The tradition began life in America but became huge on these shores in the 90s as school leavers turned on the style for the glitz and glamour of prom night.
This year’s Prom season is almost upon us and it can often bring up nostalgia for those of us who experienced the end-of-school party years, or even decades, ago.
So Your Chad has delved into the archives from the last decade or so to bring up some fond memories of proms gone by.
5. Brunts
Tickets please! Forever Green in Mansfield was the venue for Brunts School's prom in 2012 when these students arrived in an old London Transport red bus. Photo: Roger Grayson
7. Manor School, Mansfield Woodhouse
Pupils from Manor School at their prom night at The Derbyshire Hotel in South Normanton in 2010. Photo: Anne Shelley
8. Dukeries, Ollerton
Dukeries prom in 2011. Pictured, from left, are Rachelle Black, Hayley Coddington, Aishling Walker, Bethany Morley, Samantha Heyes, Kayleigh Bellis and Sallyann Trueman. Photo: Anne Shelley