Satin Accident
Posted on March 14, 2011 by promtacular! in 1980s Prom, Blame the Photographer, Mullets, Oh Bows, perms, Shine On!, Uninvited Guests | 1 Comment
Year: unknown, timeless
Suzette didn’t offer much in the way of commentary (although she did make a helpful suggestion about how to improve the speed of this site), and I can’t help but wonder if that’s because so little need be said?
They’re so happy and smiley and…shiny. And slippery. Can you imagine if these two tried to hug? They’d slip right off each other and onto the ground and then everyone would be talking about that one graduation with the unfortunate satin accident.
I don’t know which I prefer more: Suzette’s bow or Suzette’s smile. Together, they are magic. MAGIC.
You can tell that the young man by her side is very relieved to be out of this school. His entire expression says: This? Is dumb.
Probably the best part of the photo, though, is that it captured those two women on the right. They BOTH have frosted, permed hair fashioned into high-headed mullet do’s. Which is AMAZING on its own, but that matching denim outfit with pegged jeans and giant white socks takes us into a new dimension of awesome. Add the woman trying to get something unstuck from her teeth and you have one downright Promtacular photo right there.
I never had that dress, but I think there’s a picture where my entire family has the mullet (and 50% of us are permed and frosted).