Word: prom
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Will black-lace-trimmed purple panties play in Peoria? Why not? Cool is the common denominator of teens everywhere. "Torrid makes it so you don't want to hate yourself," says Maria Gutierrez, 17, who recently drove 40 miles to the Brea store to look for a prom dress. The challenge for Torrid is to stay true to its mission: to serve disenfranchised customers, like Gutierrez, who want to fit in but also want to stand out. --With reporting by Deborah Edler Brown/Brea
...point is, I channeled my grouchiness over being bored, being worried about prom - heck, about being a teenager - into very bad, not particularly creative art. The drawings weren't very nice, certainly, but they weren't threatening. I never, ever would have dreamed of acting on any of them. (And besides, I didn't know enough about chemistry to successfully blow anything...
...Krinsky admits her most unusual vote of support likely came from a high school senior in Arkansas in the form of an invitation to be his prom date. Like any consummate professional, Krinsky respectfully declined the youngster’s tempting offer: the burden of finding the right dress, she explains, would have been far too overwhelming...
...Wear a dress and swimsuit that flatter your particular figure. Statistically and historically, white or nice blues seem to have graced the winners of pageants more than any other colors. Long, sleek and sexy gowns are better than big, puffy prom gowns. Don’t overdo it, yet for the Miss Harvard pageant, I figure anything goes! If you’re a male—I usually don’t recommend this for women in real pageants—show some leg and the cleavage that you worked so hard to produce for the night...
...stance. Politics were always subordinate to family, a message reinforced by the producers’ decision to replace the original opening credits, a series of photographs from Elyse and Steven’s hippie days, with a painted portrait of the family. When Steven interrupts Alex’s prom at an elitist country club to protest the club’s policies, Alex imparts some perspective: “Dad, I’m 17. When I see Kimberly Blanton in a strapless gown, I don’t look past her for the Bill of Rights...