Prom Season is here! With Junior Prom occurring on May 11, 2024, and Senior Prom on June 7, 2024, many students have already started looking at dresses, which means inspiration is needed. Taking a look at social media, online articles, and even advice from some of our very own students, about what they think will be trending at prom, might help to inspire this year’s picks. 

Going onto TikTok to see what other girls have worn to their proms this year gives good insight into what it might look like the night of. It seems that design-wise, sparkles, feathers, lace, and floral designs are making a huge show at prom this year. Styles seem to be following the common theme of corsets, ruffles, and off-the-shoulders, with some dresses being more on the flowy side, and others being tight. Regarding the colors that are being favored, the common colors like, red, blue, and black are still here to stay, but there is also an increase in light pastels and purples, Going onto articles to see what they have to say about this year’s trends, PromGirl.com confirms that off-the-shoulders are here to stay, along with pastels making a huge impact on this year’s trends. It also goes on to say that we will see a lot of ruffles, sequins, and sheer corset bodices. TheUltimate.com also has insight into what they think will be popular this season. They also confirm off-the-shoulder styles, corsets, and sparkles. However, they also say that feathers and metallics will appear this year. Given this, it is safe to say that we will probably see a lot of off-the-shoulder dresses and sparkles this year. 

Speaking to a few of our own Ledyard High School students about their predictions, Junior Maegan Miller says she thinks that this year we will see a lot of “sparkles and floral designs,” confirming what social media and the articles stated. 

Taking all of this information into consideration, it is easy to assume that sparkles, corsets, pastels, and shoulder dress styles will be popular this year. We might also see bolder colors and feathers, however, there will probably be dresses that weren’t predicted and will be sure to shock people, making it all the more fun to see what everyone’s wearing. 

Sarah Vincent, Staff Writer

Junior Sarah Vincent is a staff writer for the 2023-2024 Colonel Newsmagazine. She likes Taylor Swift, sea otters, and drinking iced coffee.