“She wanted a Cinderella big ball gown for senior year. She planned a long time and spent a lot of money on that dress.” Oldfield and her sister, Tracy Trotter, set up a prom-for-two in ...

The centerpiece of her look was a voluminous black tulle ball gown—a piece so large that it quite literally swallowed the entirety of the Metropolitan Museum's staircase. She accented the ...