long sleeves
While other dress codes allow some variance in dress length, black-tie events are not the time to wear your even your fanciest mini, midi, or tea-length dresses
Instead of designer duds and high fashion, the kids in "10 Things I Hate About You" largely looked like high school kids, which is a refreshing change from the way teen fashion is usually depicted in high school movies
Should it be in a vault or whatever
In production notes for the film, Stein reportedly said, "I've always seen this as a very highly stylized film, and a film that you couldn't place, taking elements from the '40s, '50s, the '60s, the '70s, and the '80s." Janet Jackson's Justice fashion in "Poetic Justice" inspired trends everywhere
Use braces or side adjusters instead