Prom Pics
 

U T 's IMOD today about the middle school kids being overdressed makes me wonder what Ms Jung would do here.
The following are 5 actual pictures from the 2003 Simon Gratz HS prom in Philly.

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I'm guessing run screaming at them snatchin them up and carrying them off to some undisclosed location to be wrapped in sack cloth. and then flogged......

I'm a "basic black tuxedo" kind of guy when it comes to dressing myself up. But I have to say, I like the stuff shown here a lot better than the icky "powder puff blue" tuxedos that were the rage at the time of my high school years in the mid 80s. (Just think of the Ben Stiller character in "There's Something About Mary" in his taupe tux.)

Except for that red suit, I suspect that'll be in the museum right next to the powder blue of our youth. had me a powder blue leisure suit once, thankfully I also went basic to the prom

There seems to be a lot of LEOs in these pics. Leos or cruisers.

Now the red suit is fucking cool. I want to get a suit like that for my 10-year HS reunion next year. Except I want a bright yellow one. We have a store in South Philadelphia, Torre's, that sells wild ass shit like that. I am so there come next spring.

I like the tan hat. Reminds me of something I can't quite put my finger on. Something out of Tin-Tin or the like...

Quzah.

Given the number of shootings that regularly occur at Simon Gratz, I'm not surprised by the obvious police presence at a school event.

Or perhaps they are there to issue citations for fasion violations?

Some of those dresses ... oooh my.

Would have gotten a few girls sent home in my day.

(for the record, I avoided the ritual known as the "Junior/Senior Prom." Went to the movies with people I actually liked, didn't have to buy an overpriced dress I would only wear once.)

Wutz that on the ground? Looks like a gym mat.

And what's with those breasts? (Sorry, not trying to offend.) But at my school, not even the fat girls were that plump. 'Course, they were all white. Is that a black thing?

/me wonders if Ron sells Nigger in a Can ..

I think it's a roll of plastic. Actual red carpet can get expensive.

Quite a thing to say on Juneteenth. :)