How formal is Pref. night?

[ellebud]

Not to put a fly in the ointment but....At my daughter's school Pref (and this is a highly competitive recruitment, much like the SEC) is in the morning. And the girls seemed to wear nice sundresses. The "best" style would be something appropriate to wear to a very nice hotel shower. But, I have to say, the hemline thing is really a matter of geography (yes, physically and regionally). If a girl has good legs here they wear SHORT skirts. Like micro/mini minis from my generation. If a girl showed up in a knee length dress (I know, Church appropriate in certain parts of the country), she would be dressed like a grandma. And, I strongly suspect would wind up on the second list.

And again here for Prom (at least one year ago) girls wore short dresses to Prom. It was rare to see a long dress. So...bear in mind where in the country you are preffing.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by ellebud

Not to put a fly in the ointment but....At my daughter's school Pref (and this is a highly competitive recruitment, much like the SEC) is in the morning. And the girls seemed to wear nice sundresses. The "best" style would be something appropriate to wear to a very nice hotel shower. But, I have to say, the hemline thing is really a matter of geography (yes, physically and regionally). If a girl has good legs here they wear SHORT skirts. Like micro/mini minis from my generation. If a girl showed up in a knee length dress (I know, Church appropriate in certain parts of the country), she would be dressed like a grandma. And, I strongly suspect would wind up on the second list.

And again here for Prom (at least one year ago) girls wore short dresses to Prom. It was rare to see a long dress. So...bear in mind where in the country you are preffing.

Good point. On my campus a micro mini would be a SERIOUS faux pas, hottie or nottie, and I'm all about individuality, but on some campuses recruitment is a good time to try a hand at the art of blending and standing out at the same time. (Incidentally I went to high school in the same state as undergrad and our prom dresses were short, too...but wearing those sort of things to recruitment would have been bad news bears.)

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ellebud

And again here for Prom (at least one year ago) girls wore short dresses to Prom. It was rare to see a long dress. So...bear in mind where in the country you are preffing.

Someone somewhere else was talking about the short prom dresses. I think those things go in cycles. Then again considering a lot of the long ones I see are FORM FITTING the short ones are probably far more comfortable & easier to dance in.

And the pics Drolefille posted certainly confirm honeychile's comment about empire waists not being flattering. Yipes. Nothing against the girls, but this style really needs to take a hike. The only thing it accomplishes is being a comfortable eat-more drink-more dress.