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Prom season gone wild

By Michelle Malkin • May 7, 2007 10:47 PM

This is nuts (via NYPost):

Staffers at fashion emporiums all over the city are brimming with anecdotes of teenager spending gone wild.

“We definitely have girls coming in here and trying dresses on for prom,” said a saleswoman at Dolce & Gabbana, where frocks regularly fetch $3,000.

One seller at Barneys said she recently peddled a $2,700 ivory, ballerina-style dress to a Manhattan private-school senior.

And it’s not just the perfect dress - a few rich kids are getting plumper puckers and Botoxed brows for their big night.

Dr. Lewis Feder said two teens came to his Fifth Avenue office for some pre-prom primping that included Botox between the eyes.

“They both had very hyperactive muscles,” said the Fifth Avenue doctor. “We gave them each half a syringe, and the muscles are smooth and beautiful.”

He said he has also given three other girls - two from Westchester and one from Manhattan - Restylane injections for artfully fattened lips that cost about $600 each.

“Their parents authorized me,” he said.

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On the flip side, a story about a girl with the right values:

Some underprivileged teens are going to have some glamorous gowns for their school prom thanks to the dream of South Florida girl.

A prom dress drive is being held on Tuesday in Pembroke Pines. The drive is headed by “Becca’s Closet”, a charity started by the family of 16-year-old Rebecca Kirtman, who was driven by the phrase: “Little things can make a big difference.”

Rebecca launched a dress bank during her freshman year in high school which provided dresses and formal accessories to high school girls who wanted to attend their prom or homecoming, but did not have the money to purchase them.

Tragically, Rebecca passed away in an automobile accident on August 20, 2003, but her family and friends continue to keep her dream alive.

Last spring, “Becca’s Closet” single-handedly collected over 250 prom dresses, enabling many girls throughout South Florida to attend their High School proms in style.

Find out more at the Becca’s Closet website.

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On October 30th, 2007 at 6:23 pm, jamesgreenidge said:

Downwards And Dumber

I don’t know what to say. How do you make being intelligent and tasteful and classy “in”? My mom was a public school music appreciation teacher eons ago and her retiree peers today also say the drive to inspire kids to refine their tastes went down the toilet in the post-sixties; that today’s music teachers just “go through the motions” teaching classical music to a generation who have zero appreciation for classic music today. Over thirty years ago Mom said having cap and gowns for pre-college graduations was a bad idea because it gave a false premature sense of accomplishment and would slacken their drive to excel further. Sounds silly huh? Well, you’d be surprised how many parents cluck at photos of 14 or 10-year-old Johnny in cap and gown on the mantle like a escape hatch of “making it” after they drop out of high school. Toady we’ve grade schoolers wearing cap and gowns at “graduations” preteen girls wearing racy college prom style proms at their “junior proms” while high schoolers who can’t find China on a map and think Project Apollo is a place in Harlem.

I don’t know what the answer is — then I actually do, but you’re called a party-pooping Victorian if you bring it up.

Downward and dumber…

James Greenidge
Queens New York