So its prom time again
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Topic: So its prom time again
Posted By: Linus
Subject: So its prom time again
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:29am
| So, since it's prom time again, suit or tux? Which do you wear? |
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:31am
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:32am
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Suit looks timeless and classy. Theme your button up and tie to your date's dress. Find out which color dress she is wearing. Choose a tie that matches it in either color or general appearance. Then choose a nice button-down dress shirt that compliments that color well. That process works every time, plus you get an excuse to buy a new tie and shirt. Cannot really have enough of them. To me, tuxedos always looks like cheesy rentals. Always. For God's sake don't wear a collarless shirt again. ------------- 
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:33am
| I went suit, cause I owned it and really liked it. |
Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:36am
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When you have a chance to wear a bow tie, you wear a bow tie. Everyone wears suits at my school, lame. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: karll
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:37am
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I'm doing tux because everyone else at my school is doing tux, and god knows I can't think for myself.
------------- PlentifulBalls "It's cool, I'll be dead before I'm not pretty." Gatyr "Stupid things exist." 
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Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:50am
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im doing a suit again. i cant justify spending $100+ to wear someone elses clothes for a few hours, then give them back, especially for a highschool dance, and doubly especially when a have a nice suit of my own to wear. last year at prom, i told my then gf that i wasnt going to wear a tux to prom, she said it was ok. then a couple days before prom she said "when you said you werent wearing a tux, you were kidding, right?" when i told her i was serious, she said something about how im going to be the only one there who isnt in a tux and that i will stand out, like that was a bad thing. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:50am
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Impulse beat me to it. Damn you! ------------- 
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Posted By: Hades
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 2:14am
| Your still in high school Linus? I thought you went off and enlisted in the military. |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 2:24am
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I did a tux, I regret it it cost me 90$ to rent it for 2 days, just go to moores a place like that and BUY a suit for close to same price, your a grad now and it will be nice having something to where to interviews. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: High Voltage
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 7:30am
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Hades wrote:Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 7:41am
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Ugh, no freakin way. I hate bow ties. I'm not even wearing one when I get married. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:07am
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I just bough a new suit for c ruise I'm going on in the near future, and I must say, I look dashing. First time I have ever thought I looked descent in anything formal.
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:17am
| i'd post up my suggestion, which is what i wore my senior year... but you could never pull it off. |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:55am
I did. Class of '07 graduate in '06. But they allow early graduates to go to prom. DD214 for knee cap out of place, they would not let me complete basic, so I spent 12 weeks there for nothing. Not really something I wanted to readily announce to the forum because people will be like "Oh you quit!" but since i was asked. I don't like being labeled a quiter when I hate no say in the matter. And TKD, trust me, no more collarless.. its a button down with a tie I just bought yesterday. Matches her dress. |
Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:56am
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:57am
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lawl @ prom -------------  irc.esper.net #paintball |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 10:55am
I got away with not wearing ANY kind of tie for my wedding. 
Since we already had so many Irish-themed stuff incorporated into the wedding, my wife suggested all the guys wear http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barong_Tagalog - Barong Tagalogs to bring some Pinoy to the mix. Rented black pants, wore my steel-toed wingtips, white T-shirt and the Barong. Most comfortable wedding ever.
I suggest you pretend to the Filipino for the day. 
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Posted By: Reaver
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 11:03am
| Wear a Toga |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 11:07am
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my prom theme is famous things....somewaht
so me and my friends are going as either: The justice league Kiss Ninja turtles reno911 or famous musicians (slash,ozzy,etc..) oh and nintendo theme ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 12:37pm
Good. Post pics so I can see your color selections. The only people who can pull off the collarless shirt under a suit are sports agents. Thats it. -------------
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 12:59pm
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Suit.
I dislike Tuxedos. |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 1:06pm
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Linus, dislocated knee? ouch. Join the club... i'm up to at least a dozen dislocations of my knee. The first one was obviously the worst to come back from... i was on crutches for a few days, couldn't do anything but walk for a few more weeks after that. Now it's just a matter of seconds until i'm able to get up and walk again. Now it goes out in the most random of times... my biggest suggestion is always wear a knee brace whenever doing anything remotely physical... I've played paintball many times with one while sprinting, diving, crawling, you name it and I haven't had a problem... and to get back on track... just to remind the forum population about my prom...  and  I like to think that I pull off a tux ok. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 2:23pm
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Toga... Toga.. Toga -------------
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 2:56pm
| Anyone else read this as "So it's porn time again"? |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 5:13pm
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"Screw the Toga. Wear a Tolga - Tolgak, fitting all your formal needs." ------------- |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 5:30pm
| I bought a suit freshman year for $100 and have sported it on occasions. I laugh at people who rent a tux and only get to wear it once. Plus I purchased a dashing tie and shirt that goes perfectly with her dress. |
Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 6:13pm
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Tux.
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Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:01pm
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I'll be wearing a suit, but I should be wearing a tux.
I actually had my parents convinced to buy me one, as my sister will almost certainly be getting married in the relatively near future, and I have at least 3, possibly 4 proms that I'll be going to within the next year. That said, I already own a black suit, and my date's dress was supposed to be black, although I heard today through my twin brother's girlfriend that it is actually green...haven't checked up on that yet. So I will most likely be wearing a black suit. Probably white shirt, black tie; or, if this green dress thing turns out to be true, possibly green shirt? Don't really know. I still really want a tux though... *EDIT By the way, I have a toga party on June 16th--my friend Cecilia's 16th birthday party (damn, I just realized I'll be 18 two months after that...). Should be awesome--and my brother's band is playing there...in togas. |
Posted By: Gatyr
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:04pm
2000! -------------
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:13pm
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You have to wear a tux to our prom. Suits are "too casual."
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:25pm
how formal can a bunch of drunk 18 year olds really be? ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: Funky
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 8:32pm
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Personally, the whole 'matching your date' is kind of tacky. As much as one wants to compliment their date by matching, black does go with everything, and for any formal engagement, why give up a reason to wear a tux?
When one thinks of a formal affair, look no further than the 'paint it black' mentality. Now, to me, the perfect tux consists of a a medium or narrow lapeled, single breasted, one or two button, double vented jacket. The lapel is satin, as are the stripes on the pants, but nothing more. It can be matched with either a black tie or bow-tie. The shirt undernearth, while can be black, not everyone can pull that off, so white is clearly safe. French cuffs are a must aswell. I'm not a huge fan of the tuxedo shirt, but again, some can pull it off. Lastly, just go with a regular collar, I was never a fan of those 'wing' collars, as it just screams rental tux. To add individual touches, get a nice pair of cufflinks, an interesting tie bar, or even wear a pocket watch. If you go the black suit approach, a 3-piece black suit is quite impressive aswell. If you want to make things interesting, perhaps ditch the tie for a cravet or ascot: 
Again, I'm not against other suit options, but formal screams black, and you should open your ears. ------------- 
"Don't you hate pants?" |
Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 9:25pm
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I'm wearing a tux. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 11:00pm
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I'm with Funky--black for the win.
My date was just explaining her dress to me, and due to the unwritten rule (but by no means unknown to me) that men should never see their date's dresses before the night of, I think there is a good chance I may just go in a jacket and pants. Getting a tie and shirt that work with her dress is going to be pretty crazy, especially considering I have 6 days, starting now, to do it. I can just stick my cuff links through my wrists, although I don't think her dress has any red in it. 
Be prepared for pictures, for I shall inflict them upon you all. |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 19 April 2007 at 11:32pm
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I thought that was for weddings? -------------
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Posted By: ekeboo
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:59am
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Hahaha Well I'm a junior and Prom=May 5th. Wisdom teeth getting pulled=May 4th Ya that mean i get to show up on Percoset and vicadin
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 11:46am
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the week... Tux's are so much more fun. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:26pm
Funky and I have clashed on this before. I just cannot shake my mental image of tuxes looking cheesy and rental-ish. I would say that only 15% of people can wear a tux and look classy, whereas 90% can wear a suit and still look damn good. It is almost more of a precautionary move. -------------
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:29pm
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If it were about looking good than half of the people shouldn't be going in the first place. -------------
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:30pm
Pshaw. Some people just go to far with it. Like when they match every single thing on the damn suit with the ladies dress. I will use myself as an example of correctness. Old picture, but that prom, my date wore a pink dress, roughly that shade of pink on the tie, detailed in black:  -------------
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:38pm
Oh now thats just mean. -------------
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:40pm
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People who treat prom as a fashion statement rather than an excuse to dress up and have fun look ridiculous no matter what they're wearing. -------------
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:48pm
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You make it sound like one cannot want to look good and still have fun at the same time.
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Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:49pm
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Posted By: -ProDigY-
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:50pm
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If you have more fun feeling like you look cool than you do dressing up in something festive that you rarely get to wear you're an asshole. -------------
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Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 12:58pm
Such harsh words. I still stand by the idea that you can want to look good, strive to look good, and still have fun. -------------
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 6:46pm
| tux of course! |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 8:11pm
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Edit Prod and Tae. You'll both get pegged. ------------- |
Posted By: Funky
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 10:21pm
Sorry, what was that Whale? -------------
"Don't you hate pants?" |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 20 April 2007 at 11:12pm
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Thats not fair, and you know it. You would look damn snazzy in anything. -------------
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Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 4:41pm
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well in all honesty i never went to prom, or a homecocming, or any other things of such a nature.
but i never missed an after party ------------- 
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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 7:31pm
i am digging the pose 
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Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 8:12pm
Me too...but no, apparently all the girls in my school believe it is true for prom as well. Sweet pose, Funky. |
Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 9:12pm
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Step-son wearing a full regalia Regimental Dress Kilt with all the bobbles and whistles. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 9:18pm
| I gotta give him credit...I wouldn't have the cajones to try to pull of a kilt in my high school... |
Posted By: glazener24
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 9:45pm
| OS, pics of said kilt? I must say, that is a pretty cool idea, IMO. |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 11:43pm
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I couldn't pull it off, I'll admit it.
But kilts are cool. |
Posted By: oldsoldier
Date Posted: 21 April 2007 at 11:49pm
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Will have pics May 12 of step-son and date , me and momma did a full Scottish Wedding 2 years ago, full kilts (most of us did go regimental).
Here is a pic of the full dress doublet, but kilt will be Royal Stewart.  -------------
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 2:29am
I wanted to do that so badly, but no where in Hawaii to rent a kilt, and I really cant afford to buy one. I plan on getting one some day in my clan's tartan. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: Linus
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 2:35am
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Just got back from prom a bit ago.
Dates dad is a photographer so should have some decent pics up sometime this week? And collared shirt + tie. |
Posted By: *Stealth*
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 8:45am
Eassssy access. ------------- |
Posted By: Pariel
Date Posted: 22 April 2007 at 9:44am
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That's sweet...
And I definitely couldn't pull it off. |