As the frontman of the rock band “Maroon 5,” there’s no doubt that Adam Levine has swagger (and the moves like Mick Jagger?) Even in this classy white suit, we see a slither of bad boy future ladies’ man coming through. Everything from the long coat to the pants that are way too big makes this one memorable prom look.
His alt-girl date (who, kind of looks crazily similar to a young Liv Tyler) certainly seems to think so. In any case, this too-cool-for-school-probably sneaking cigarettes-in-the-bathroom high school couple rocked those traditional prom outfits. No, we don’t have any evidence of that, but come on, if you saw teen Adam Levine, what would you expect of him?
Angela Bassett
You can't get any cooler than this. Angela Basset and her date do not look like they're in high school at all, though that marching band trombone brings us back to those high school days. Angela looks beautiful for sure, but we obviously need to pay due respect to her date who opted for a bold, all-white look.
That takes a big personality to pull off — so it's no wonder he scored the confidant Angela Bassett to accompany him. We simply love that 1970s cool, big hair, bellbottoms and all. It wasn't for many decades that you could match hairstyles with your prom date and no one would bat an eyelash.
Magic Johnson
Magic Johnson here is killing it. At almost 7ft tall, the then-basketball legend-to-be looks simply dashing. His date definitely thinks so too. Plus, Johnson looks like he is having the plain old time of his life, celebrating his high school career with friends and his lovely date. We love that frilly shirt and huge bow tie.
Weirdly, his date is sort of dressed like Mrs. Claus. Kind of like if Mrs. Claus won a beauty pageant, crown and all. An interesting choice, and maybe not the most accurately coordinated, though the two do look wonderful. Judging by this picture, the couple danced the night away. Hopefully, his date's neck wasn't in too much pain after having to look up at Johnson all night.
Stevie Nicks
Future rocker Stevie Nicks was roughly "at the edge of seventeen," pictured her at her senior ball in the year 1966. However, it seems that she wasn't as hip as she was in her later years. In fact, the rockstar looks almost unrecognizable in her tiara and elbow-high gloves. We wonder if Stevie loved this look, or if she could wait to change into something a little more grunge.
Her date is also sporting a huge grin and looking like a regular old gentleman. Little did he know that that woman would soon be killing it as the face of the legendary "Fleetwood Mac." But before that was meant to come to fruition, it was all flowers and tiaras.
Paula Deen
If the identity of the young woman in this picture wasn't the title of this page, we bet one million dollars that you never would have guessed who it was. The queen of southern cooking has managed to more or less hold onto the same hairstyle for all these years. Only now, it's silver (which is pretty cool.) Incidentally, the southern bell looks a little like young Elizabeth Taylor here.
It sure is a classy look, and her date looks equally dapper. We must say we are enjoying the sweet romantic moment between these two 'youngins.' It's fun and pretty romantic-sounding to think of these two conversing in those sweet Southern accents.