wasn't your Golden Girls-inspired dress, Sideshow Bob hairstyle and Homy Ped shoes? Well, you may have a point there, speaking of fashion. For young ladies, the formal is about the dress, for young men, the formal is about the young ladies, Hakuna Matata and the circle of life continues. The dress is the centre of your world from June until December of your senior year. It occupies your thinking day and night; during a chemistry exam I lost concentration and listed organza as an element of the periodic table. A tip for new players, the unwritten rule of your formal dress is never ever tell your friends or your dad how much the dress actually cost. If they get you in an underground bunker and threaten your life until you reveal the cost, just take $300 off the price. To this day my dad thinks my formal dress was very expensive at $300. I know he has the internet and a weak heart so I won't reveal the full price here, but it rhymes with $900. My best advice pertaining to dress or suit colour selection is to stick to simplicity. No peaches, no eggplants, no avocado - basically no colours that are also a salad ingredient. Which brings me to my next vital point: you will never wear the dress again, nope, never, not to a wedding, not on a date, never again. The formal dress has one hurrah, then it's left in a dry clean bag until your