Prom Trends That Should Be on Your Radar, According to NYC High School Students

Prom season has already started, and New York City high schoolers are on the hunt for the prom looks that will make them stand out this year. On Sunday, March 15, we caught up with some of the teens headed to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for the Brooklyn Prom Project and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment’s clothing drive, where any NYC student could show up and shop preloved prom looks—all for free.

As students dug through prom dresses, tuxedos, suits, and accessories, they gave Teen Vogue the scoop on what’s trending this season and how to find the best looks that will, as one student aptly put it, “make me prom queen.”

“I see a lot of corset-type dresses that people my age wear during prom. A lot of tight dresses that are long and down to the ankles. I’m going for a lot of bling, a lot of gems, lots of sparkly.”

Emily Malan