Sassos in Surrey: PROM!

That's right...I said PROM!

I am obsessed with the 80s. There. I said it. I like neon, big hair, Duran Duran, and California Coolers (and why, I ask, did they stop selling alcohol in 2 liter bottles?). I love hot pink, animal prints, Lee Press On Nails, Obsession, Madonna, and Zima.

During one particularly philisophical evening, fueled by several bottles of Roederer, Paulie, Shauna and I began to wax nostalgic about the good old days. And an idea was born.

So, maybe it's because I was the subject of tremedous ridicule in high school. Maybe it's because hot pink IS the most fabulous and yet unappreciated color in all of the Pantone palatte. Or maybe it's because I refuse to admit my advancing age. For whatever reason, we decided to try to recreate the good, bad and the ugly of the 80s.

Let's be honest. I wanted a total do-over.

And here it is, in the form of:

STARRY SURREY SKIES

AKA

1980's PROM!

We invited everyone we know in England! But I will not incriminate them in photos without permission. However, I have some loyal friends who have suffered my incrimination with aplomb in the past, and I will feature them here!

First - every Prom needs a Queen and Princess! And who better than my partners in all things party - Paulie and Shauna. They make excellent royalty. And they gamely sported their tiaras until Georgia got out of bed and weaseled Paulie's right off her head.

I would like to state for the record that my shoes are totally NOT Dye-Ables, but Miu Miu. I do not want you to worry yourself that I allowed historical accuracy to win over fashion consciousness.

And every Prom needs a Junior Prom. The kids were SO EXCITED to don formal wear (check out Danny in the tux!) and sport corsages. Yes, Taylor and Georgia coincidentally showed up in the exact same dress. Mortifying at 18. Super exciting and cool at 8.

We allowed them to spend the hour before the party busting moves on the dance floor (and then we made them go upstairs with the sitter. You need to have lived it to relive it):

This setting bears some explanation. It would seem that throwing a party with 75 people, a live band, a DJ, two bars and a vodka luge is a bit difficult in space constrained London. Augusto was so very pleased to find that I had a totally easy solution to this. A giant marquee pitched in our back yard - duh!

This provided plenty of room for the Ice Luge:

And the band - Born to Be Jovi!

And every good Prom needs a theme. Fellow O'Dowd Dragons, Class of '88 may remember "The Time of Our Lives" (Really? Was it?). We went with "Starry Surrey Skies". Notice entire marquee roof is LED starlight sky!

We love the TASIS community - they got behind this idea wholeheartedly! Everything from letterman's jackets (original vintage) to mullets, giant teased hair to leg warmers. I didn't even recognize one of my closest friends Michelle due to her PromHair. Here she is with our other awesome friend Shelly.

More big hair...

And what does every real Prom need? Chaperones, of course! Mr. & Mrs. Sasso were on hand to make sure that everyone behaved. That is, until Grandma did the vodka luge not once but twice, and decided that Jell-O shots were totally delicious. Then all bets were off.

More luge-ing, and things were getting good. Recognize Michelle, Francis (note super-fly piano tie and matching suspenders), and Jeff, complete with WhamWig?