Either Teen Vogue is running out of material, of they’re onto an avant-garde new trend. While some girls spend hundreds on the perfect prom dress, how would you feel about dropping equal money on prom pajamas? We’ve seen masculine, laid-back looks on famous women before (check out the following gallery of women in menswear, plus a celeb PJ getup or two), but are high school gyms ready for it?
This month, Teen Vogue suggests that readers, “rewrite the prom dress code in a boyish sleepwear-inspired look that’s all your own.” (They also have a $418 set of PJs for suggested prom wear.) The magazine does make a good point in noting that menswear in women’s fashion is dominating the runways. But while that may be fine for a Sunday afternoon, do girls really want to look back at prom photos in ten years to see themselves in men’s sleepy-time duds? Here are some great outfits for those not into frills, but not willing to take such a casual plunge. [via Teen Vogue]
While these ensembles may not be super-fancy, they could be perfect for the girl who doesn’t want to attend prom looking like a fairy princess. And for casual ladies not quite into public sleepwear.
What do you think of this “PJ prom” idea? Do you have any prom outfit suggestions? Have you ever worn something unusual to a high-end event?
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I wouldn’t (wouldn’t have worn) wear any of those things to prom. I damn sure wouldn’t spend over $100 on pajamas.
hydrangea / 77 posts
@Erika_Steele@xanga - I definitely wouldn’t spend that much on PJs, either (unless they were spun from gold and fairy dust). What did you wear to prom, or what would you have worn?
hydrangea / 76 posts
This is a terrible idea.
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$418 PJs for prom? Not for me. My dress for senior prom was $50…so I will adjust it and say a similar dress would cost $100…but definitely not pajamas to prom. I understand some people cannot afford prom and have alternate proms that might involve pajamas, but you be better believe they wouldn’t cost over $100. Besides, there are plenty of pretty non-puffy dress options available for less than $100.
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Isn’t prom the one time teenagers can get all dressed up and look beautiful like princesses? This is a horrible idea. It takes away from what beauty there is at prom I think though I’ve never been unfortunetly.
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@akinnison - I thought I had the pictures on Xanga, but they must be on my photobucket that I don’t remember the password. My junior year, I wore a big red dress with lots of tulle. my sophomore year I wore a vintage 70s dress. I didn’t go when I was a senior.
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I really think that people have become way too casual. You should dress for where you are going, and pajamas to prom is STUPID. Its called formal for a reason. I don’t care if you don’t want to wear a princess cut floofy dress, but you can still opt for something sleeker – I wore a halter, slim-fitting narrow cut bridesmaids dress to my senior prom. I’m sure somewhere out there, though, is a pair of diamond encrusted slippers to go with those pajamas. People are so stupid.
hydrangea / 77 posts
@Erika_Steele@xanga - Those both sound amazing! I’m a huge fan of both tulle and vintage dresses. Also, I left my senior prom early to go play Nintendo 64. I doubt either of us missed out on much
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I would have worn PJs if I had gone to prom.
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lol prom is such a waste of money.
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PJS should only Ever be meant to wear in bed.
dahlia / 2942 posts
what did i just … what?
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I really like that last dress… not necessarily for prom, but it’s beautiful and simple. I’d wear it out.
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no, because that’s ridiculous.
I’m pretty sure proms have a dress code anyway, (at least mine did) and you had to wear formal attire. I don’t think they’d let anyone in that was dressed like that!
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The PJs, no. Most of those dresses, sure. I wore what I can only assume was a bridesmaid dress I got for $20 at Goodwill and had my best friend’s mom alter a bit.
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Love the dress suggestions but my high school, personally, would NOT let you in to prom if you showed up in non-formal looking attire (our prom was at a banquet hall or whatever instead of at our actual school). Even if you had the receipt saying they cost over $400, I don’t think you would have been let in with the PJ get-up…
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Why would anyone want to do this? Prom is when girls get a reason to dress like a princess. No one at my school was ever really into the super poofy stuff, though.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1015419875944.2008480.1538490811&type=3
there’s my prom album from back in the day. I’m the one in red.
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I was one of the only 3 girls who wore a ball gown to prom… Every one else wore pageant dresses and things like that…
I think hey it’s fine to be different… I was different… I dressed kinda grudge punk in highschool but prom is a formal… Why not enjoy it and dress the part… You can make formal look your style… Why bum it out when you don’t get many chances to show off your a game.