As much as we rolled our eyes at the prom posters hung up around our high schools, the old adage isn't wrong: Prom is a night to remember, especially for those who headed to their senior dance in a cloud of hairspray in the 1980s. 

From huge corsages to hair that would make Farrah Fawcett weep tears of pride, here are 27 photos that capture the totally tubular essence of '80s prom.