phone everywhere
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Well I'll give you advice from what I experienced at prom.
A cocktail dress wouldn't stick out too much. One of my friends wore one and I saw other girls who did as well.
As for what color she gets, that's up to you guys. It's really not a big deal but I wouldn't get the same color. Maybe if you wear a yellow dress, she can get a yellow corsage. Then whatever color dress she gets, you can have that color corsage.
I'd say she would get yours. But just talk to her and figure that out. As for figuring out what to get, look at the yellow ones and pick which you like best.
At my prom, there was no coat check. I had my boyfriend carry my phone in his pocket. I'd just say bring a clutch and leave it somewhere nearby where you can see it when you're dancing, or leave it with a friend who isn't dancing.
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It's been a long time since I was prom age so I decided to check if the internet has any current guidelines or social rules regarding going to prom.
I found this under a search "Prom etiquette".
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I read many more but didnt post as its the same stuff. I could find nothing regarding girls taking a girl or boys taking a boy to prom. They make a reference to girls attending in a group which is what all my 3 daughters did. I just looked up my youngest's prom pic, it was of her and 4 other friends. They did not bother with going out to a fancy dinner together or getting corsages, they just attended prom together and the only expensive besides the dress was paying a hairstylist to do the hair of all five of em.
It seems okay for girlfriends to attend together. It becomes entirely different when the two are dating and are a couple. The rules and etiquette for same sex couples going to prom have not been written yet as of yet. In most of the U.S. the battle is still going on to be allowed to do so but its slowly gaining ground. The ones who come under fire are the girl who wears a tux while her date is wearing a gown and the guy who dares to cross dress or wear some effeminate looking shirt with slacks with the wrist corsage, while the other is wearing a tux. In your case there is no way to know whether you are attending as girlfriends or as a couple with one taking the other to prom. So no matter what your situation is, I feel it's best to talk it out together. Close friends going together are advised to pay their own way on dinner and prom related stuff. Times are tough and not everyone can afford a brand new fancy prom dress.
You may want to search immediately in your area for "Prom dresses for Underpriveleged" those are the words that will bring up results if there is any agency in your area that collects used donated dresses to hand out to teens for free. I am attaching a link to one such project and I know its gaining popularity as the economy continues to be so sluggish. You may try asking other kids at school or best, check with the school office if there is such a thing. If there is, you both deserve to have to have a fancy dress if you can't afford one on your own. As for corsages, it seems the wristlets are more popular. Make your own rule whether you each buy one for the other, or one of you buys both.
As for whether there is a coat check, formal events like this usually have this but it might be best to ask the committee planning prom night if there will be a coat check.
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