Blue Puffy Prom Dress: diffusing women, attracting men

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-Sewn for use at a ball, in the Waldorf Astoria. Silk Taffeta. The great time and expense young women go to when selecting a prom dress seems extravagant. Chances are, the male for whom they adorn themselves could care less. It’s even likely he finds her more alluring in casual attire. That brings us to an odd question: does she labor over the details for the good of her critical female rivals? Child development experts regularly cite clothes as one of the major determinants of popularity in girls. The prom -- being an apex event – must entail even more clothes scrutiny than usual. Wearing the wrong thing may jeopardize the young lady’s entire social standing – with vicious pecking order consequences in the final days of high school. Ah, the prom dress makers must smile at this pickle.