WOULD YOU LET YOUR DAUGHTER WEAR THIS PROM DRESS?

New York Post ^ | January 24, 2005 | DANICA LO

[MisterRepublican]

PROM princess or porn queen?

This prom dress is so skimpy, even the designer's CEO wouldn't let his teenage daughter wear it. But the dangerously revealing gown, prominently advertised in Seventeen Prom, YM Prom and Teen Prom, and on sale in a Midtown shop, is a top seller for the company this season.

"I was shocked when I first saw it, but now it's one of our top 20 dresses nationwide," says Nick Yeh, the CEO of Xcite, the Stafford, Texas, company that designed the dress and some 200 other styles this season.

"I have a 15-year-old daughter and, no, I would not recommend she wear this dress.

"As a businessman," he adds, "I'm not judging what a teenager should wear or not wear. It's up to the parents to decide for their own children."

In fact, some shops in smaller cities require girls to bring in parental permission slips to buy the dress, Yeh told The Post.

At Elite Designs, a formal shop in Midtown that has the barely-there gown on a mannequin, owner Surinder Nagpal says, "We've gotten a few calls about that dress. Originally, I wasn't going to stock [it], but my sales associate told me that girls would want it, so we're stocking it in black and red."

So far, says Helen Rodriguez, Nagpal's sales associate, no one has bought the $495 gown - but it just arrived.

[Coffee_drinker]

"backwards"

LOL thats the first thing I thought of..

[Onelifetogive]

"I have a 15-year-old daughter and, no, I would not recommend she wear this dress.

Father of the Year???

[beaversmom]

At least none of the Bushes showed up in this.

[Raycpa]

John Kerry says its an improvement over his daughters ussual choice.

[cajungirl]

Should we all email the CEO who sent this dress out for "other people's daughters, not his own little darling"

[M Kehoe]

Oh boy.

5.56mm

[Texas_Jarhead]

whoa! barf - next time a little warning please

[marmar]

Only if she is gonna be bringing home some cash....

[silent_jonny]

OH SH*T!

[grand old partier]

wow

[el_texicano]

Ummmmm, not NO but...HELL NO!!!

May as well hang a sign on the front of the dress and say, "Come and Get It - Cheap!!"

[celtic gal]

Well maybe John Kerry's daughter can wear it to the next Cannes Festival....

[beaversmom]

ping

[finnman69]

And as soon as she graduates high school she has an internship at the Clinton Library.

[stainlessbanner]

Get back up to your room young lady. You ain't leaving the house looking like dat!

[Dan from Michigan]

I don't have kids, but it would be no way.

I don't even think that's attractive.

[Raycpa]

Next question for guys. How many wish their prom date wore this dress ?

[silent_jonny]

BWAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

[Hunble]

NO!

Unless I can get 60% of the profits. Otherwise, she would be required to pay room and board in the future.

Joking...well, kinda...

[finnman69]

ping