Posted by  Joseph Cox-DeCastro, New England on 05/18  at  08:49 AM

Discussion with my young local fashion-arbiters tells me that they saw nothing problematic with the prom dress.

Posted by  Debbie, Los Angeles, California on 05/15  at  05:18 PM

I think that high school girls are increasingly looking to the covers of People and OK magazines as inspiration for their prom dresses.

This dress obviously took J.Lo’s Versace scarf dress (that caused controversy at the time, but ultimately hailed as fashion-foward) and cut it in half!
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070204/images/curr-jlo1.jpg

Maybe she was trying to be fashion forward and there was no parental figure to stand up to her and tell her that it was NOT appropriate - even for the red carpet.

Hopefully high schoolers will follow the trend of stars opting for classy over trashy. Ex: Natalie Portman
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5339841,00.jpg
what do you think?

Posted by  Jo Danke, Tampa on 05/15  at  07:28 AM

This is what’s wrong with the black comminuty. No parental involvement, where is the father? She will have a few kids before she is 21, if she doesn’t already. There will be no father figure presnet for the kids who will grow up angry “victims” and she will be reliant on tax payers for the rest of her life. Where are the community standards?

Posted by  Joseph Cox-DeCastro, New England on 05/15  at  06:58 AM

We believe that times are changing, fashions are changing and that young people are aware of what it going on around them.  Considering what young people see in the larger community, we think that the dress in question was entirely in keeping with current fashions for evening wear for young adults.  We hope that Ms. Taylor will be vindicated and ultimately rewarded for her forward-thinking approach to formal wear.

Posted by  Melanie R, Tampa on 05/14  at  07:36 PM

You have GOT to be kidding me. And she wanted a refund for that? Why - because her pimp was going to beat it out of her later on?

Posted by  Kendra Smith, Tampa on 05/14  at  02:39 PM

She had to have been out of her mind to think that this was appropriate attire for a high school prom. She looks like a hooker instead of a prom goer. Personally i’m glad that they refused her entrance into the prom and she didn’t get her money back. Have some self respect for crying out load.

Posted by  Guy Hermis, Valrico on 05/14  at  02:26 PM

It’s time that people in this country take responsibility for their actions.  High School seniors know what is allowed and what is not.  She should not be allowed in and she is not entitled to a refund because arrangements had to made in advance for the refreshments and the hotel is not going to refund the school if a person doesn’t show up.  The prom is suppose to be a classy affair.

Posted by  Jama, Georgia on 05/14  at  01:55 PM

Her mother was interviewed on a radio station. She says that she and her daughter are estranged. Marche could not stay in her home, since she refused to follow the house rules. Marche lives with her grandmother now.

Posted by  sharon dexter, Tampa, Florida on 05/14  at  01:30 PM

I think that the dress was totally not appropiate for the occassion that she was attending.  But they should have at least given her back her money for not being able to attend her prom.

Posted by  aleasha,  on 05/14  at  12:43 PM

What was her parents thinking,not unless she hid it from her parents, that looks like something a stripper would wear to work

Posted by  Ted, Seffner, FL on 05/14  at  11:49 AM

...waiting on Uncle Al and Jesse to claim this was racist.

You know its coming eventually.

That dress makes Nebraska Avenue’s finest look like Audrey Hepburn.

Posted by  anon writer, Dover, FL on 05/14  at  11:08 AM

Oh. My. Goodness. Talk about immodesty in dress. As a senior, even my maroon dress fares better! (I wish that I should have ordered from some outlet that catered modest prom gowns, since I am Catholic!)

Posted by  DJB, Denver, CO on 05/14  at  11:01 AM

I wouldn’t have let my daughter leave the house in that dress in the first place.

Posted by  John Gillmore, Tampa on 05/14  at  10:29 AM

No, I think that dress would have made me look fat.

My daughters wouldn’t have made it out of their ROOMS wearing that.  It ain’t chic and it ain’t fashionable.  In fact, it ain’t a dress (“an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece”). 

It’s inappropriate ... unless you are a recipient of an award at an Adult Movie Festival.