For us, badge attire means dress pants or a skirt, heels or nice flats, sweaters, blouses, etc. I guess you could say business casual, but I'm hesitant to even say that because I've seen people take that interpretation as a little too casual.

I'm pretty sure most NPCs are the same way, but since I obviously don't know other sororities' guidelines, don't quote me on that one!

I will participate. Not my badge, but some sort of lapel pin or letters.

ditto

Hooray!

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Remember to wear your badge on Monday! NPC, NPHC, multicultural, and of course those trend-setting GC guys too :cool:

I'm planning to wear two I think- my badge (c. 2002) paired with a historic (c. 1900) badge. It's a good excuse to wear them, and when you wear two you get more questions!

You have a historic badge? That's awesome!

I see older ZTA badges on eBay sometimes - I know they're older because they'll have someone's initials and a date engraved on the back - and I would love to buy one. They always get bid up too high for me, though.

Oh WOW Lily, two badges? You've really raised the bar, you know. I'd like to know what Blondie93 has planned for her Target outfit, and I bet Honey is gonna up the ante now.

Yes- I have a few of them! There's a bad scan of them here on the badge trends thread. The 1900 pin is the top one. The ZTA badges are so gorgeous, I think the pins that can have stones all the way around the shield/diamond/triangle/shape look really cool with all their varieties.

Definitely! That's what we always did with the President badge in my chapter- the President wore her standard badge as usual, and the President badge (an award badge with opals) right above. I can't find a picture of me wearing the two together, but the President badge is here. I plan to do the same with the 1900 badge, wearing it right above my key in a place of honor.

I'd like to know what everyone else is doing too :D What are you planning, Maria? I know you'll be wearing one!

I'll be wearing my badge... and then again on Founders' Day 3 days later... and then on my birthday/Founders' Day celebration 2 days after that! :-D

getting the jump on you...
 

Lily... tomorrow is the Panhellenic brunch and house tours at U of A; Paige invited me, and I'm excited to go with her. You better believe I'll be wearing my badge tomorrow. Paige will wear one of her vintage Quills, I predict (hint hint hint). We'll be touring KKG, DG, SK and DDD after brunch. The brunch is a fundraiser for the scholarship fund.

I'll be dressed up tomorrow (rain or shine) and then again on Monday. Not promising, but there might be a picture of a quill and a kite posted on this thread. We shall see.

Loving the two badges idea. May just have to do that. I love my own badge, which has my chapter's guard, but I also love the 2 pearl badges that I have rescued off of that auction site (1917 and 1925). It is always such a tough decision, and you may have just solved that for me. Thanks Lily!

As for me, haha Az but I have bigger plans than Target this year! In honor of Badge day, there will be a group of our alumnae chapter that are meeting for lunch. The best part about it is that we are going up to a retirement center nearby to have lunch with some of our 70+ year Thetas! While one of them was able to make it to Founders Day, the others no longer drive, are uncomfortable leaving their familiar surroundings, or may be physically unable to leave their facility. Therefore, we are going to take a very small and modified (belated) Founders Day to them. I can't wait!

When I was discussing this idea with one of the residents there she was so excited about Badge day that she couldn't wait to go tell all of her panhellenic friends. And yes, since this is the south, you better believe that every 90 year old lady in that facility knows the affiliation of everyone else!

I can't wait! Should be lots of fun!

southerners...sigh... (and not in a mean-spirited way, I'm just a Western girl, what do I know?). :p

okay, okay Blondie93, you sorta WIN this time but Az Alpha Xi & I have the drop on you. She's bringing her Kappa Delta friend along for brunch tomorrow, so this is truly going to be a Panhellenic outing. And Monday I'm having lunch with my Delta Sigma Theta colleague. She's wearing her letters, I believe.

I hope your alumnae group takes photos & that we'll see one in our magazine or, even better, on FB or on the website.

I hope I have a sub job on Monday! If I don't, I'll still get dressed up and go somewhere, I suppose!

I just found out that I have to be at the Capitol on Monday, so I have an excuse to dress in badge attire! I usually wear jeans and a t-shirt to work, so I always feel awkward dressing up on Badge Day.

AZ-Theta, I'm gonna be in AZ on Badge Day! I'm actually flying into Phoeniz to interview for a job! I don't know where you and AZ-Alpha Xi live, but seeing this thread made me think of you both!