100 Years of Prom Dresses | Glamour 

So like, what happened to all the undergarments that make these dresses actually look nice and have the actual silhouette of the era???

Who else is just waiting for the fashion history girlies to ROAST this?

The 50’s definitely should have had a few petticoats to fill the skirt. Looks totally different without

love how most of the "reference photos" for the later decades are either celebrities/red carpet events or movies, because that screams "typical teen" so well lmao

The pictures of the dresses were much nicer than anything the models actually put on

I graduated in '03 and at my prom we practically all had ball gowns. Big, puffy, sparkly, ball gowns 🤣

A for Effort? All the undergarments were super modern! In the 30s Bras were indended to lift and support together with tap pants and girdles. In the 40s Cone bras emerged, as well as all in one corsets, important for the hour glass figure of the time. The 1950s was a continuation of the 40s with more exaggerated Bullet bras. In the 1960s: Less exaggerated cone bras and hip hugger panties with slips! Rigid foundation garments ended in the 70s. In the late 70s and 80s, Corsets were worn as outer garments! Appropriate Undergarments are needed to achieve the silhouette of a particular decade or Era!

In the 2010’s another really popular type of prom dress was the high low skirt. Those where the two you’d see the most at my prom the overly embellished cut out dresses and high lows with big skirts.

If you are doing 100 years of prom dresses you should have started in the 1920’s Glamour. The 30’s dress is clearly an 80’s prom dress. The 40’s dress looked 30’s. Sloppy research and production

1998-2001 had the Cinderella style dresses, also sometimes called ballroom dresses. I can literally pull out a yearbook with that in it. What was big at the beginning of the 90s was so much different than the end. They left out the late 70s early 80s too. 🤨

The 2010 dress was gorgeous but no school would ever allow it

How could they have so many dresses and so few that actually fit?

This should have included period shapewear as well.

The early 1970s might have had the "Carrie" style prom dress, but in the late 1970s everything was Southern belle style, very big skirts and lots of ruffles.

How is this so bad the first few dresses look nothing like the reference photos and the dress the model wore while the talked about the style in Carrier was literally the opposite fit of what they were saying

While I love "Pretty in Pink", I could never get over Andie ruining two perfectly good prom dresses, to make something that resembled a pink potato sack! 👗

I attended proms in 1983 and 1984. Hoop skirts were very much in fashion. Not the huge ones like during the Civil War, but enough to hold out big full skirts.

Wore a cheap dupe of the Lily James Cinderella gown for my 2022 prom and was honestly surprised why no one else was wearing a princess gown like me. The 2020s prom dresses seem to be body-fit and sleeveless with a very straight silhouette idk how to describe it Edit: Why'd they show a pic of Zendaya for 2020 she's not even someone who goes to prom anymore 💀

The 1980s dresses shown were like an understated version of the real prom dresses worn in the 80s, close but not enough. Needed more and bigger ruffles, more sparkles, shine and puffiness. Maybe some sewn on roses. Super gaudy (yet iconic). And my prom was in 1997 and most of the girls in my school were wearing dresses that looked more like the 2000s.

As someone who went to prom in 2000s , it was being "risque" and "edgy" to wear a two piece "prom dress". My cousin did it, and they bought threw her out of prom and told her she couldn't walk the promenade... So of course the following year, I had to follow suit.

They couldn't even find a crinoline for the 50s??

The model who screamed for the Carrie reference understood the assignment 😂👍🏻

Where is Karolina?!?!? MEME MOM!!!!!! Come and help these researchers!!!!

2010s isn't very accurate. Plus, what high school would allow that? Scene/emo inspired dresses paired with Converse or looks similar to the 2000s.

80s fashion will always be my favorite, the colors, and patterns and styles were so cool.

I was surprised by the 1930's one, it wasn't the silhouette I was expecting.

I LOVE THESE 100 YEAR SERIES SO VERY MUCH 😍

my prom was in 2015 and i can confidently say (by my account and seeing others during high school and middle school) that prom dresses didn’t look like that at all lmao (and school would dress code you so fast if you wore smth like that), maybe it was just in my country but 2010’s prom fashion was very much a subdued version of ballroom 2000’s dresses

The 50's and 70's styles looked very good to my eyes.

Carrie dress, 90s and 2010's are timeless beautiful styles

gosh i love the 70s one. it fits her so well.

Love to see how much fashion has evolved over the decades 😊

My prom was in 1994 and EVERYONE was wearing a velvet dress with a velvet choker. That was HUGE in the early 1990’s (at least in WI)

90’s one is soooooo elegant!! I love it❤️❤️🫶🫶

Back in 2011 the dresses in the bridal boutique windows were moonlight/mother of Pearl colors,sorta a more subdued, irradeceant version of metallic colors that were more turquoise and strong metallic green in the late 2000's . There was a long shimmery, darkish silvery purple v-tank straps,body con dress in the window I remember. And some medium silver shade that weren't my size.

5:14 Her makeup is perfect! She looks amazing!❤

Mine was the ruffles of the 80s that was still popular in 1993 for me and my dress was made of the shiny copper taffeta. Was awesome

I love the two 1970s dresses! So elegant, effortless and pretty ❤ definitely my favorites

I actually had my had my senior prom in On the 22nd of April and I wished I wore one of those gowns they look amazing on the model ❤

That’s pretty accurate. I went to prom in 2009, the back was entirely out, the front neckline came down to the belly button and the front had a high slit… it was shiny and Gold! That dress was beautiful!

I loved that they featured 2000, 2010, 2020s including specific years of 2020,2021,2022. Iv never been to Prom so this video is super cool to me

They left out the early 80's Jessica McClintock "Gunne Sax" dresses!

1:46 This one even brings back memories of watching Grease. Fantastic!

I went to prom in 2014 and yet the 2000s dress was very similar to the one I wore.

The best part of this for me was the few seconds of dancing at the end 💃🏽

Most of the video is not historically accurate.

All the prom dresses are so gorgeous 👗👗👗👗👗

2020s should have been a sweater and shorts cause of covid 😭

Definitely nostalgic for the 2000s (my prom)...and the 80s because I grew up with Pretty in Pink and others!

I love the Jackie O inspired 1960s dress!!

I've been watching these 100 years videos since forever and the scream I let out when you started in thr 1930s and then ended I the 2020s ohmygoooooood I'm old ahhaha

I loved the 1940 s dress and the yellow empire waist dress. My favorites I had "prom" in the 90 s had a simple spaghetti strap dress

Those last two dresses were so pretty!

My dress for my Spring 2010 Prom was elegant. I didn't have cutouts in mine at all. It was bright yellow. Almost gold yellow.

Those beige one piece things they have the models wearing are brutal ☠️

I love that y’all still do these I love them

Love the 30s & 70s! ❤

Love these, thank you💕✨👑

I absolutely LOVE the Pretty in Pink dress.

I’d have loved to also see matching accessories and shoes with the outfits

The 2010, OMG, I loved it!❤

Honestly, the 1960s was actually really cute and gorgeous

Mine was in '03 but my dress didn't fit the trend of the decade. My class was wearing a sea of embellished bodice and tulle skirted ballgowns in pastels and pinks while I was wearing a bright red Old Hollywood-inspired one shoulder mermaid.

They all looked like a child’s princess dress that we all used to have atleast one of

I love this!!!

Lol 2000 i even had the same hairstyle 😂

Yikes, I wore the early 90s one (black skirt, white "shoulder"). But I agree with the comments that period shapeware is necessary for everything pre-70s, and the models should have been diversified throughout (and more diverse body types).

Please keep presenting the 20s!!! I love that era!!

My 1994 dress had shoulder pads and was cream colour. Knee length. Some gauzy material.

Proper undergarments would of helped the earlier dresses.

My prom dress has a red silky cocktail dress with a cardigan kind of strap, it's beautiful

Very cool video! Love it! ❤️

80 and 00 were the best,i love it

that 40s dress is so ill fitting lmaooo

where's karolina because this is baaaaad

wow tant de beautée ! Merci pour c'est belle découverte

Yes i had that slip dress thing in 1998!

2010'S MADE ME LAUGH HAHA

All were very cute :)

It's sad no longer seeing earlier decades.

This is done so poorly. Thank god for the YT historic fashion vloggers.

Where I lived in the early nineties, everyone had a dress that looked like they were going to perform as a trapeze artist😂 rural NE Kentucky.

Why are so many of these dresses so short? I can see tea length in the 50s but otherwise prior to the 80s the dresses were long. A better example for the late 70s and early 80s would be the "gunny sack" dress that was lacy and country looking.

I did not attend prom in secondary school lol, but I definitely know we weren’t allowed high slight/cut-out dresses.

1940s hair should have been for the 1930s and 1930s hair should have been for 1940s

Love the first one!

My senior prom was in '22, and so many girls had sequins and glitter on their dresses. I stuck with something more romanesque, simple with a bit of a slit up the side, but most girls went over the top.

I luv them all😭

6:52 This dress! So pretty!

I miss my elegant black and white prom dress ugh was gorgeous

I saw both of those 2020s dresses at Windsor the other day

The 80s had giant puff sleeves on many prom and wedding dresses. I feel like they should have shown that. I feel like alot of the styles shown look more like someone's modern idea of what was worn instead of what was actually worn.

1970s, 2000s and 2010s. My favorite era.

The 30's dress couls just as easily be worn in the 80's

The 30s, 50s and 00s dresses 😍

I’m used to these videos ending with the 2010s…now there’s the 2020s

Should do 100 years of shorts!

5:39 this ate

I graduated in 2007 I had the sweetheart neckline tutu dress

I went to prom in 2019. Sparkly gold strapless dress.