Geekisms- Because Geek Is Chic

Geek Dancing

It's prom time.

The air's buzzing with talk of who's going with who, limo companies are washing their cars, restruants are overbooking, boys are working up the guts to ask for dates, and girls are all a twitter about what they'll be wearing.

Let's face it, any big schindig like this is just screaming for geekdom. I mean, if someone really wanted to throw a good party, they'd go vintage but not everybody outside the history buff ring would go for that so we must press on. Lots of highschoolers tend to take these things way too seriously (I heard one girl the other day near tears because a girl in her limo group was going to wear the same color dress she was and how DARE she try to ruin prom night for her! lol) but we, the geeks, typically don't care and are genuinlly there for the fun of it. We're the ones who if we do get a limo, we stick out heads out the windows and hoot and hollar, not caring about our hair one bit, or if we don't have a limo, we pile into a friend's car or make our parents drive us. We do the cabbage patch when everyone else is grinding eachother and do the Electric Slide while everyone else does that crappy Solja Boy thing or however you spell it. We drink our Pepsi through crazy straws and steal flowers from the tables.

However, when it comes to dress attire, we're styling in our own way.

Guys, you get bonus points if you dress like Doctor Who. That means a striped suit and Chucks. It's a classic look and the geek ladies love it, trust me. I don't get the whole thing about guys slicking their hair down to their skulls, geek guys look infinately better with a messy pompadour do or something of the like. Bonus points if you somehow manage to sneak a tuxedo T-shirt past the front door (though I doubt it'd escape your girlfriends).

Gals, the good news with us is that pretty much anything goes. Flapper dresses are making a comeback in the fashion world and many shorter dresses are borrowing the Tinkerbell style to create a cuter, more bubbly look. And if you really want to go retro, there's always princess dresses or Victorian gowns. Seriously, if I see someone at prom this year wearing an actual "gown", I will hug you. For reals.

Have an epic prom my geeklings!