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I graduated from high school in 1986 i remember three specific gowns I had. One was long and purple and looked like a choir gown (ugh). One was pink satin with enormous puff sleeves. The final one was my high school senior prom and it was the one I would still wear now if I still had it -- it was a silver lame tube top with a white tulle skirt: AWESOME EIGHTIES GEAR. my date wore a white tux, silver cummerbund and bowtie to go with it!! (he is the one, who in retrospect, was probably gay-- in those days, I was without a clue)

i still have my wedding dress and I wear it every year on our anniversary, because we are hippies and my dress was a white cotton embroidered dress that cost me $19 off the rack. it is still perfectly in style (for me anyway) and fits perfectly (I had to modify the cap sleeves because I have very muscular upper arms!!) I wear it with a long prairie petticoat -- another of my all time favorite trends from the eighties.

now I buy all my formals from thrift stores. yay!