Los Angeles - June 29, 2009

Prom and Circumstance

New Pretty Extras from Ban.do

Before you sneak that bottle of schnapps into the white stretch limo, take inventory:

1. Updo inspired by this year’s theme, A Midsummer’s Night’s Old Hollywood Under the Sea Dream (a democratic prom committee indeed).

2. Dress made of no less than 60 percent flammable material.

3. Shoes that hurt (for photos, showing off at punch bowl); shoes that don’t (for dance floor, breakfast at Denny’s).

4. A new corsage from Ban.do. Orange and coral rosed Vivien or pink peonied Gracie, perhaps? Taking a hint from 1950s photos, the designers behind the heady accessories line fashion vintage silk flowers into one-of-a-kind modern bouquets that can be worn as brooches or at the waist.

4a. An equally new Ban.do collar (aka the prettiest hickey-concealer ever made) in the form of a ruffly silk Aristocrat, a fancy Big Bow, or a royally darling Princess neckerchief.

5. A pocketbook full of excuses for Mom.

Available online at shopbando.com.