The fashion police are out in full force! This man got a ticket for wearing a Speedo! Justice served?

If you have a prom, which is essentially a social function, the school abrogates the right to a dress codes. Let the lawsuits begin.

If the prom is sponsored by the school, I understand them having dress codes. That dress is in no way tasteful.

I think there has to be more to the story. I am interested in how it escalated from being denied in to being in handcuffs. Did she get violent? Did she try to run past security to get in? Or did the cops over react? Were police called, or were they there already?

It's not like she didn't know. Before the prom school officials are .very. clear that your prom dress should stay in dress code and that no refunds would be given. That dress definitely wasn't.

Handcuffs are serious overkill unless she was acting a fool and wouldn't leave after told to do so.

I agree, dress codes are not kept secret from students. In fact, our local newspaper had a whole week long feature on how to dress from prom within school dress codes. It's a part of the deal.

While I agree the dress isn't appropriate, if she offered to cover up the top of her dress, what's the big deal? That's how it works IN school if you're wearing something inappropriate. They used to send me to the nurse's office to get a PE shirt to wear all day. Why would it be different for the prom? Especially if she had a sweater (or something) in the car.

We don't know the full story. Was the dress code for prom explicit, written, and was a copy mailed home to parents? What really went down when she "asked" for a refund? Also, when she was led off in handcuffs, what happened next? To me this is just a puff piece to be filler in the local news, but it's kinda funny/interesting enough to put in blogs (just saw this on Dlisted).

Why does this not surprise me at all......

I still don't see a problem with the dress. Sorry. Okay, it's not a Vera Wang original, but it's still an evening dress. Besides, since when is a school in any position to judge taste?

monday - personally, I think if you don't follow the rules, you don't get in. The dress was inappropriate. That's it. Unless she offered to go home and put on another dress I don't think that a "cover up" would work. (But that's just my opinion!)

Wanna hear something funny? At both of my proms I wore backless dresses (which were totally tasteful and classy) the next year, backless dresses were banned! Ha, I like to think my dresses had something to do with that ban

Rac that is not an evening dress!

Thats more like a bikini!

custom made? wrap two ribbons around your boob and back. wrap fabric around waist and butt. finished!

*laughs* So obviously the school didn't agree that your dresses were "tasteful and classy". But in this students case, it's just inappropriate. I see.

Regardless, dress codes ARE different for prom than they are for every-day dress code. Strapless/spaghetti straps/mid drift baring outfits weren't allowed in school, but were deemed appropriate for prom. I guess it would depend on how clear the rules were. In the article, the student says her options were home or jail. I don't think changing her dress was offered to her as a choice.

I'm guessing this is a public school, which should cater to everyone within reasonable limits. Proms include children as young as 13 - it's not hard to imagine that some parents would be upset with the prom turning into a vegas club with girls revealing too much, or take the grinding/dancing/sex with clothes that has been banned at these dances.

It's simple, public school, follow the dress code, you don't like the dress code then challenge its reasonableness before the dance, otherwise put some clothes on or go home.

the dress definitely doesn't seem appropriate for prom, but handcuffs?

How ridiculous! First of if the administrators on site had an issue with her dress and she offered to cover up to resolve the issue there should be no more issue. The Principle is responsible for escalating the matter to begin with.

Instead of calling the cops the Principle should have put her/his money where their mouth is and write the girl a check for reimbursement.

The handcuffs are way too extreme, but I think that if she was to cover up, she should have been allowed to go in. The arrest was ridic. What charges exactly do they file in a case like this? Indecent exposure according to school dress code? There has to be more to this.

In a video on CNN they showed a copy of the dress code which clearly said that no more than one inch of midriff could be shown. She is clearly breaking the dress code and deserved to be sent home.

They should have given her the option to cover up or go home. She is dumb for thinking this dress was appropriate... where were her parents or guardians to step in with better judgement? Hell no would I let a child go to prom dressed like a hooker on Sunset Boulevard.

There was a video on Yahoo where she demonstrated how she offered to "cover up" and it still was not anywhere near covered up. She admitted to getting loud and arguing with the person who told her she needed to leave, and the cops were called and she was escorted away.

Really, if given the options to either "go home" or "go to jail" why wouldn't you just go home? And why get mad when you don't, and you get put in handcuffs instead?!

She had a choice to go home, change and come back. She knew the dress code, and made the choice to ignore it. If she became loud and enraged, then it is better that the school call the cops and have them deal with it, then it escalate into something more and have her sue the school.

Too bad. She did not get her own way, and had to miss her prom. Maybe she will learn to abide by rules.

And what kind of parents let their children go out to a SCHOOL Prom dressed like this?

I of course was not there and do not know the girl, but if she is the type of person that would think that dress is OK to wear to a school prom, I wouldn't be surprised if she also acted in a way that warranted handcuffs. Common sense may not be her forte.

Maybe an arrest is a little extreme, but if she wouldn't go home and change then she kind of brought it on herself. Does this girl have parents? Because I cannot figure out why anyone would let their teenage daughter leave the house dressed like that. I do think it is really sad that so many young women in this country feel the need to dress like cheap hookers.

I think that handcuffs were maybe too much, but that dress is definitely inappropriate. She should've known better and her mother CERTAINLY shouldn't have let her out the door like that.

I think we're not hearing the whole story, though.

I just feel there must be more to this. Was she causing a disruption, or getting violent? (Pushing, screaming, shoving, that sort of thing.)

Ok I have a lot of problems with this story. Sweet pea I just saw the same video and I am laughing about what she called a "cover up" and then she said they were not allowing her in with the "coverup" because she did not have any undergarmets on...I really hope they were talking about a bra and not anything else (i.e. I hope she already had some on). I went to my senior prom in one dress that was dress code appropriate and then changed into one that showed my midriff during the after party. I also laughed at the video because the girls acts like she did nothing wrong but it is a school fuction and she probably has been told the dress code often enough. BTW did her parents allow her to walk out of the house wearing that? My parents would have shot me before leaving in that. I think the dress (not the girl) looks really ghetto and the handcuffs made the outfit!!!!

You know what surprises me is many of the comments here say they are surprised that she thought it was o.k. to dress this way.

I'm sorry but when you have children that are literally programmed and nurtured by a multi media that sexualizes them from the minute they are exposed there should be no surprise what so ever. This is the society we live in and this is the product of this society. Now instead of treating the child as a criminal we should understand from the get go what's going on here. Making criminals out of the product of our own collective indiference to what's going on is not the answer.

Another thing I just saw was the letter sent home with the students explaining what can and can't be worn and she broke almost every single rule they had on there. I now honestly think she was trying to get attention.

I agree with pretty much everyone else. Rules are rules and they need to be followed. And I'm guessing there's more to this story as to why she got escorted away by the police.

As far as getting her money back, I have to agree with the school that she shouldn't. She clearly knew the rules beforehand and chose not to abide by them. Since it was the night of prom, the school wouldn't be able to get the money back for her dinner, so she didn't have any right to get the money back from the school.

I hate the "society" excuse. What about personal responsibility? And even if "the media" told her that was appropriate, the prom rules sent home told her it wasn't. Period. She was turned away from prom, as she should have been. Maybe handcuffs weren't necessary, but maybe she was causing a ruckus and it was necessary.

Ok, who thinks she's gonna sue?

Hypno, saying she is programed that way in my opinion is a lame excuse. She KNEW the rules. They were not a surprise to her, and she broke them. She was trying to test her limits and she lost.

Now I think you have a valid reason to why she has a desire to dress such a way, but not the excuse as to why she did it, if that makes sense.

Cabaker can we say ACLU?

At least five girls were sent home from my prom to change into appropriate dresses. They didn't make a big deal out of it because they knew they were trying to sneak into prom in something that broke the dress code.
I'm sure this girl had to be arrested because she would not leave after being asked to. I'm sorry her prom was ruined, but she ruined it for herself.

I do cabaker27

Personal responsibility is also nurtured SweetPeasMom it doesn't drop out of sky and hit you up side the head and that's my point. Society needs to nurture personal responsibility to counter a multi media that for all intents and purposes raises our children right along side the parents. Too often parents loose out to the influence and don't understand the problem until it reaches the point where their children are acting out in this manner. Don't get me wrong either I think you're right society is not an excuse, but for every cause there is an effect and there for it is a reason not an excuse.

So because her parents failed to raise her properly and she got all of her great ideas from Fox and Cosmo and I love New York 2, it's society's fault? I still blame the parents.

When my daughter acts up, I'm proactive about it and correct her behavior, I don't just go, "Ah, well, I guess the media says it's ok..."

If the parents are doing their job, it does more than what TV and movies do to raise a kid.

Cine you are SO right.

Get me the ACLU!!!! Someone's rights are being infringed upon!! This is social injustice at its greatest!

All I'm saying is to understand the influence to act up and don't act surprised because they do. I'm not saying what she did was o.k. what I'm saying is understand what she is the product of deal with it accordingly but to say you're surprised is just plain silly to me. This isn't about making excuses for her. To me saying one is surprised by her behavior is an excuse.

Where were her parents? How could her mother allow her to leave the house in that dress? Obviously this student wanted to be the talk of the prom....one way or the other.

if you haven't seen the cnn video go watch it. Her cover up was to hike up the skirt and cover her stomach.

I wish my kids' school would be this conscientious.
As for where the girl's parents are, probably supporting her. Where do you think kids like this come from, anyway?

It was her choice to go to jail or go home. I'm sure it came to that because she had a major b1tch fit. Looking at that picture, she obviously doesn't know how to accessorize, maybe she thought the cuffs would be a good "look". (They probably covered more skin than that top.)

I'm sure if they called the police and handcuffed her that she must have been causing a scene/acting belligerently pissed off. I would take that as a given.

That sucks that she missed her prom, but kids know the dress-code rules and they know the consequences, and I'd be willing to bet that they mentioned that dress-code rules applied to the prom even if it wasnt held on school property.

I'm sure she thinks its ridiculous that she could wear that exact same outfit out to an all ages club but not to her prom, but them's the breaks kiddo!

Anyways, she should save the dress, and then if she can still fit into it in 10 years, wear it to her highschool reunion so she can finally get it out of her system

Not only did she break the rules of the published dress code...it looks like she would have signed a paper saying she accepted those rules (from the screen shot of the local TV video). The rules stated no more than 1 in of midsection showing, slits in dresses can be no more than 3 in above knee (yeah, she didn't have any slits, but her skirt ended more than 3 in above the knee) and proper undergarment required.

The sheet also stated "Prom attire will be checked upon entrance."

Yeah, she tried to cover up, but by wrapping the train of her dress around most of her midriff, not by grabbing a sweater. And I agree with likimbo: she knew the rules, the school already paid for her dinner, it was her choice to show up dressed inappropriately.

There *must* be more to this story. No school principal calls the police simply because a girl wears a risque` dress. Her alleged offer to cover up also would have fixed the issue at most schools.

I'm wondering if the dress was the excuse, but the actual problem was something else.

I hear what you're saying Hypno.

If she sees Rihanna wearing a dress like that in one of her music videos back from when they were basically the same age, she's gonna assume that's status quo.

Well not just A singer in A video but an entire culture that tells her and every one else to express ourselves in a sexual manner. This projection creats an effect, a product and she is an example of what that is.

Did you see the video where she said very straight faced and very seriously that she did not know why her dress was a problem? That right there is very telling of my point.

TsuKata: If you see the video, the cover up she wanted to do was not near enough to cover anything. She tried to explain how they tried to cover some of her stomach but she was still breaking other dress code rules they set for the wedding. She also says that she got really angry and was arguing with schools officials so she probably made a really big scene.

Honestly? Hand cuffed, for THAT? That's just crazy.

And I thought some girls dressed slutty to my prom!