You’re invited: Pre-Prom Preparations
Prom is a memorable event for most American teenagers, a time for dressing up, for corsages and boutonnieres, and for dancing the night away. For some, preparation is a frantic chase, and for others, it is a stress-free schedule. Either way, memories are certain to be made. Here is how the day played out for three Aragon girls.
Dina Marshalek
1:00PM: Got a boutonniere for my date at Ah Sam.
2:00PM: Pre-prom nap.
3:00PM – 5:00PM: 3. Went to my dear friend Danielle’s house and had her help me with makeup, fake eyelashes and all that disgusting stuff. I bought both my dress and shoes thrift (“vintage” if you will) in Haight/Mission. I bought the dress at Buffalo Exchange, a thrift store that has many locations around the bay. I bought a 50’s style pink dress with a high neckline, an open back, lace, a bow and the works along with some white vintage heels.
5:30PM: Generic prom pictures.
6:30PM: Potluck dinner.
8:00PM: Off to prom!
Ashley Frankel
12:00PM – 2:00PM: Had to get things ready for prom. Parents dropped by my house to pick up things to set up. Within that time, I also painted my own nails because I had no time to get them done!
2:00PM – 3:30PM: I got my hair done at A.S.K Salon in Downtown San Mateo. I had no idea what I wanted to do with it. But I trusted my hair stylist. I kept on getting calls and texts from everyone setting up [so] it was pretty unrelaxing.
3:30PM – 4:30PM: I got my make-up done at Chanel in Nordstrom’s. I just asked her for a natural look with more dramatic eyes using gold and brown tones. She was amazing!
5:00PM – 6:00PM: Went to my friend’s house. Me and my boyfriend gave each other our corsages and boutonnieres. (Thankfully he had remembered to pick them up, his only job.)
6:00PM: Off to prom!
I kept on telling Devon how nervous I was because I wanted to see how the Galleria turned out. The whole Prom Committee … had worked on stuff for like 3 months, and I wasn’t even there to execute it! But everything was fine! I think it turned out even better than I had imagined it and I’m so thankful the parents were able to help out.
Kathryn Miyahira
1:30PM – 2:00PM: I was cleaning my house. Everybody was coming over to my house so my mom wanted me to clean.
2:00PM – 3:00PM: Washing my car. Everybody was using window marker to write on my car so I needed it to be clean.
3:00PM – 4:00PM: Shower and [prepped] my hair. I straightened my hair and then I put it into a ponytail.
4:00PM – 5:00PM: Draw on my car. On the hood it just said prom and then on the passenger side it had all the names of all the people that came over to my house. There were 6 including me.
5:00PM – 5:45PM: The girls [came] over and we start hair and makeup. My friend Amber dressed awesomely as an “evil gypsy.”
5:45PM – 6:00PM: Salad dinner.
6:00PM: Off to prom!
Finish getting ready and leave for prom chauffeured in my pimped out mini van driven by my dad.
For photos of Prom Night 2011, be sure to check out Kore Chan’s photo coverage of Prom!
