Prom Dress Designs
Aug17
on August 17, 2021
at 12:01 am
and modified on December 27, 2022. at 12:30 am
Chapter: I Dream of a Jeanie Bottle - Extras
So I have to work out the plot a little (I kind of wrote myself into a corner). I’m not sure if I’ll have enough time to get the plot sorted out and draw the comic this week. So in the meantime, I decided to come up with some prom dress ideas, and let you all discuss what kind of dresses you think Jeanie and Natalie should be wearing.
Don’t get hung up on the colors here, as I just put them in to help distinguish the dress from the model. The colors on all the characters’ dresses are still up in the air. And feel free to discuss possibilities such as “I like the top of number 8 with the bottom half of number 5”.
natalie in a long dress quiet charm vs Jeanie in a flashy mini dress. Jeanie in a bright color to show up that one girl. as Nat doesn’t want to draw attention might choose a black dress.
5 and 6
for me 5 is first pick then 14 then 11
Neil cannot pull off #4. She’d stay seated or in the shadows the whole time.
I’ll again vote for #14, but she’d also do well in #5.
#7 is awful for anyone.
Jeanie can wear anything else she wants, and will enjoy working it.
@50srefugee: If Jeanie puts Natalie in #4, Natalie isn’t going to have the option of sitting in the shadows… “You’re just going to sit around? POOF! Natalie is in the middle of the dance floor.
But why not avoid the whole problem by giving Natalie something she has a chance of enjoying? I don’t think Jeanie is out to humiliate Neil; she’s honestly trying to help Neil have some fun. She’s misguided as to HOW, because Neil refuses to make any wishes, but Neil standing in the spotlight fuming mad isn’t going to get either of them a good time, and I think even Jeanie knows that.
(Besides, the last prom I observed, my nieces’, a couple of decades ago, gah, #4 would have been considered inappropriate. Evening gowns were still more on point than outright party dresses, as they were at my own prom.)
@50srefugee: Frankly, I don’t think Natalie is going to voluntarily leave the comfort of the flower wall (which is where I’m sure Zoe is going to be sitting) no matter what sort of dress she’ wearing. Not without some encouragement by Jeanie (magical or otherwise), and I doubt that Teen Neil is going to aske her to dance with Zoe present.
I confess, I’m more interested in CD’s corner. I admit I can’t immediately see it. Anybody else with better plot vision than I?
What do you mean by “CD’s corner”?
@Robert: This, I assume. “wrote myself into a corner”
@Mike: quite right. The corner CD wrote himself into.
4, 6, and/or 13
OK, but which girl? Only Jeanie can work 6 or 13, to say nothing of 4.
You should look at fashion catalogs of the time period that the characters are in. If it’s the 80’s mostly flashy mini skirts and tops, and gothic makeup or somewhat light on the makeup, but loose high bottom dress skirt with high heels (about 2 or 2 1/2 inch high). Don’t forget the jewelry too. Ear rings hangs down too.
This appears to be taking place some time in the early 2010s. Neil and Jean are no older than their late 20s, so their high school years were only 7-10 years ago.
That said, while I know the 80s are known for flashy miniskirts and tops, did girls wear those to *prom*? That feels much more like something they’d wear to clubs and other informal social events. But I wasn’t paying attention to high school formalwear trends when I was 4 years old, so I could be wrong, lol.
@Robert: I just did a google search for 2010’s prom fashion images and all the sketches above fall into that time period. The 1980’s images mostly resembled the long gowns above, although there were a few exceptions.
wait, 2021-2010 = 11 years + 4 = 15. Are you really only 15 years old. I am impressed.
I’m pretty sure that he meant that he was four years old in the 1980s.
Long formals are indeed the most favored for proms. The young ladies do put on quite a show in preparations, which can take the better part of a day. There are always outliers–and God knows, Jeanie’s an outlier if ever there was one–but school chaperones and even parents have veto powers.
Jeannie would look natural in 14, but if that felt a little too close to her default outfit I think she’d go with something like 4, low-cut on top and high cut on the bottom, as revealing as possible to show off how hot Jean’s date is to everyone. I think Natalie would want to wear something more modest like 5, but then Jeannie would say something like “That doesn’t seem to fit right,” and Poof it into something tight and cleavagey like 3 or 14.
For Jeanie= 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 13.
For Natalie=5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14.
I think Jeanie look EXTRA HOT wearing 4 and 13. And possibly 1 and 2. Natalie look good in 5, 7, 10, 14
Jeannie would probably be 6 or 13, whereas Natalie would probably be 5, 11, 12, 14
Jeannie – something between #2 and #13. Risque as all get-out. High heels, exposed garter on the high-cut thigh, the works.
Natalie – exact opposite. #14 with full white elbow-length gloves, low heels, simple hairstyle.
Like on page 426, last panel? https://jeaniebottle.com/archives/comic/jeanie-bottle-426
Close enough!
Since it’s for a Prom, you’ll want to go with either 2, 5, 11, or 12. Due to school dress codes making most of the others invalid, even for prom.
Examples:
1’s skirt is too short
6 shows too much leg
8 too much cleavage
13 shows too much shoulder
if it weren’t for considering dress code limitations, I’d be for 14, 6 and 13
Wouldn’t those depend entirely on your school’s particular choices for dress code violation? And whether the everyday dress code even applies to prom? “Shows too much leg” is not something I’ve ever heard a school dress code specifying.
Robert: School dress codes might not use those exact words, but some will have rules such as “no skirt may show more than four inches above the knees”.
I wish there was an option for a prom dress with bell-like skirts and petticoats, like a ballgown. I could totally see Jeanie putting Natalie in one, and Nat tripping over her skirts. There are so many variants to. Can we get some more options?
Have you seen Hollum-Dusk’s old Natalie comic where she’s wearing just that kind of ballgown? It’s great!
https://www.deviantart.com/hollum-dusk/art/Natalie-s-Ball-Gown-764079414
and
https://ibb.co/c8WKzgF
I posted options for a potential 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, prom dress to CD, and he told me to ask you guys, to see if you are interested. What do you think?
Sure, more designs would be fun to check out!
Zoe in 2,5 or 10. Rita would go for 4, 6 or 13
not to change the subject but what does anyone think Bay would wear.
That’s a good question! I feel like 6, 7, or maybe 9 would fit her style.
Please do a montage of them picking ALL the dresses!
I would not complain about this.
JeanieBottle will be delayed this week
Dagnabbit! Oh, well, Real Life happens…
@CD: Still waiting for the paint to dry around your corner?
Or did you find a trap door, and now just have to figure out how the latch works?
Did you change your handle?
I do take some issue with the current story. A lot of what’s happening could have been avoided had ‘Belle Lows’ been teased in the beginning. That would have been an easy out for Neil and Jean in the story.
I’ve also not enjoyed how Neil has been portrayed as Jeans whipping boy. At this point it’s a one-sided relationship at best… and a toxic relationship between the two. We’re basically seeing how Jean screwed Neil over with a girl he likes. And how Neil likely didn’t do anything about the situation.
All-in-all I’ve tried avoiding this chapter because it’s felt very bland and really only shows how huge of an asshat Jean is. And how Jean will continue to walk all over Neil.
Maybe that’s the point of this chapter. Maybe that’s the point of this story. Plotlines repeating themselves. Only this time it’s in the past. Not in a Dukes of Hazard or Bewitched setting.
Compared to the Evil Djinn and Guano arcs, where there was legit character depth and development this chapter has been disappointing.
I have enjoyed this chapter. Can’t wait to see what happens at prom. Hopefully Jeanie gets to much punch and does something embarassing. As for being late-Quality literature is worth the wait.