80s Prom

The biggest night of your junior or senior year, Prom. Yes, you have the shoes and makeup, but everyone is going to be talking about your dress so it has to be beautiful. It’s the most important part of your outfit. We girls want to look our best for the biggest night of or high school career.  It was like that even in the 80s. The 80s had some of the most ionic trends that still exist today and I’m talking about the classic 80s prom dress.                                                                                                                                                             

These prom dresses went all out. Literally putting anything and everything you can put on it. From ruffles, padding, tulle, polka-dots, and sequins. You name it and 80s dresses have it. These prom dresses had particular characteristics to it. There’s the all-over ruffle dress. The more ruffles the better. Or the 80s classic of poufy sleeves and the big bow in front on the side of your waist. This was a popular one. There’s the tea-length dress. Those were very popular in the 80s. Or the metallic dresses. It was a dress that was a shiny metallic color. You made shoes to match the color of your dress. Everything was bigger and better in the 80s; even the hair. The hair was as loud as the dresses. Hair=big and poufy.                     

The “bigger” the “better” for the 80s was the trend back in those times. Expressing through ruffles, sequins, and big hair. And to complete the look of your big ruffled dress was a nice party filled with rock and roll.