I promised you my 8th grade prom dress for the Embarrassing Photo of the Week, and I like to keep my promises. Pretty much every girl at the dance wore some version of the dress that my best friend (also pictured, because dates? — what even?) wore, but NOT ME. Because why would I wear something conservative to the prom at Cove Creek K-8 Elementary (graduating class size: 30), which sits ten miles outside of Boone, North Carolina?
No, this occasion called for another Amy Scott/McCall’s Couture design with Mama Scott at the bobbin. Notes:
- Once again, my mother did exactly what I asked of her.
- The three skirts(!) are made of a highly flammable fabric that is white with a gold lamé pattern;
- The bodice, spaghetti straps(!), edging of the three(!) skirts, and the side-pony-tail(!) holder are gold lamé(!);
- When I found those 3-inch heels(!!) also white with a gold lamé pattern(!!!!!) at Payless ShoeSource in Boone Mall, I nearly crapped myself from happiness;
- Again, the reason my legs make it look like I’m two half-people stitched together at the waist is because I spent Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00 to 7:00 at the Dancer’s Corner — in that building that used to be Shadrack’s Barbeque, you know — doing tap and jazz, of course; and
- My bangs are curled, teased, and shellacked to a bullet-proof state.
And you get a special bonus Embarrassing Photo of the Week because that’s the kind of guy I am. I used the “Bulge” effect in Photo Booth to do a better version of the horrifying photo from the Monti.
Bonus #2 because I can’t stop!:
I will look for more prom photos next time I go to Boone. There are a couple real doozies I think you’re gonna like.
*Super-special prize for the first person who can identify the prom theme without Googling it. And by super-special prize, I mean I’ll be really proud of you.
Is that a corsage tucked into your skirt waist band?
No! It’s a corsage pinned onto my skirt waist band!
That really is spectacular. I wish I could upload my junior prom photo. Mauve taffeta with lace overlay and a touch of baby’s breath in my hair…Oh, and I felt the need to spend an hour in a tanning booth that day so I’d be nice and tan. I look like a shiny lobster.
You CAN upload it! You SHOULD upload it!
i’ll be there for you. and i love that dress!
The prize goes to my sister-in-law!
I have sewn that craptastic lame “fabric.”. Your mother is a saint for making that dress. Quite talented too. I break out in hives just thinking about it.
You girls were seriously adorable.
Seriously, there’s not much Mama Scott can’t do with a sewing machine.
Omg! Jason and I were playing with photo booth last night and I peed my pants laughing a bit. Ahhhh I erased all the photos.
I almost crapped myself with laughter when I got to the show part. Seriously, where are the pics of Prom 1993? I know I have them somewhere and I’m pretty sure I’m in navy dyed pumps we bought together…
*shoe. Not show.
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