Sorority Dress Code
Posted by Killer
Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: Killer (---.c3-0.nat-ubr5.sbo-nat.ma.cable.rcn.com)
Date: January 23, 2010 10:19AM
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: January 23, 2010 02:34PM
Much of this is from [www.ivygateblog.com]
Cornell Rush Tells You — Yes, You, Ugly! — How to Dress
(Part of the rules)
CLOTHING.
Round I & II: “Casual chic”
Bottoms:
Yes:
Medium-to-dark or black skinny or straight jeans
Dark skinny or straight cords
"Denim-legging" is appropriate as long as it's done right: aka, not from American Apparel and worn with chic, cool chunky boots over them and a longer top. NO camel toe.
No:
Super "Flared leg" pants
Cropped pants. Ugh.
Bleached/very light or TORN jeans I don't care if they're in style.
Khakis
Leggings worn as pants
Muffin tops or extreme low rise!!
Tops:
Yes:
Blouses: flowy, pretty material.
Sweaters or other long-sleeved shirts, V or Crew.
Cardigans (with longer tank top under preferably)
Blazers: Yes, please! I love a casual top with a cool boyfriend blazer over it
No:
Summer pattern/colors, too tight or too short shirts or blouses!
Low-cut
Sleeveless
Tank tops
Frumpy
Preferably no short sleeves-- recommended: full coverage aka elbow length, 3/4 length, long, thin layers.
Shoes:
Yes:
Nice flats: Tory Burch, etc. More evening-ish, understated. Patent leather good.
Heels: mid-height. This round is still "casual", so no sky-high hooker heels! I'm thinking mid-height Mary Jane heels, or mid-height chunky kate spade, etc.
Boots: love. Chunky or simple/elegant, heel on the lower side to flat. Worn OVER pants.
No:
Open-toed!
WHITE
Strappy
High-heeled/going out boots.
If you're wearing cheapo shoes, make sure they don't look it.
Cornell Rush Tells You — Yes, You, Ugly! — How to Dress
(Part of the rules)
CLOTHING.
Round I & II: “Casual chic”
Bottoms:
Yes:
Medium-to-dark or black skinny or straight jeans
Dark skinny or straight cords
"Denim-legging" is appropriate as long as it's done right: aka, not from American Apparel and worn with chic, cool chunky boots over them and a longer top. NO camel toe.
No:
Super "Flared leg" pants
Cropped pants. Ugh.
Bleached/very light or TORN jeans I don't care if they're in style.
Khakis
Leggings worn as pants
Muffin tops or extreme low rise!!
Tops:
Yes:
Blouses: flowy, pretty material.
Sweaters or other long-sleeved shirts, V or Crew.
Cardigans (with longer tank top under preferably)
Blazers: Yes, please! I love a casual top with a cool boyfriend blazer over it
No:
Summer pattern/colors, too tight or too short shirts or blouses!
Low-cut
Sleeveless
Tank tops
Frumpy
Preferably no short sleeves-- recommended: full coverage aka elbow length, 3/4 length, long, thin layers.
Shoes:
Yes:
Nice flats: Tory Burch, etc. More evening-ish, understated. Patent leather good.
Heels: mid-height. This round is still "casual", so no sky-high hooker heels! I'm thinking mid-height Mary Jane heels, or mid-height chunky kate spade, etc.
Boots: love. Chunky or simple/elegant, heel on the lower side to flat. Worn OVER pants.
No:
Open-toed!
WHITE
Strappy
High-heeled/going out boots.
If you're wearing cheapo shoes, make sure they don't look it.
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: Jerseygirl (---.hfc.comcastbusiness.net)
Date: January 25, 2010 01:16PM
I honestly don't know how this is "news." All it is is each sorority trying to brand themselves, because rush is not exactly the time during which in-depth research about each house's sisterhood is made, deep, life-long, friendships are formed, etc. Everyone is running around superficially judging each other -- and I don't mean that in a good or bad way, it's just the process. That being said, this is the kind of mystifying female nonsense that kept me a GDI.
HOWEVER...I take issue with this: "Boots: love. Chunky or simple/elegant. heel on the lower side to flat. Worn OVER pants." OVER pants? Really? Because that went out of style in 2008, and even before that time, I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a Barney's salesman at the store's jeans bar, where I expressed an interest in buying jeans I could wear tucked into boots, and he shuddered. When a Barney's salesman shudders at the idea of an outfit, YOU DO NOT WEAR THAT OUTFIT. Whatever, I am sure this edict exists solely to emphasize the skinniness of Pi Phi calves.
HOWEVER...I take issue with this: "Boots: love. Chunky or simple/elegant. heel on the lower side to flat. Worn OVER pants." OVER pants? Really? Because that went out of style in 2008, and even before that time, I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a Barney's salesman at the store's jeans bar, where I expressed an interest in buying jeans I could wear tucked into boots, and he shuddered. When a Barney's salesman shudders at the idea of an outfit, YOU DO NOT WEAR THAT OUTFIT. Whatever, I am sure this edict exists solely to emphasize the skinniness of Pi Phi calves.
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: January 25, 2010 02:44PM
That's the attitude that ensures that I will never understand fashion (or female nonsense). If you like the way something looks then go a head and wear it. Who cares if some salesman or a fashion magazine or whatever says it's so 2008? Sure if you're trying to wear a polyester liesure suit your friends should organzie an intervention, but that's an extreme case.Jerseygirl
HOWEVER...I take issue with this: "Boots: love. Chunky or simple/elegant. heel on the lower side to flat. Worn OVER pants." OVER pants? Really? Because that went out of style in 2008, and even before that time, I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a Barney's salesman at the store's jeans bar, where I expressed an interest in buying jeans I could wear tucked into boots, and he shuddered. When a Barney's salesman shudders at the idea of an outfit, YOU DO NOT WEAR THAT OUTFIT. Whatever, I am sure this edict exists solely to emphasize the skinniness of Pi Phi calves.
(No, I don't need to have people chime in and tell me I have no sennse of style. I know that.)
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: Trotsky (---.dc.dc.cox.net)
Date: January 25, 2010 03:54PM
My vast experience with women allows me to explain how they think, in four part harmony.
Part of (most of) liking a look is liking how people react to it. That's what fashion and style are -- a ridiculously expensive form of fitting in (particularly when not appearing to fit in is the way of fitting in). Think of it as grammar -- you may personally love "thee" and "thou," but you don't use them because of the impression they would make -- the ground rules of which are set by the environment, not you.
Or think of why you wear a tie to a job interview, and now imagine thousands of different permutations of "ties" involving every aspect of your wardrobe, each of which sends a subtly different message.
Then be thankful you're male.
Part of (most of) liking a look is liking how people react to it. That's what fashion and style are -- a ridiculously expensive form of fitting in (particularly when not appearing to fit in is the way of fitting in). Think of it as grammar -- you may personally love "thee" and "thou," but you don't use them because of the impression they would make -- the ground rules of which are set by the environment, not you.
Or think of why you wear a tie to a job interview, and now imagine thousands of different permutations of "ties" involving every aspect of your wardrobe, each of which sends a subtly different message.
Then be thankful you're male.
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: KeithK (---.external.lmco.com)
Date: January 25, 2010 04:03PM
Thank you!Trotsky
My vast experience with women allows me to explain how they think, in four part harmony.
Part of (most of) liking a look is liking how people react to it. That's what fashion and style are -- a ridiculously expensive form of fitting in (particularly when not appearing to fit in is the way of fitting in). Think of it as grammar -- you may personally love "thee" and "thou," but you don't use them because of the impression they would make -- the ground rules of which are set by the environment, not you.
Or think of why you wear a tie to a job interview, and now imagine thousands of different permutations of "ties" involving every aspect of your wardrobe, each of which sends a subtly different message.
Then be thankful you're male.
Thank you!!
Thank you!!!
Thank you!!!!
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Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: billhoward (---.hsd1.nj.comcast.net)
Date: January 25, 2010 08:45PM
From a distance, both gender and years, one wonders if this dress code will brand a Pi Phi differently from a Kappa or DG -- who wouldn't like $195 Tory Burch sandals? -- or if it lays out guidelines that present the ideal of the well-presented member no matter which sorority.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/26/2010 07:22AM by billhoward.
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: Jerseygirl (---.hsd1.ct.comcast.net)
Date: January 25, 2010 10:37PM
KeithK
That's the attitude that ensures that I will never understand fashion (or female nonsense). If you like the way something looks then go a head and wear it. Who cares if some salesman or a fashion magazine or whatever says it's so 2008? Sure if you're trying to wear a polyester liesure suit your friends should organzie an intervention, but that's an extreme case.Jerseygirl
HOWEVER...I take issue with this: "Boots: love. Chunky or simple/elegant. heel on the lower side to flat. Worn OVER pants." OVER pants? Really? Because that went out of style in 2008, and even before that time, I distinctly remember a conversation I had with a Barney's salesman at the store's jeans bar, where I expressed an interest in buying jeans I could wear tucked into boots, and he shuddered. When a Barney's salesman shudders at the idea of an outfit, YOU DO NOT WEAR THAT OUTFIT. Whatever, I am sure this edict exists solely to emphasize the skinniness of Pi Phi calves.
(No, I don't need to have people chime in and tell me I have no sennse of style. I know that.)
To be clear, I was writing this with tongue held firmly in cheek. I mean, I personally don't give a shit if you fashion antlers out of your damn boots, but wearing boots like that did reach its peak in 2007-2008. So it's interesting to me that a sorority that is trying to look very cool and fashionable would decree that boots should be worn over jeans. But then again, I guess the fashion shock waves that keep everyone current do get rather faint toward Ithaca, that far away from NYC.
Yes, I do have an inordinate amount of fashion knowledge for someone who can't be bothered to shave her legs on even a semi-regular basis. (Shaddup, I am Scandinavian. I can get away with it.)
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: Josh '99 (---.nyc.res.rr.com)
Date: January 25, 2010 11:54PM
Whereas northwestern Connecticut is on the cutting edge of all things trendy.Jerseygirl
But then again, I guess the fashion shock waves that keep everyone current do get rather faint toward Ithaca, that far away from NYC.
Re: Sorority Dress Code
Posted by: ebilmes (---.nys.biz.rr.com)
Date: January 26, 2010 12:12AM
I think it's amusing to read the whole seven pages of instructions, but this can't possibly be a surprise to anyone who knows anything about the Cornell Greek system. Every house does this to some extent.
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