Prom season is officially upon us. This means social media will soon be flooded with images of high school students shopping for their perfect prom dress and GRWM videos of younger generations ...

I turned on Muna, did my makeup, browsed my friend group’s collaborative Pinterest board of outfit ideas, and put on a thrifted dress. No hair appointment, no expensive beaded gown, no pre-prom ...

“Occasionally,” says Baumann. “Sometimes, someone wears the same dress in a different color,” she adds. How bad is it to have two of kind at a prom? “It’s not the end of the world ...