Va va va voom! She's gorgeous! How old are these kids??? The boys don't look sophisticated, but the girls...WOW!!!!

Alice sure is beautiful! And I love her dress.

Makes me shiver though looking at all the bare shoulders and knees LOL.
Formal gowns used to be ankle length when I was that age....(shows I grew up in the 50s LOL.)

The boys all look well dressed too. Nice that you were able to get pre-dance photos Eileen.

SharonCb

I was too tired to write explanatory text last night. The pre-formal gathering took place at the home of Alice's long time best friend, Kaitlyn. She is the little girl in the purple-y print dress with the dark brown hair. The kids are all 15 which is why the boys look SO young and the girls look SO mature!

Alice's date is a boy (Trevor) she's known since they were in infant daycare together. She swiped his toys, he bit her back! The boy is also a good friend to Kaitlyn, their moms are best friends. Alice has spent a lot of time with both families over the years. The boy's mom adores Alice and was the one who set up the formal date.

This was the formal of the local Catholic high school, not Alice's school though Alice knows most of these kids socially.

The limo driver was a mom-type who huddled them together before they loaded up and gave them the "rules of the road." She likes driving kids more than adults (I can imagine why!) Their first stop was dinner at Dewz, a local restaurant. There had been chatter about going to Hooters in the next big town over but that must have been vetoed!

Sharon, when I was her age, there were no formals to attend unless you were invited by an upperclassman. There was just the annual end of the year Junior/Senior prom. Now the schools hold winter formal which are open to everyone. The prom is still upperclassmen unless you are the date of an upperclassman. More girls wear full-length dresses to prom, but not all.

As for the bare shoulders, we had an unusually mild day yesterday, sunshine and a high of 60. Too chilly for ME to bare anything but the girls seemed undaunted. Their collective transformation was stunning. I usually see these girls in sweats and ponytails and no make-up.

It was nice of Kaitlyn's folks to host the gathering. I was able to meet other parents, which I rarely do anymore.

It will be fun to hear the report from Alice later today. She spent the night at the home of one of the girls.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dewz

I was called upon to shorten her dress by 4.5 inches. The bubble hem had me stumped for a minute. I didn't want to take apart the dress. I opted to take a tuck in the lining which made the drape float more nicely along the bottom of the dress as the "bubble" had more fabric.

Alice just gets more and more beautiful. The girls look so grown up and the boys, well the boys look like boys.

Ann

Thanks for sharing, Eileen. Alice is such a beauty. I like the way her date's pocket square matched her dress. I have to say it looks like he combed his hair with a vacuum cleaner. How else could he get it to stand straight up like that?

Yes, there is a huge difference in maturity between the boys and girls. The one girl looks like she is her date's babysitter. That will change in a few years!

Altogether a great looking group of kids. I hope the evening was fun for all. I don't see how it couldn't be.

It sure took me back to my son's prom. His date was a good friend who was gorgeous. Her mother was a complete control freak who wouldn't trust me to order the corsage. I told her to pick out whatever she liked and send me the bill. Sheesh.

Gorgous dolly for sure....

Oh yeah, she's stunning! And the boys do look like....well...boys. That "hair standing up" must be the current style? Goes to show you what I know, LOL.

Like you, there were no formal dances for me to attend in high school, except Junior/Senior prom, and you had to be invited by a Junior or Senior or be one. Now our school has FOUR (yup, count them, four) formal dances per year and Prom is the only one that still is just for the upperclassmen.

Dedtired, that must be the blonde in the black? She does look a LOT older than her date, doesn't she? I'm sure he'll catch up, somehow!

They are all gorgeous but I like Alice's dress the best. I cringe at the hemming, though, I used to have to do all of Ashley's and I'm so darned glad that's past! Plus, I hope to NEVER shop for another formal dress. Ever. H*ll, I think I'll get married in jeans, just so I don't have to shop for a dress of any type!

Annie

Alice is stunning!

I'm sooooo glad those days are over...even though I enjoyed all the hoopla.

The dress is on the way to the dry cleaner, the shoes are in the back seat of my car, the hairdo is long ago!

Poor Alice, she just got more sick after the formal but seems better now. She had a much better time at this one than last one. She was with closer friends. Most of the kids spent the night at one of the girl's homes, boys on one floor, girls on the other. Alice and her best friend packed jammies but no shoes for morning so they teetered out on heels in pajamas to Starbucks when I picked them up.

Annie, I think you should get married wearing anything your heart desires! Personally I have never worn a strapless or spaghetti strapped dress, they just don't look either warm or comfortable and I just know if I had on a strapless dress I'd raise my arms and the dress would stay put or head south!

Unless my eyes are deceiving me, NONE of the girls are wearing hose (out of fashion)? If thats the case, lets get Lori316 over here so she can see for herself that she doesn't need them for work!

E, all the girls are lovely, but Alice just sparkles.

(Special mention to the dad/daughter pic, though, that's so sweet!)

How do they WALK in those heels, much less dance? Even at 16, my ankles weren't capable of that. ouch! And, Jessy? I cannot remember the last time I saw anyone under the age of 25 in stockings. I solved that problem long ago by deciding Kate Hepburn was right about a good pair of slacks. :)