High school girls from Somers, NY are on the cutting edge of the use of social media, according to an Associated Press story reported in such varied media online outlets as the Washington Post, Forbes, and the San Jose Mercury News. To avoid wearing the same dress on prom night, girls use Facebook to call dibs on their prom dresses. The practice is not just in Somers but our Town and Ashley McGowan are the lead example in the story:
To ensure their uniqueness - after they've shopped in faraway malls and tapped into store registries - girls are using social media to claim dibs on their dresses. A photo of Ashley McGowan's floor-length black gown is on the prom Facebook page for her school in suburban Somers, N.Y. She's relieved that only one other classmate has posted a black frock. "There's an unwritten rule: the moment you buy it, you post it so it's `your dress,'" explains McGowan.
Read the Forbes story, Got prom dibs? Girls use Facebook to claim dress.
LINKS:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/04/14/lifestyle-us-fea-fashion-prom-dress-dibs_8408839.html
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