Prom Pics - Modest is still hottest!

Ah, prom. That magical night when teens dress to the nines and hope the evening lives up to their high expectations. Here on base we have a very small school. This means that any high school student who would like to attend prom is welcome to attend prom. Delaney decided that she would like to go. Not with a date, since by family and church standards she is still too young to date, but with a whole group of friends. 

Back in the fall we had ventured downtown to look for formal dresses and discovered that modest dresses are just as hard to find in Turkey as they are in the states. So for prom we went a different route. We had her dress made. From a sketch and a set of measurements, a tiny little Turkish dress fairy named Aysha made Delaney this beautiful dress.

 Isn't she beautiful? Aysha also took us shopping for the jewelry and shoes and hair combs.

Here is Aysha. She made every dress in the picture except for the right hand blue dress with the black scarf. And each dress fit each girl absolutely perfectly.

Delaney's entrance to the prom with her good friend Kareese Kaw-uh.  This was called the Grand Promenade and each couple or pair was announced as they came through the door. The military knows how to do pomp and circumstance.

 

So did Delaney's evening live up to her expectations? Yes and no. She had a great time with her girlfriends getting dressed up and taking pictures. The decorations and party favors at the prom were great as was the included dinner. Did she get swept off her feet and dance the night away with Prince Charming? No. (And I'm okay with that.) Sometimes the point of the evening is just to dress up and have fun with your girlfriends. Because high school boys are still just high school boys.

Did you notice something unique about her dress? And it wasn't just among her group of friends. She was the only girl in the entire school whose shoulders, back and chest were covered. And while I'm not attacking anyone else's standards, I will stand up for my own. And I will say that I'm so proud of my daughter for choosing to maintain those standards. She chose this dress design.  I admit that I may be a bit biased, but I thought she was the prettiest girl there.