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Most 17-year-olds head into the final months of their senior year looking forward to two major events: the Senior Prom and Graduation. But if Tyler Frost attends a prom , he can kiss his graduation goodbye. More »
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We are all taught basic social skills when we're very young: don't talk with your mouthful, always say please and thank you, etc. But what about those important social skills that can't really be taught? More »
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Click to viewWow. You guys really outdid yourself with this month's prom edition of Past Fashion. Nearly a hundred of you submitted photo evidence of your various prom night horrors, and you did not disappoint. There were dozens of hues of pink, sparkles and sequins, and bushels of smooshed young breasts yearning to breathe free under ornate bodices. As can be expected, there were also many cheesy backdrops, goofy poses, awkward teenage boys, and even a few convention busters: a couple of the Jezebels were ballsy enough to go to the prom in drag! After the jump, check out our gallery of the end-of-the-school-year's most absurd, boozy spring evenings, with a little help from our face-obscuring friend Duckie (we've plastered the Duckster over some visages to protect the innocent be-mulleted from their past fashion train wrecks). More »
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The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing and as the school year is drawing to an end for elated students and teachers alike, those hormonal adolescents have one thing on their mind: Prom! Even if you've never been a bridesmaid, you probably still got your hair did, slapped on some acrylic French manicured claws, and zipped yourself into a monstrosity of a prom gown. In honor of our misspent youths, the June edition of Past Fashion is dedicated to pictures of readers in their prom finery (that's me on the left with the excellent posture as a sophomore at Irvington (NY) High, c. 1998. Dress from Bebe at the mall, y'all). We want to see you in all your awkward glory, so send photo submissions to photos@jezebel.com along with your name (or username), location, and the date the photo was taken. Don't forget to include any charming anecdotes about drinking too many 40s and passing out in the back of the party van, not that I know what that's like or anything. Submissions are due by June 20th, so start sending those snaps in ASAP! More »
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Even though Hayden Panettiere turned 18 last August, we're wondering, is the Heroes starlet a teenager or an adult? We ask only because Hayden is on the cover of three different Hearst girly magazines for April 2008: There's Cosmopolitan ("Fun • Fearless • Female"), which, according to demographics, has a medium reader age of 31.5. But Hayden is also on the cover of Seventeen ("It's Fun To Be Seventeen" — median reader age, 16.5), and that magazine's seasonal spin-off, Seventeen Prom (median age, um, Jessica McClintock?). Are we supposed to believe that both high school sophomores and career women in their thirties want to buy into what Hayden — and Hearst — is selling?* After the jump, we take a closer look at the differences in how Hayden is presented to the ladymag-loving public. More »
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Are we the only ones who failed to lose our virginity at our high school prom? Even Camilla Parker-Bowles got some at her teenage "coming out" party, says Page Six. According to the gossip column, a British documentary airing tomorrow will report that Camilla "lost her innocence at age 17 at the end of a debutante ball" in 1954. But back on task! We'd been hearing that nostalgia for the old cherry-puncturing dress-up fests was, like, hot right now (we've even been invited to a few "80s prom" parties, but didn't attend because we don't drink Sparks), so it was probably inevitable that the trend would manifest itself in mainstream advertising sooner or later. Less inevitable, at least to us, was the subsequent backlash from feminists over the use of the words "stole" in close proximity to "virginity" in this ad. After the jump, the ad itself, and our Moe's thoughts for the feminists and the ad agency. More »
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