23 Iconic TV And Movie Prom Looks Ranked From "Burn It" To "Bury Me In It"

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Pretty definite I'm going to marque immoderate enemies with this one.

Just truthful you know, this ranking includes outfits from proms, homecomings, dances from extracurricular the US, and each different types of ceremonial precocious schoolhouse soirées, due to the fact that determination are immoderate iconic looks that merit a spot connected the list, adjacent if they don't technically look successful a prom scene.

People dancing energetically astatine a prom-like event, dressed successful ceremonial attire

And now, without immoderate further ado, an wholly subjective ranking of 23 iconic onscreen prom looks from "mediocre" to "literally what dreams are made of."

23. Andie Walsh's DIY two-dresses-in-one mashup from Pretty successful Pink.

Andie wearing her handmade pinkish dress

I privation to similar this formal truthful badly, due to the fact that Andie made it herself, and that deserves a near-endless magnitude of kudos. But...

Andie and Duckie lasting unneurotic astatine the prom

...I conscionable don't! From the precocious lace neckline to the poof-forward sleeves to the polka dot signifier to the mode it fits, thing present is moving for me.

Ducky and Andie arm-in-arm astatine the prom

I emotion a connection sleeve (and a connection dress), but the pinkish and greenish colour scheme, on with the sheer magnitude of lace, is alarming to me.

The formal showing disconnected the doorbell sleeves

That being said, this formal is expected to beryllium a costume. While it's not my idiosyncratic style, arsenic a erstwhile play kid I tin lone ideate however overmuch amusive it would beryllium to deterioration it onstage and consciousness Shakespearean arsenic hell.

Oh, boy. Carrie, you turn into a manner icon, but present is not your time.

Carrie wearing the formal and looking sad

The random swirling signifier is what takes it from "quirky" to "bad" for me. It conscionable looks similar the carpet of your section bowling alley.

20. Rory Gilmore's vintage throwback formal from Gilmore Girls.

Rory successful a bluish formal matched with combat boots

First of all: Love the boots. Second of all: Eh.

Rory successful her dress

I conscionable can't condone a navy prom dress. Maybe it's my agelong past of having to deterioration schoolhouse uniforms, but I don't subordinate this colour with joyful self-expression.

Rory sighing successful her dress

19. Erin Quinn's turquoise gown from Derry Girls.

Erin trying connected the formal successful the dressing room

Here's the occupation with this outfit: Erin is intelligibly uncomfortable successful it, and that violates the First Commandment of Clothes.

Erin successful her dress

That's wherefore it's specified a alleviation erstwhile she changes retired of this perfectly-nice-but-not-Erin formal and into...

Erin sitting astatine the table, waiting for her date

...her Easter frock. I don't similar however this formal looks, nor does Erin, but that's not truly the point. She evidently feels mode amended successful it than she did successful her bluish gown, and that makes it a bully outfit.

Erin coming down stairs successful pinkish formal with achromatic collar

18. Bella Swan's modest, "I astir died, truthful yea I'm wearing leggings to the prom" outfit from Twilight.

Bella Swan and Edward nether a Monte-Carlo Sign

I cognize that Bella's been done a lot, and she's dealing with a healing breached leg, but this look is conscionable unforgivably bland.

Bella wearing her cardigan and lasting with Edward

The movie doesn't dwell connected this outfit, due to the fact that I deliberation it knows it could've done better. The bluish tiered formal underneath the cardigan (shiver) is fine, but it's much "guest astatine an acquaintance's wedding" than "teenage miss going retired with the immortal emotion of her life."

Edward and Bella dancing successful the gazebo

17. Sharpay's blistery pinkish show formal from High School Musical 3.

Sharpay successful a formal with an uneven bottommost and pinkish feathers adorning the skirt

I've ne'er seen High School Musical 3, but arsenic acold arsenic I tin tell, the philharmonic is astir their prom? So adjacent though this is simply a costume, I'm counting it.

sharpay dancing

While I emotion the matching gloves, the remainder of the formal isn't moving for me. The tulle peaking retired of the skirt seems similar an afterthought, and since this is Sharpay, aft all, I would expect much bedazzling than the fewer small stones connected the bodice.

Sharpay dancing onstage

16. Buffy's lavender rhinestoned gown from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Buffy walking into prom

When I archetypal saw it, I decidedly didn't emotion it, but it's fine. Completely acceptable. And then...

A adjacent up of the bodice of Buffy's dress

BAM! It's got a elephantine train...thing. A bustle? I get the request for drama, but this actively makes the formal worse.

The backmost of buffy's dress, with each the cloth gathered down it

The uncover of the bustle (I'm conscionable going with it now) happens to coincide with 1 of the show's astir heartwarming moments: Buffy receiving the "Class Protector" award. And to beryllium honest, it's a interaction distracting.

Buffy receives her parasol for Class Protector

15. Liz's "I'm blissfully ignorant of my father's super-villainy" enactment formal from Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Liz successful her abbreviated reddish dress

There's thing incorrect with it, but it's a small plain, and comes crossed arsenic much "interview" than "party."

Liz smizing successful her dress

The magnitude and wide signifier of it are cute, though. I conscionable privation determination was a connection accessory. Maybe thing that says, "My dada is an amerciable arms dealer, and until that meddling Spider-Man showed up, helium was doing beauteous good for himself."

Liz near unsocial astatine the prom

14. Gabriella Montez's fluffy achromatic formal from High School Musical 3.

Gabriella dancing successful the achromatic dress

Just similar Sharpay's look above, this formal is simply a costume from the precocious schoolhouse philharmonic astir prom that features prominently successful the precocious schoolhouse philharmonic High School Musical 3. That makes sense, right?

Gabriella dancing successful her achromatic dress

I emotion the bladed small feathers attached to this dress, and it has large question portion Gabriella dances. But there's thing peculiarly peculiar astir it, either. It's the benignant of formal you'd effort on, like, and past hide astir 5 dresses later.

Gabriella dancing successful her dress

13. Mercedes' purple gown from Glee.

Mercedes wearing a purple bejeweled gown

This formal is decidedly of an epoch (specifically, the precocious '00s), and portion that epoch whitethorn person passed, it's inactive a connection gown that looks large connected Mercedes.

up adjacent of the bodice, with matching shawl and jeweling

This is without a uncertainty a prom dress, arsenic in, it's a formal that would beryllium wholly retired of spot successful immoderate script different than a precocious schoolhouse prom. It's a look you lone get 1 oregon 2 chances to propulsion off, and Mercedes recognized that and delivered.

Mercedes singing with Santana

12. Regina George's satin minidress from Mean Girls.

Regina George sticking flowers onto her neck/spine brace

It's not rather the bombshell look you'd expect from a Queen Bee, but arsenic Cady points out, Regina inactive looks this bully aft fracturing her spine, truthful recognition wherever recognition is due.

A adjacent up of Regina's minidress

And the flowers adorning Regina's brace determination it from "cute but forgettable" to "movie costume Hall of Famer."

Flowers adorning Regina George's caput brace

11. Kat Stratford's reluctant prom attendee formal from 10 Things I Hate About You.

Kat successful a agelong acheronian bluish formal with a enarthrosis shawl and pearls

It's blase and mature, similar Kat herself, but conscionable a small excessively drab for my tastes.

Kat walking up the stairs

Also, that hairsbreadth looks similar it would beryllium painful. I got an updo for 1 of my proms, and it wasn't anyplace adjacent arsenic elaborate arsenic Kat's, but I inactive spent astir 30 minutes afterward pulling retired bobby pin aft endless bobby pin.

Kat and Patrick constituent successful their prom looks

10. Santana's mermaid gown from Glee.

Santana successful a mermaid gown that reaches the floor

Again, this formal is from a play piece, and the play is "10 years ago." But portion the ruching is simply a small extreme, the formal arsenic a full is melodramatic and fun.

Santana dancing successful her reddish dress

The azygous enarthrosis strap of fake roses is beauteous spectacular too.

Santana performing astatine her prom

9. Sandy's elemental achromatic formal from Grease.

sandy sashay-ing successful a achromatic dress

I similar this formal due to the fact that I consciousness similar dresses similar this don't truly beryllium anymore, extracurricular of the costume closets of determination theatre companies that person precocious done Grease.

Sandy dancing successful her dress

I'm not a large instrumentality of the embellishments astir the waist, since they travel crossed arsenic a small angiosperm girl-y, but this formal has truthful overmuch question that it conscionable seems amusive to wear.

Sandy and Danny dancing

8. Toni Topaz's beaded ensemble from Riverdale.

tni topaz successful doorway portion wearing beaded top

I retrieve trying connected dresses similar this! The heavy embellished apical combined with a chic achromatic skirt marque for a glamorous combination.

up adjacent of toni's beaded top

I'm biased, due to the fact that I wore a achromatic prom dress, but tin I conscionable say, I emotion a achromatic prom dress!

toni's beaded apical and bottoms adjacent up portion hugging formed subordinate successful reddish dress

7. Sam Montgomery's Cinderella costume from A Cinderella Story.

Sam astatine the apical of the stairs astatine the venue successful a immense achromatic ballgown

This gown is objectively a wholly absurd happening to deterioration to a costume party. But it's benignant of magical due to the fact that of its absurdity.

A adjacent up of the bodice

The modulation from lace to rhinestones connected the bodice is simply a spot clumsy, though.

The bodice, with lace connected apical and past rhinestones underneath

But the champion portion of this ensemble is decidedly our Cinderella's aboriginal 2000s solid slipper: Her star-studded, ankle-holstered cellphone.

Sam's telephone attached to her shoe

6. Blair Waldorf's gold-embroidered peacock gown from Gossip Girl.

Blair walking into prom with her date

This formal is arsenic affluent kid ridiculous arsenic you'd expect, and past some. But that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

Blair unfolding the formal from a container portion her maid watches

And highly costly prep schools ever person the champion prom queen tiaras.

Blair wearing an extravagant tiara

5. Emma and Alyssa's sparkly/retro looks successful The Prom.

emma and alyssa holding hands

What I similar astir these outfits is that they instrumentality the traditionally masculine (suits, sneakers, a boutonniere)...

a adjacent up of emma's sound suit

...and the traditionally feminine (pink, glitter, a corsage)...

Alyssa's pinkish glittery enactment dress

...and past individualize and subvert those traditions to make looks that are adjacent parts unique, queer, and amusive arsenic hell. They're not my idiosyncratic style, but they're undeniably their characters'.

Emma and Alyssa sitting connected prom thrones

These outfits besides don't instrumentality themselves excessively seriously, which is simply a communal onscreen prom pitfall.

emma nad alyssa hugging

4. Tina's 2nd prom formal from Season 5 of Glee.

Tina successful a tea-length pinkish glittery dress

So Tina walks into prom wearing this...

Tina wearing a immense achromatic ballgown

...but past she gets doused successful reddish goo, Carrie-style, truthful she changes into this.

Tina holding roses and speaking astatine the microphone successful the pinkish dress

I emotion this dress. I emotion its length, its color, its committedness to its shininess. The lone happening I'm not wholly connected committee with is the pieces of unadorned cloth crisscrossing the bodice, but I'm consenting to forgive that, due to the fact that this is adorable.

Tina singing successful the dress

3. Carrie's saccharine pre-telekinetic rampage look from Carrie.

Carrie receiving flowers and a crown successful a agelong pinkish dress

Here's Carrie's (nearly identical) formal from the 2013 remake.

Carrie, arsenic played by Chloe Grace Moretz, gets acceptable for prom portion her parent watches

It ends severely for everyone, but I admit this look's simplicity. It's pretty, you tin creation successful it, and it looks large with a crown: What's not to like? (That '70s prom tux. That's what.)

Carrie becoming prom queen and holding hands with her date

2. Bianca Stratford's blistery pinkish tutu look from 10 Things I Hate About You.

biance stratford posibgn with hands clasped

Folks, it's clip for immoderate separates. The harvest apical + large skirt was a immense prom inclination erstwhile I was successful precocious school, though I ne'er saw it executed with a level magnitude tutu, unfortunately.

Bianca successful her 2 portion prom look, with a large tutu skirt and a matching pinkish satin top

The bladed metallic headband doesn't rather lucifer with the remainder of the look (not that that's inherently a problem; it's just, the remainder of this look matches).

Bianca wearing a bladed metallic headband successful her hairsbreadth portion yelling

And now, the infinitesimal you've each been waiting for, the culmination of it all, the crème de la crème of the prom genre, my number-one prime for the champion onscreen prom dress...

1. Cheryl Blossom's bombshell gown from Riverdale.

Cheryl Blossom wearing a formal with a heavy V cut, a sequined bodice, and a tulle skirt

This formal delivers some successful its wide content and successful its details. I emotion the back, and the bow astatine the waist is an unexpected (but welcome) motion to an earlier epoch of prom dresses.

the details connected the backmost of cheryl blossom's dress

The play of this look is exquisite, and not lone due to the fact that she's modeling it successful her creepy household mansion. This is the formal you deterioration for tearful declarations of love, for accepting your Oscar, for getting interviewed earlier you participate the Hunger Games. Prom is built up, rightly oregon wrongly, arsenic a large infinitesimal successful a young person's life, and this formal — nay, this gown — is made for a Big Moment and is itself one.

cheryl blossom's debased chopped dress

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