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Laura Lippman

14 Dec, 6 tweets, 2 min read

I love my job, which this morning has "forced" me to research what proms were like in the 1990s -- their likely themes and dresses -- which led to me looking for prom scenes in various '90s films. Did I mention I love my job?

Update: Twitter is VERY interested in proms and, yes, Jessica McClintock was the designer I was grasping for. Tentative plan: the prom is set in 1997, the song is "Unbreak My Heart." But remember, '97 in Baltimore is '94 everywhere else, fashion-wise.

Great now I'm shopping for prom dresses on eBay, thank god I'm not doing this later in the evening when alcohol might have entered my system.

@BetsyTacyTib

I realize I have not shared my own prom memories. The theme was "Meet Me To-night in Dreamland" when I graduated from Deep Valley High School in 1910 and I wore a dress from Lion's Department Store. #deepcut @BetsyTacyTib

Update: Prom Twitter is the best Twitter.

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