If your clothes look awesome that's going to be a good thing.
If they don't, it's going to be a bad thing.

And that will be true whether you buy them, sew them, steal them from your little sister, or find them on the side of the road.

I have always gotten more compliments about things I made myself than I ever have for store bought dresses, even designer, and people never believed that I'd made them. It's because I can make them to fit perfectly, where store bought clothes NEVER fit me right. I think it depends on the quality of the seamstress, fabric, ability to fit and choosing the right patterns for your body type.

Dana, maybe there really are a ton of women at UK who can afford top designer labels but they only wear them inside their houses? Then when they leave the house, they wear, say, A&F and carry knock-off designer handbags. That would explain the differing POVs about the fashion climate at UK. Because no one really knows what's going on in another sorority's house :)

Kind of like in Saudi Arabia where the wealthy women dress head to toe in Chanel, etc. but when they leave the house they cover themselves with a burka and no one knows they have the "good stuff" underneath.

I thought burqas were the blue coverings worn in Afghanistan and abayas were the black ones worn in Saudi.

Alum, i think you're right. The average American just picks the most familiar term and runs with it. Not a dig on KillarneyRose, just an observation.

-I wouldn't have remembered the right word myself :p

Thanks for the correction :) Either way, They're definitely rocking the good stuff underneath what their wearing outside :)

Yeah you guys are right.... no one at UK owns nice clothing. Every single girl in a sorority wears Abercrombie.

Why is it so hard to believe that young women own designer clothing??? It's not THAT expensive... it's not like they're running around in haute couture gowns all day.

Maybe everybody should wear the abayas to rush. Nobody can see what the PNMs look like (face OR body), and we can't check out the clothes. Of course the girl with the expensive abaya made out of silk will still have an edge over the girl wearing one made from cotton.

Better yet, school uniforms....

Thanks Everyone
 

Oh, well, darn...I guess the secret's out now! :p

For everyone else--the way I read her original post, KillarneyRose was talking about not believing the girls who post on message boards claiming to only wear designer clothes because non-designer stuff is, like, soooooooooo 'unfratty.' I don't believe them, either. She did not say that no girl in college wears designer clothes. Correct me if I'm wrong, KillarneyRose? Sure, I knew some people at UK who did own a few designer pieces. But they were by no means dripping in designer duds, and they were definitely in the minority. Hell, even the most hoity-toity of girls in my rush group only had Kate Spade.