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If American films are anything to go by, it seems you don’t turn up to prom without a date unless you don’t mind being a social pariah.

But teenager Wyatt Cheatle wasn’t going to let his struggles to find a date stop him from enjoying the dance. The 16-year-old student from Brighton High School in New York decided to bring his sense of humour to prom instead, taking himself.

He didn’t just rock up solo: he did it wearing a half dress, half suit.

When he wasn’t sure who to take, Wyatt decided to have the best of both worlds and make himself the jazzy homemade costume, with a little help from his mum.

The thrifty teen cut a red top with a bow and paired it with a purple shirt, with a skirt draped over one leg and a trouser leg on the other.

Wyatt even threw in a hair clip for good measure.

The good thing was he didn’t have to plan an extravagant promposal – he knew his date would say yes.

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Wyatt and his mum, Kelly, went to Goodwill to find the attire for the night, spending only $25 (£19.15) for a bunch of items to be taken apart.

They bought a black dress with a white top, a fuchsia pussy bow blouse, a purple dress shirt, and a pair of black trousers.

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The teenager, who’s into arts and crafts and is currently refurbishing an old typewriter, then went to work with the purchases, creating two outfits to be worn at the same time.

His friend came around to do half of his makeup and clipped on a vintage earring. Not missing a beat, Wyatt also wore a wrist corsage made from silk flowers.

His mum revealed the whole outfit on Reddit where she wrote: ‘So my son was flying solo to the prom, and decided that he’d be his own date.

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‘One thing led to another and the week before the big event, he decided rather than going with a boring old suit, we’d split the difference and send him in a half suit/half-dress.

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‘After a mad dash to the local thrift store, lots of cutting and rearranging, we were done. Didn’t quite have time to find him shoes to match, but there’s always senior prom.’

We can’t wait to see what Wyatt wears to that.

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