Fake Prom 2 is Here!

Fake Prom

Get ready to get down this Valentine's Day! As you can see from the photo above, last year's Fake Prom was a blast... So we decided to make it an annual dance party! The awesome event is being held February 14th (that's right, on Valentine's Day) at The Unique Space from 8pm - midnight. Expect a bumpin' dance floor, lots of promtastic outfits and loads of fun at this alternative to the traditional Valentine's dinner (snoooooze). The $40 ticket includes all drinks (Singha Beer, cocktails, Purity Organic juices, GT's Kombucha +), a delish CoolHaus Sundae Bar, printed Prom Portraits by Oh Snap Studios, DIY corsage tables, a Snack Station and more!

Are you single and looking to mingle? All single prom goers will get a big heart to wear, with their name on it, so it's easy to spot other singles. Who knows, maybe we'll make a few love connections at Fake Prom 2!

Head here for all the details and to buy tickets - hurry, last year's sold out within days and we don't want you to miss the fun.

Fake Prom, a Real Blast!

This past weekend we held Fake Prom, a fundraiser for Inner-City Arts, an arts education non-profit in Los Angeles. WOW, it was The Jam! 600 guests filled the Inner-City Arts campus in their prom-inspired outfits to dance the night away, and we raised just over $20,000 for the great organization! Everyone looked fabulous (and in some cases fabulously tacky), it was really amazing to see such spirit for the nostalgic event...

I'm not sure if guests looked better on Saturday, versus their real Prom, as gold lame, pink taffeta and blue tuxedos still dominated. I myself wore a polka dot dress, which one party-goer told me was in fact the exact dress she wore at her 1993 prom! What are the odds of that?! To capture the night guests showed-off their best "awkward prom poses" with Oh Snap Studios.

Like, OMG totally radical, that's Marguerite Moreau from Wet Hot American Summer dancing with Michael Philips of Handsome Coffee and the fabulous Kabira Stokes of Isidore Recycling! A HUGE thank you to our sponsors OPI, Kind Snacks, Tender Greens, JOIA, Monkey Shoulder, Reyka Vodka and Frey Wines who helped to make Fake Prom so fabulous. Our dance contest winners got down to DJ Bryan Davidson's tunes and were treated to prizes from Undefeated and BC Footwear!

We are extremley proud that our "unique" community came out to support such an important cause, and had a blast doing it. On the surface arts education is fun and colorful, but it's much deeper then that - being creative and having the chance to learn in a creative environment has proven to help kids develop lifelong skills such as being able to think creatively and to problem-solve, it instills self-esteem, and it engages students and keeps them interested in learning. To find out more about Inner-City Arts, visit their website. Thank you to all who came to Fake Prom... Next year's will be even bigger and better!

For more photos, go to our Flickr Page!