That Phi Gam chapter is Old Row, there.

Make sure you're not a pledge.

That's all I can think of.

spiff up your sperrys, take your short shorts and pop that collar!

Don’t get belligerent drunk.
Don’t hit on members girlfriends.
Do not break stuff in their house….. Now other fraternity houses - :rolleyes:

Sperrys-check
Short shorts- check
Popped collar- Not so much- thats the guido/ gdi look now.

Breaking stuff in other houses... thats our UF chapter (gay) not us. We may occasionally egg/tp other houses though lol.

I'm not sure how the popped collar ever got associated with the Southern fraternity man.

You might wanna try to bring a date, if she's attractive. I don't know.

Flipping your collar up used to be associated with ultra preppy looks found in the Northeast. I've seen some of my uncles pictures from his fraternity days in the 80s at SMU and there is a lot of the tennis and lawn club, sweater with the flipped collar Polo underneath look going on.

Ok, define "short" shorts, please. I don't have a good visual in my mind at the moment. I'm picturing Jimmy Connor-type shortie tighty tennis shorts.

I assume (hope) you are just defining them compared to the long, baggy cargo-y type shorts, yes?

And I'm glad to read all 3 posts saying popping the collar is really not the thing (despite that LSU article). It's soooooo 80s (and sure, I did it), but I just saw a guy in the grocery store the other day with his collar flipped and thought it just looked silly. Polo shirt, flat collar, much better. Especially on grown men.

I have a pair that if I sit right, all pops out.

As others have noted, it was very popular in the 80s.

Thanks for the warning.

My kids have laughed at pictures of their dear old dad with his popped polo collar layered UNDER his RL OCBD.

Yeah, he was that cool in 1982. ;)

The guys at W&L wear shorts that are quite short compared to what the majority of men in America wear. Yes, it's partially a contrast to cargo shorts, but they're also just.... shorter. Like several inches above the knee, whereas American men in general now wear shorts at the knee or even (ugh) below the knee. Certainly not like 80s style workout shorts. Sorry I don't have a reference picture.

Probably about two inches above the knee. Maybe more, sometimes less.

Anywhere between
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and


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