Hot or Not– Prom Trends for 2004
Senior prom: it’s packed with expectations. Integrate all this with a youth-oriented culture, and you have an occasion that requires a major style strategy.
What style forces are driving Prom 2004? The responses are: curves, glamour and loads of color.
” Prom 2004″ is really a little bit of a misnomer, as a lot of gowns tend to follow Fall 2003 designs. This make good sense: senior prom gowns are high-ticket products, and merchants require a possibility to check out patterns in the shopping center. (Hair is more versatile, so prom hair is more attuned to today).
As for style in basic, it’s still reeling from the supreme anti-fashion event: the 9/11 attack. Significant style programs were cancelled, or scaled down to a roomful of participants on folding chairs.
“World views” consist of numerous interlocking hairs, as does style, however strong styles emerged and are still in play. Here are some of the best-articulated patterns in Prom 2004:
// The Solidarity Uniform
Dressy, official appearances from the 60s and 30s. Believe Hollywood glamour, and Jacquie Kennedy. Below this pattern is the brand-new concentrate on participating in household occasions and dressing up for them.
Revealing the 30s are the curved, Screen Siren senior prom dress: smoky mermaids in elegant ruched satin, and Latin-style ruffles and trains.
Restoring the 60s are Grace Kelly/Jacquie-O A-line skirts, often tea-length, with crinoline slips. These traditional charms are upgraded with easier, more natural hair and makeup, not to point out some mod-style colors (vibrant black and white, intense red, or submarine yellow). Gloves and a little glossy wallet are must-haves, however for 2004, you do not need to stay with common colors!
Classic senior prom queen dress are completely * au courant * also– no quantity of beading, boning, crinoline or shine is excessive, so take pleasure in the license for glamour. Maybe this is the best year to enjoy a fragile tiara!
You’ll be shocked by the variety of strapless dress available. Each of these “uniformity” dress provide themselves to timeless strapless glamour.
// The Eastern Bloc
Style impact is wandering, and the East is picking up speed: Londoners do their finest to dress like Persians, and Bollywood shenanigans make the international radar regularly. You’ll see the beautiful result in those 2004 senior prom offerings with a classy sari appearance and amazing hand beading.
// Sporty Spice
J. Lo survives on in the stylish side of Prom 2004, where two-piece dress (some midriff-bearing) continue to make a splash. This appearance is not just fresh however useful; those lovely corsets can be coupled with denims long after senior prom night’s ended up being a memory and a matchbook. “Sporty-prom” fashionistas can enhance their outfit with gleaming navel gems and unique paint-on body tattoos.
// Celebrity Fashion
Can it go any lower? The prom world’s not immune from red carpet shenanigans, and numerous sultry 2004 offerings require double-sided tape. This year’s ‘neck lines’ often plunge up until now that there’s no place else to go; search for ‘backdrift’ to follow (no pun planned) in the next couple of years.
// In Truth, 2004
The gowns really in sync with 2004 runways are the ultra-feminine pastels, with fragile ruffles. Believe “senior prom gown satisfies the park.” Do not hesitate to opt for soft green, coral and pink paeons to girlhood, just since the majority of offerings are sizzlingly sexy and jewel-toned.
// Hair
Soft, glossy waves are brand-new for spring (believe beautiful Charlize Theron at the Golden Globes); Aniston-straight is out. Whatever you do, do not abuse your hair into some abnormal confection; it’s simpleness and naturalness that updates these retrospective appearances.
// Shoes
Sure, the stunning silver (or transparent) sky-high productions on the market are the supreme in impracticality. The romantic prom-goer will purchase them anyhow, get an excellent pedicure, and slip them off midway through the night for a ‘finest of both worlds’ (if not ‘finest for the wallet’) experience.
// Jewelry and Makeup
With all those strapless styles, take care not to over-accessorize. If the Nicole Kidman appearance is more to your taste, think about one of those retro multi-strand chokers (in black, of course), or a slim black ribbon combined with a silk increased.
Senior prom 2004.
” Prom 2004″ is in fact a bit of a misnomer, as a lot of gowns tend to follow Fall 2003 designs. (Hair is more versatile, so prom hair is more attuned to the present).
Here are some of the best-articulated patterns in Prom 2004:
J. Lo lives on in the stylish side of Prom 2004, where two-piece dress (some midriff-bearing) continue to make a splash. The prom world’s not immune from red carpet shenanigans, and numerous sultry 2004 offerings call for double-sided tape.