In today’s UsWeekly Daily Newsletter, Glee stars Lea Michele and Cory Monteith were razzi-snapped in their costumes while getting ready to shoot the show’s finale!

You love Lea’s dress, you say? Well, she’s wearing none other than a Unique Vintage Exclusive! (Apparently, the wardrobe department embellished our Red Sweet as Peach Pie Strapless Chiffon Swing Dress with some black halter straps, bow and a belt).

That fantastic black crinoline peaking through Lea’s skirt is from UV, too! We’re psyched to see the finale!

LA’s Prom Closet is a 100% volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to helping young women in high school attend their senior prom by providing students new and used gowns for FREE. We were honored to support this wonderful community cause recently by donating to their dress drive party last weekend.

XO, Tori Wilson, PR & Social Media Intern

With prom season in full swing, we thought it would be fun to pull out some of our old prom pictures! (Note: these dresses-while gorgeous-are not available on our site!)

Look at Katie…so ahead of her time. Here is she is rocking a high low frock!

See the little boy in the bottom right corner (Katie’s nephew, Taylor)…

Here’s that little boy all’s grown up!

Rebecca is positively red-carpet ready here in her fiery gown.

Kimi and Meagan must have gone to the same hair dresser.

Kimi again, ready to dance the night away, Skecher-style!

The year was 1991. The color in mind was purple. Bright electric purple with sequins, a sweetheart neckline, cap sleeves and a twirling satin skirt that landed at the knee. The dyed pumps to match were a no-brainer. The fact that I didn’t have a date lined up did not deter me from designing my own dream prom dress in my head several months before the big event even approached the horizon. I knew that anyone who was going to make any kind of statement at prom was not going to be buying her dress at the Broadway or Contempo. Hells no. If you wanted a drop-dead belle of the ball confection, you were going to employee the help of the local seamstress, Carmella. She’d cornered the couture prom dress business for Granada Hills High School for years, and having my 17-year-old finger on the pulse, I knew my creation was going to be made right by Mrs. Carmella.

My zest for fashion has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. In Kindergarten, there was the time I ripped off the bow on the neckline of a hideous starchy dress my mother made me wear to school. I ran into class hysterically crying because, of course, I hated what I was wearing. After all, I didn’t pick it out! When I was 9, I spent a summer vacation at my dad’s office sketching designs for my make believe clothing line “Arje” (fancy for R. J., my initials). I still have a penciled drawing of a v-neck dress with a trumpet skirt somewhere in an old scrapbook.

Carmella made the whole design process pretty simple, and being a gal who’s always known what she wants, I quickly handed over my sketch and picked out the fabrics I envisioned for my gown. While having your dress designed my Carmella was a tad pricier than your average mall fare, my mother agreed to splurge on this special purchase since I would, after all, be wearing it to my brother’s Bar Mitzvah just a month later.

After a handful of fittings, my dreamy creation came into reality and I was in purple heaven. A date even surfaced which turned into a “boyfriend” who then took me to his prom a month later. Woo wee! Another dress to shop for! I was ecstatic (more about that dress later this week).

The evening at the Biltmore hotel in downtown Los Angeles was fantastic and I can honestly say no one had a delicious purple number like mine. Despite the trail of purple sequins that followed me from the limo to the dance floor, I loved my prom dress mostly for what it symbolized; it was vibrant, shiny and well, one-of-a-kind…kind of how I like to think of myself!

xo, Robin

From: Birmingham, AL

Bio: I guess you could say my infatuation with pinups started after I first saw the movie “Cry-Baby”. I loved the clothes, I loved the music, and Johnny Depp was a total dreamboat. I then discovered my love for Gil Elvgren and his adorable situational pinups. Not long after that, I started collecting vintage Halloween pinup prints and magazine tear-outs. Once I finally found a pinup photographer in my area and took my first photos, I was hooked!

As a girl more suited to be Miss October than Miss April, I hold a special place in my heart for Halloween and all things spooky. I can’t even do a normal summer photo shoot without dragging my skeletons out of the closet. Holidays have influenced every pinup shoot I’ve done to date. So far I’ve done Christmas, Halloween, Independence Day, and Valentine’s Day. I’d really like to do Thanksgiving, Easter, and Dia de los Muertos next.

I’m also a bit of a movie nerd. I snuck a Ghostbusters reference into my Christmas photos last year and I brought a shark fin prop to a “bathing beauties” shoot as a tribute to my favorite great white terror.  (I hope to do a real Jaws-themed photo shoot one day!) I love the Cheesecake genre of pinup the most because I feel like it fits my personality. With Cheesecake pinup, you can show off your sense of humor and turn an innocent situation into something sexy and flirty with something as simple as a facial expression. I’ve found it to be a great way to have fun and express myself.

Ambitions: Too many to name! I have wanted to work for The Walt Disney Company my entire life. I’m currently pursuing a degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management and I would love to move down to Orlando and work in some aspect of event, resort, or theme park management at the Walt Disney World resort.

Favorite Vintage Accessory: Hair flowers. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not particularly gifted in the hair-styling department, so big flowers are great when I need to hide a horrendous mistake. Plus, they can really help pull a look together!

Favorite Pinup Icon: I’d say it’s a tie between Marilyn Monroe and Elvira.