Throwback Thursdays

image of me as in a black dress with curled and winged hair, age 18
Senior Prom, 1992. Hoo boy. LOL.

At size 18 then, I couldn't find a prom dress in local stores within my budget that fit me, so I designed something in keeping with my gothy sensibilities, and a very nice local seamstress made that dress for me.

I also did my own hair and make-up (in case you couldn't tell!), since having your hair and make-up done professionally for prom wasn't a thing then. At least not with the crowd I ran with.

True Fact: Our prom was held in a giant barn on the County Fairgrounds.

[Please share your own throwback pix in comments. Just make sure the pix are just of you and/or you have consent to post from other living people in the pic. And please note that they don't have to be pictures from childhood, especially since childhood pix might be difficult for people who come from abusive backgrounds or have transitioned or lots of other reasons. It can be a picture from last week, if that's what works for you. And of course no one should feel obliged to share a picture at all! Only if it's fun!]

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