Dozens of white tuxedos dotted the lobby of Burlingame's Hyatt Regency hotel. One young man wore a suit of muted pastels, his ears studded with diamonds, but it was 16-year-old Ian Hannah, dressed in ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Never mind a text that meekly asks “will u go 2 prom w/me?” Today’s teenagers are taking a cue from elaborately staged wedding proposals, inviting each other to prom with flash mobs, ...

It’s also always girls’ prom clothing choices that are the subject of social concern and censure, not boys’. Our cultural ideas of “good taste” are informed by social class, and there is an undeniable ...