I think capris have jumped the shark to soccer momland.

But yeah, Bermudas would be fine.

I had a pair of black Bermudas that I wore quite a bit...but they're too big now.

This could go in the "Adult" thread, but I realized at the beginning of this summer that I hardly had any workout/scrubby clothes...everything I had bought the last few years had been office clothes. When I first started in the "real" world, I had the opposite problem.

I resent (and resemble) this comment. :p

Lately, I've been buying nicer casual clothes. Well-fitting (dark wash) jeans, bermudas instead of short shorts, sleeveless shirts/knit tops instead of tank tops/t-shirts.

I am constantly cycling out and donating work clothes though. After my mom passed, my dad found over 50 of the same button up work shirt in various colors/sizes in my mom's closet. I'll keep scrubby clothes forever, but I really try to keep my work wardrobe fresh.

Of course, that means I spend WAY more money on clothes than I can afford. TYG for outlet malls, TJ Maxx with a good selection, Nordstrom Rack, and sales!

Me too! But I have an excuse. I live in a place where there's no way I'd wear jeans in the summer (mom jeans or otherwise), and anything above the knee is frowned upon in public, like the mall. So capris it is! 2 years ago I owned zero pairs. Now I own, I don't know, maybe 10.

Yeah, uh-huh...justify it all you want. We're June Clever 2010.

Oh, I didn't say I don't have them myself.

I think capris can be quite cute.... Just not on my super short legs.
My school also wears a provided t-shirt for a day, I've been debating if I should wear regular jeans, dressier black jeans*, or dress pants. I've heard a few people talking about just regular jeans and the info session said it's super laid back. They didn't provide pictures on what to wear, but they did talk about it.

*They don't really *look* like jeans, have NO fading, but they certainly feel like jeans.

In SoCal we wear white (and winter white) when the weather dictates. Capris are really a disaster for almost all: they cut you in such a way that you look shorter and potentially chunky. I don't think that I've seen college kids here with bermuda shorts unless they are on the golf course. Pleated short shorts are adorable and give the illusion of length.

Please note: I do not wear shorts. My girls do...I have reached the age and thigh where I feel a social responsibility not to expose my thighs to the world.

Love winter white. Alabama be damned, I wear it.

Capris make me my short legs look even stumpier. I only know this because I wore them when I was young and naive. I personally love Bermuda shorts, and hate short shorts, both because I feel exposed and because my legs are not my best feature so I look a hella lot better with a little bit of covering. My "short" shorts are still not tiny, and for any ladies built like me (my bottom half is a little larger than the top and I will never have itty bitty legs) I recommend Old Navy and Gap for affordable shorts in different lengths. I think women like myself look better with a little length in the shorts, and a little room. My legs look infinitely smaller this way than if I wear itty bitty shorts.

how about grey jeans for the open house round? and for open house and house tours, should i wear heels or should i just save my feet by wearing flats/sandals for those days? at my school, both rounds are two days long since there are 17 sororities in our greek system. i like wearing heels because i'm short and i love the way i feel in them, however i don't want to be in unbearable pain by the end. advice?

Do NOT wear the heels. You will be crawling by the end of the first day with a whole week in front of you. Save them for Preference.

If you can handle it, do it but absolutely bring flip flops to wear in between parties. I'm short too and sympathize...I can go 8-5 in heels in a day, but my feet are basically numb by the time my shoes come off. Don't let your feet get to that point or the next day will be very unpleasant.

I wouldn't pick stilettos, though, until pref both to save your feet and because they could be overkill anyway.

a couple more questions:
1. on the days when we're given a tshirt to wear, would it be okay if i wore a cardigan and/or necklace with the shirt? or would it be seen as disrespectful since it's not uniform with all the other girls?
2. would it be okay if i wore a skirt and blouse for pref night? the outfit is mostly black and is still really formal.

thanks for all the advice!

1. A simple necklace would be fine. (I'm thinking of a charm on a chain or something similarly simple.) Anything large might look silly. The cardigan would depend upon your campus, if I were you, I would bring it with me and take it off/leave it with my Rho Chi if I was the only one wearing one.
2. Not on my campus, but there may be places where it would be okay. Honestly though, if you can wear a black cocktail dress at your school, you're going to need one anyway at some point/it's a nice thing to have in general. If you go to a color-only school, there are plenty appropriate things that you can wear more than once for significantly under $100.

Also, on my campus, a lot of chapters do some variation of a skirt/blouse/heels combo for the round before pref, based upon my friend's at other schools outfits, it seems as though it's fairly common in at least three regions. It may seem a little off if you're basically wearing what the sorority girls wore for philanthropy for pref night.