Perfume Talks

High School Proms originates in America and were thought to have emerged from the upper class debutante balls in high class society. At debutante balls the girls would wear whites dresses and gloves and walk proudly into a grand hall with an escort. The event was to signal their official introduction to the social dating scene.

In America the proms were though to be a shortened version of the word promenade, referring to the walking in of the girls. A college Prom became a very important time in a teenagers life and signalled them changing from a child to an adult. As ideas changed and money was more readily available proms began to happen in high schools and gradually became more elaborate affairs.

The popularity of high school proms has now transferred from America to the UK with most school holding a Prom or leaving party for its pupils. The proms has now become an very elaborate affair with girls wear elaborate formal dresses and arriving in stretch limousines.

The type of dresses worn by girls to proms varies greatly from school to school and individual to individual. Some opt for a full and traditional ball gown while others are a much less formal affair with girls wearing shorter cocktail dresses. There is also a particular style of dress named the prom dress. This term is usually used to describe a strapless dress with a skirt that flares from the waist. This style has now become so popular that it is often worn for much less popular occasions and is sometimes even dressed down with boots or trainers for day time or alternative look.