Revealing Prom Dresses Horrify Parents
Today" anchor Katie Couric asked Nick Yeh, the CEO of Xcite, how the line of extreme prom dresses came about. Yeh,
who said he would never let his own 15-year-old daughter wear one of the dresses, said the new line came about accidentally when a model wore the wrong dress at a prom fashion show in Texas.
"After the show, we got a great response," Yeh said. "It became the No. 2. best-selling dress from the show, so we put it in the line."
Some of the dresses are so revealing that dress shops are insisting that girls show parental permission slips before allowing them to buy them.
"It is the value, decision and choice of the young lady and their parent," Yeh said. "As somebody in business in the fashion industry, I need to provide for the demand of the public."
The reaction of parents to the new line was unanimous.
"That reveals a little bit more than a high school girl should reveal," one mother said.
"That's a little too much for a young girl," a father said.
"It's not appropriate for someone to wear to her prom -- a 16- or 17-year-old daughter," another man said. Couric asked Amy Barnett, an editor at Teen People Magazine, if the Xcite dresses were indicative of a new, trashy trend in teen fashion.
"This honestly is not the trend," Barnett said. "Most teens look to celebrities for their fashion cues. If you think about the recent Golden Globes, all the celebrities looked elegant and classy. It was a much more classic look."
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Would you wear such a dress back when you went to the prom? Is there a trend towards teens dressing trashier? Are stores appropriate in asking for a "permission slip" before selling one of these dresses to a teenager?
Discuss