Prom Thoughts...

So my eldest son had his prom last weekend and 

we hosted the "Pre-Prom Party" chez nous.

As most of you know I am the mother of 3 boys but a real girly girl so I relish in the primping of a formal evening. I was especially interested to see how all of Drew's buddies, male and female would present themselves for the big evening! 

 Giant Drew and Mama (In ALC, Lanvin & Kendall Conrad)

Really hard to find a suit that fits my 6' 3", 200+ lb. tennis stud but thankfully

 J. Crew came through.

 Rachel looking lovely in her mermaid dress.

 Lina (you will see her on Broadway someday) and Asahi (Prima Ballerina)

elegant and refined in their long gowns.

 Glowing Fabiana wins "Best Hair" for the evening.

 Hannah looked ravishing in her navy blue ruffled gown and took the prize for "Best Dressed" with her black leather high top Converse. I guarantee she was the most comfortable lady of the night! It also helps to have height with this look and a "Laissez-Faire" type of personality.

Don't tell anyone but her Mama is super funny lady Lorraine Newman from the original SNL cast!!!

Hannah just makes you smile when you're near her!

 There's my Drew with his date Phoebe looking lovely in chic black with a little Balenciaga clutch.

 Striking a pose "à la Angelina" are Lillian (Her mama is super cool designer Magda Berliner) and Kaela (soccer girl extraordinaire - going on to play at Whittier College)

 Oh look... Here's Kaela and Beckham, oops I mean Elijah, Drew's BFF, also a kick-ass soccer star heading his way to Claremont College to score big-time!

Love Kaela's shoes with the feathers.

 This couple really went all out to coordinate the 

Grecian Goddess and Adonis look.

Well done kiddos.

 Now Lili has a special place with me...A sweetie pie,  peanut of a girl sporting 5" heels and a frothy, peach number - She looked like a confection and Josh was elegant right by her side.

 My Bookends Drew & Jasper

 Chic ladies...Hard to believe they are only 

17 & 18 years old

 Drew and Davis - Will be really hard when his big bro is off to Syracuse this Fall :(

 Our Godson Jordan sharing in the happiness.

 Drew and his other BFF Jack always looking like a stud!

And now the parents for a Prom pose with the boys!!!

Where did the time go?

Poof, 18 years!

I am so proud.

Met Gala Ball- Chaos to Couture

JR's Hits and Misses

Never really liked the whole punk thing way back when I was just a wee gal and would cringe at the thought of having to interpret it for 2013. So,  I give some props to the ones who did it well and disses to the ones who were WAY off

Rooney Mara - Makeup punkish, dress not so much but divine!

Gio can do no wrong but its definitely NOT punk.

DVF looking mighty fine with her big 70's 'Fro but not really Punkish either.

Gwynnie I love you in your pink punk inspiration.

Obsessed with Lena Dunham in Girls and counting the days to the new season.

Her tattoos are so authentically punk, right?

Of course SJP is uber-cool chic in this number. very modern punk princess!

Gisele is a Brazilian sexy punk-rocker - Obrigado!

Wow! What a surprise with this bleached blonde hair on Anne Hathaway.

I kind of like it. She looks edgy and different!

I actually think she nailed it and I am not usually a big fan.

Under-stated elegance from Carrie Mulligan.

I'm sure she's not so worried since Gatsby is gonna ROCK!

Not punk at all but Linda Evangelista is 80's royalty so who cares.

She looks so ethereal and pretty here.

What is this? Just because you add some edgy hardware to your outfit does not make it edgy.

This is a huge miss in my book.

OK, I thought this was the worst dressed and you might say, 

"Jill, give the girl a break, she's pregnant."

But....Who in the world told KK that she looked good or appropriate in this get-up?

HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE

So now my vote for the worst punk-inspired look of the evening.

What on earth was she thinking?

Even if your dress is pretty, never ever ever go with the finger in the light socket grey-haired look!!!

Arm Candy

Hermès and Cartier can do no wrong

This is Kim Kardashian's Wrist -
Evidently all are birthday presents from Kanye - Damn!

Harry Winston

Wait, I am getting distracted!

OK, enough now!

All photos stolen from Pinterest :)

My New Fashion Muse

BARBARA MARTELO

Freelance Stylist and Fashion Editor of Spanish Vogue