skimpy prom dress lands a 17 year old in hand cuffs  

In all honesty I really dont see what the big deal was..I mean yes it was skimmy BUT the girl was willing to compromise and wrap then pin it but STILL she wasnt allowed in..thats a bit extreme to me...I agree too that i really hope she DOES get her money back..as far as I'm concerned SHE SHOULD! She didnt get to attend the prom so why should they keep her money?!?

Well I wouldn't have worn a dress like that because I don't even wear dresses but I think that the officials should have said something before the prom. She probably really wanted to go to her prom.

Most prom dresses violate basic school dress codes anyway so that is a poor excuse. My high school dress code said nothing about prom dresses specifically but did prohibit spaghetti straps, strapless, halter, skirts shorter than 6 inches from mid knee, see through material, slits in skirts longer than (I don't remember the way they figured that one out), or heels higher than 3 inches, from being worn to school. Prom wear usually violates one or more of those rules.

As for the girl's dress...I'm not going to say it was perfectly fine. No daughter of mine would walk out the door in something like that BUT she is not my daughter and if that's what she wanted to wear and her parents/guardians approved then it's not up to me to judge.

The chaperone should have given her the opportunity to alter her dress to make it more appropriate...saying she lacked underwear was just stupid. Too me it sounds more like she went to jail for causing such a scene about it. In a way I understand...senior prom only happens once...but she could have given in and changed into something else rather than miss her prom altogether over a dress.

i dont think it was that much of a big deal however the dress looked very corny or very off for the event , like to me she didnt even have the body for it or it was something not right about it ..either way the kids at the school would have probaly laughed at her or pick on her afterwards or she probaly would have looked back on this moment and say what the heck was i wearing ?

I think some common sense should have told her the dress was not appropriate for a prom. It's not much more than a ribbon going around her essentials.. and a train in the back... that being said.. I feel that the school should have given some kind of dress code for the prom. I mean kids will be kids and they will push the limits, they'll come wrapped in saran wrap if they thought of it... so rules have to be made before the prom night.. and if there is to be no skin showing, there needs to be some rules stating so. Maybe this will set a precedence.... and I do think she should be given her money back since there was no dress code stopping her from coming to the prom in that dress.

I am sorry but what the hell was that girls parents thinking here letting her out of the house wearing that?
That is NOT appropriate
Even though it was not on school property it was still a school sponsered function which means the school dress codes still apply
What I would like to know is if that was explained to the students before or when tickets were purchased
if it was then the school doesnt have to refund a dime of her money

love your disclaimer BTW LOL
minus please, thanks

It was pretty skimpy and i guess they had to right to say something, they were suppossed to be representing the school. She should have known better too.

i think the school ws justified in barring her entrance to the prom when the flier clearly stated that attire would be checked at the door before before admitance would be allowed. the girl either didnt bother to read it.. or decided she was going to do as she wished.. either way.. the school was only backing up what it said before hand that it would do. as far as her being arrested.. that wasnt for wearing the dress.. that was for the disturbance she caused by throwing a tantrum like a 2 year old when she didnt get her way and someone called the police to break it up to not allow the entire senior class prom being disrupted even further that it already had been.
further more.. there is no way in hell idve allowed my high school aged daughter to parade around in that trash of a gold lame` stripper outfit, much less leave the house in it. and people wonder why 30 year old men are oggling 17 year old children.. if they werent running around dressed like 30 year old wh0res.. thered be less of it.

Well the prom may not have been on school grounds and instead held at the Marriott ballroom, I took a look at that video and the dress she was wearing and sorry I do think that was out of line...I mean I thought it was a bit tacky to be honest...think there were a lot of better "gowns" she could have worn

If the flyer that went out with the prom tickets stated that there was a dress code then she is highly in the wrong and doesn't deserve her money back. That dress.... well i won't even talk about the dress but I will say that her wrapping it around and pinning it doesn't put the dress back into dress code! All they wpuld have done is unpin it once she got inside.