Monday, January 29, 2007

Get Color with Your 80s Prom Dress

So what did people wear to proms back in your parent's generation? Hoop skirts and pillbox hats? No way. An 80s prom dress is typically bright and flashy, typically characterized by bright colored chiffon. Think gold, silver, hot pink, purple, orange, electric blue, or often a combination of brilliant colors. Multicolored dresses, of course, have the advantage of being easy to accessorize. Your 80s prom dress may be short with a ruffled skirt, or knee length with a straight skirt and body with large puffy chests and arms. Long prom dresses were available in the 80s, of course, but they tended to be the exception rather than the rule.

Ready to go retro all the way? Then accessorize your 80s prom dress with spike heels (just remember you have to dance in them!), bright makeup and nail polish. If you're totally dedicated, you may want to spike your hair, or at least have it streaked with color. (We're not talking subtle highlights here; we're talking streaks of blue, green, pink, magenta, etc.)

The best places to find a 80s prom dress are online, in vintage or thrift shops, or specialty consignment shops. They are likely to be gently used and available at significantly lower prices than new and designer prom dresses.

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