Ice Water Teas: Blue sundresses

Philanthropy Day: denim skirt with different solid colored polo T's

Skit Day: different outfits color coordinated by skit scene

Serious Night: solid white dresses

Bid Day: sundresses!

I am so jealous of all those schools who have recruitment soon! Our's is held in January, but we still know what we are wearing so that we have plenty of time to prepare. Our recruitment chair (my big) really wants us all unified this year, so we have clear cut rules.

Open House - Practice Round in December - Recruitment shirts and jeans, sneakers

Round 1 - Jerseys, stone khakis, brown belt & shoes, simple jewelry to match belt buckle, hair down & nicely done

Round 2 - Jeans, Philanthropy tee (new one for our new philanthropy!), black belt, sneakers, hair up with matching ribbon

Round 3 - Black Dress pants, black 3/4ths shirt, pink/light blue/white chunky jewelry, black boots, hair nice (girls in skits are wearing skit outfits)

Pref Tea - Black Dress just above the knee, sheer black hose, nice dress shoes, very nice hair, keys, pearls

Bid Day - Sisters in Jerseys, New Members in Bid Day Shirts!

I am so excited and it's still so far away!

Values Day: Panhellenic T-shirt (slate blue, I think); jeans, denim capris, or denim shorts; clean, predominately white tennis shoes, DZ flip-flops, or brown sandals; and 5 pieces of silver jewelry.

Philanthropy Day: "National" jersey (white jersey with green letters and cuffs); khaki pants or shorts; tennis shoes, DZ flip- flops or brown sandals; and 5 pieces of silver jewelry.

Skit Day: Our skit is the Delta Zeta County Fair, so the girls in the skit (and anyone else who wants to) will be wearing Western-style shirts and cowboy hats (that Randi, the horse show girl, will be contributing! :p), jeans, and probably boots of some kind. Everyone else will be wearing pink, green, or white (or any combination of those colors) tops--nice tops, no less dressy than fitted polo shirts, but preferably more dressy; black bottoms of any kind (pants, capris, skirts); black shoes (closed- or open-toed); and 5 pieces of silver jewelry.

Pref Day: Of course, the black cocktail-type dress (any style in which the badge can be placed on the dress in its proper position); black shoes (closed- or open-toed); hose with closed-toed shoes, no hose or toeless hose with open-toed shoes; and badge with gold, diamond, or pearl earrings only for jewelry.

Bid Night: Bid Night T-shirt (no idea what it's going to look like yet!); jeans, denim capris, or denim shorts; sandals, DZ flip-flops or tennis shoes; and any jewelry you want! ;)

Okay, now my fingers are tired from typing so much, so I'm going to go read some other threads now!

Edited because I'm a stickler for proper punctuation--or maybe just a big loser! :D

A question from a girl who's recruitments were NEVER as meticulously planned.....why FIVE pieces of jewelry? And do earrings count as 1 or 2 pieces?

Just wondering!!!! :)

PsychTau

Most likely so no one shows up with too much jewelry on. We limited pieces but never specified gold vs. silver, probably because most of us wore gold back then...

In my experience, 5 pieces of jewelry would equal two rings, one pair of earrings, lavaliere-type necklace and one tasteful :) bracelet.

Re: megan
 

Whoa, totally disagree with this one! I think if I saw a girl come through wearing shorts that long, I'd be like, where is her fashion sense.... that length doesn't look good on most ANYONE!

That's a good rule of thumb for SKIRT length, though, I guess. That's what we had in HS. Basically, just don't wear anything slutty.


as for the jewelry....

in my opinion 5 pieces is way too much. It gets distracting if there's too much.... I've always heard only 2 near your face (glasses count as jewelry for this rule) as in, necklace and earrings, or necklace and glasses, or.... you get the picture.

Though lots of girls now have their ears double-pierced and if they have SMALL studs it looks fine, not busy/clunky at all.

Just try to be your classy self :-) don't stray much from that and you'll be fine.

Not to mention - what if you never ever wear silver? (My lavalier was silver and that was it.)

As to the shorts rule - if you are larger or have short arms it's a good one to follow anywhere. Megan, I'm 5'8" too ;) so I know exactly what you mean - things that look cute on short girls can be kinda dicey on us because there's so much leg there. I would say if you have thin thighs, shorts that stop about 4" below your crotch should be fine. If you are "blessed" with thighs like mine go a little longer. ;) I've got some from Union Bay and Eddie Bauer that are a nice length.

In my experience advising, I've always told the girls that they had to wear either ALL gold or ALL silver jewelry.
That means if your badge is yellow gold, then the rest of your jewelry should be too!

Warning, old-fogey alumna response alert. . .

Does anyone else find the attention to extremely specific dressing details mildly disturbing and antithetical to our espoused princples?

Do individual members have to fork up the bucks and the time/energy to find all the specific (certain brand, color, length) clothing?

Sure, it's fun to plan great events and themes, within reason.

It is my own, personal opinion that this in one element that adds to the perception of recruitment as superficial and is not reflective of what we say we are.

This is a topic for thought and discussion, not for flames. I am not criticizing those campuses that do it this way, nor the previous posters. We're all in this together, and we ALL own where we collectively are today. Just as we all own the responsibility for thinking about our future.

I'm hopeful that the new NPC recruitment resolutions will start some meaningful thought and discussion at the local level. I truly understand that no one NPC chapter on a campus could buck the system and succeed.

I don't think that's necessarily an "old fogey" response, I think a lot of girls at smaller chapters/schools have raised the same point. If someone had thrown these guidelines at me I would have freaked out.

But if you have a chapter of 100 - 200 women - there's no way you can know everyone's personal taste and style. What one person thinks is a "cute" top may be slutty to someone else. It's just a lot easier to say go to Old Navy and get blah blah blah. It's one trip to the mall in the summer and you're done.

I haven't seen anything in this thread that women couldn't reuse for daily wear. Except the costumes, and I'm guessing the chapter pays for those. That's why we're supposed to be going to no-frills - there shouldn't be skits or costumes at all, that money should be used to help the chapter in other ways. But considering we've been "no frills" for 10+ years now and nothing has been done to put any teeth in this resolution, I would guess skits and costumes are here to stay.

Ok first I've got a smaller chapter/small school question: when you all say jersey, what does that exactly mean?

Second, coming from a small chapter/small school/just had a first recruitment of 94 women up from 60 the year before, I can understand the difference between everyone having american eagle/old navy requirements versus just wear jeans. Our clothes, since not a brand requirement, were checked by the dir. of formal recruitment so we looked similar and not raggedy.

Just one other question, what if all the sisters in the chapter can't wear a particular brand? Like they don't have their size? I know not all of my sisters A)like american eagle B)could fit into their clothes? So seriously, what do you do then in a large chapter like that?

In response to the jewelry question, I think the specific number was to make sure that some of us weren't wearing a whole lot of jewelry and the rest of us wearing none at all. Five just seemed like as good a number as any, I suppose. Also, we were told that earrings count as 2 pieces. So my 5 pieces will be something like earrings, lavaliere, bracelet, and ring.

I would also say that dressing alike/frilly things, while superficial, are hard to let go of unless EVERY chapter on a campus is prepared to let go of them. Since recruitment is all about quick, memorable impressions, if one house invites you to a party and does an elaborate skit, serves you cheesecake with your name on all while dressed smartly in matching outfits, and another house is in a bare room, dressed just like all the pnms, and really only has conversations...at the end of the day one house is easier to remember or even seems like it cares more about making a good impression. As long as there are choices to be made, there will always be a competitive aspect of recruitment. If everybody is no frills, then the impressions are the same, but it's hard for some chapter traditions to die, especially if the alumna involved would like to see them carried on, or if you're the only house on a campus willing to let go of them (not speaking from personal experience).

In reply to the original topic:

1) House night: chapter jerseys and denim skirts or capri's

2) Philanthropy night: any white shirt with a collar (oxford or polo), khaki's, a black belt, black shoes

3) Sisterhood night: a nice evening top (something you would wear to a nice dinner) and a black bottom (skirt or pants)

4) Pref night: black dress

I am a PNM and had such a great time shopping for rush!!!

I bought two really pretty bermuda style shorts with gorgeous tops to match. One is a deep green with a narrow plunge neck (very tasteful!) The other is a white ruched short sleeve top. Then I got a white skirt with cami and seafoam green wrap (very pretty!) Finally, I have a cami/shrug set with some very classic pants.

To date I haven't gotten a specific dress code, so I've really been working with one of the girls advice here. She recommended to think of a "classy lady."

Hopefully I'll make it to prefs...but will wait until I get closer to rush to plan that outfit. As of now I own two pretty dresses. One a turquoise one...very fun, but very Florida. Then I have a classic black halter dress. Maybe those will work :)

I'm also working on shoes but will definitely be wearing heels.

I still have to talk my school's recruitment coordinator to make sure I'm all set. In the meantime I can't wait!!!! Two weeks from tommorow, yay!

Don't just go by my opinion, but everything sounds absolutely adorable!! Hope you get to wear that turquoise dress! :)

In Florida, a jersey is a short-sleeved shirt with colored cuffs and a horizontal stitch line just under the neck. On the front: tackle twill letters (optional embroidery can be stitched across the letters), on the back at the top is your name (some put their nickname) on the back in the middle is either blank, a pattern in tackle twill or those who have "family numbers" will put a number. Some put the year (eg. 05) on the back. These raised numbers match the fabric on the front. On the left sleeve above the colored cuff is your chapter affiliation and in some cases, the year. On the right are the initials of your sponsor (aka "Big", "Mom", "Diamond" Sister, etc.) and maybe a heart.

As far as recruitment clothing: my chapter (we had a lot of members!) had to go off and get their own clothing (they had 4 months to purchase everything) and were given detailed instructions on what they needed. IE: (Red short sleeved polo shirt with flattering chino shorts, flat-front no pleats, brown belt and MATCHING brown sandals.) When Spirit Week began, there was Recruitment Dress Preview where you had to try on your clothes for each round and go before the Recruitment Chair, Adviser, Standards and Chapter President for approval (including how you would wear your hair, jewelry, etc.) If it wasn't approved, you had a week to change it out and get reapproved.

Now, the chapter I advised had less members but were still a good-sized chapter (maybe about 45-70 returning members to recruitment) and they actually did purchase all the recruitment clothes for the women, who would then write a check to the chapter for those clothes.

Clothes!
 

Oh how I love this post. I'm rushing in two weeks, and I am extremely excited!

First day- Nice teal polo with either a white skirt or nice brown pants (depending on the weather). I will also have a very simple white and teal necklace on.

Day two- A brown sleevless blouse that gathers under the breasts or a oxford with thin green and blue stripes with dressy khaki capris.

Pref night- Black spagitti strap dress that has a vertical stripe from the neckline to the waistline that has a tasteful amount of sequins on the stripe. The dress falls to my mid-calf area. (I was debating on the color of this dress, but I talked to girls that are already in sororites at my university, and they said that a black dress would be the best because the attention would be given to me and not my clothes.)


I didn't want to go overboard on my clothing because in Dallas it is extremly hot in August, and I didn't want to be too uncomfortable.

I also have a questions that might be a little off topic. For those that are rushers, how important is the clothes that PNMs wear? I know to look put together, but I don't have a lot of money to spend on clothing because I am saving for the financial repsonsiblity of a sorority if I get a bid. So, are simple items with a little character with jewlrey a good choice for rush?

Thanks in advance for anyone who repsonds to my question.

And, good luck to all the other girls that are going through rush this fall too!

Re: Clothes!
 

Clothes don't have to cost a fortune to look good. Just make sure your clothing is tasteful, comfortable, well put together, and it fits you well. Check out the 'What NOT to wear' thread for some advice. Remember that rush is about making a good impression, and appearance is part of that. Your choices sound good. :)

Is this dress too dressy for pref day?
 

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7G949kdxlP...ricalDress.jpg

sorry the picture is soo small, but freakishly enough I have this complete outfit. I've looked everywhere for a dress but I couldnt find one that I liked, and I already had this dress that I've only worn once ( to a wedding) so I was thinking why not. I'm also alittle scared to wear because its last season's from BP and I know it was a popular dress. I've seen it in some girls pictures of their formal. I was thinking that wearing the tights would play it down alittle. maybe I could even belt it? ( thin black belt perhaps) also when I wore this dress I wore my hair in a curled side ponytail similar to this:
http://x9f.xanga.com/48ef2a6637c3523...b187817936.jpg
I didnt think it was too much at the time, but now i'm just super worried that it will be
any opinions at all will be appreciated greatly, even if they are mean ones

I personally don't like the dress (the ruffles, maybe? I don't know why I don't like it), but I still think it would be fine if the guidelines are After 5/Party.


Please refrain from giving NPC recruitment advice. Thanks.

Where are those School House Rock clips when you need them?

It would be way too formal for my school. And if girls from your school are wearing it to formals, it probably is too dressy for your school as well.
Personally, I'm not a fan either.

It's going to depend on your school but with tights and heels I personally think it would be cute. I wouldn't belt it. I also think the LC side ponytail would be cute, if you do indeed curl it like hers (it says laid back, but it's obvious you spent some time on it...so it's an ok laid back...and of course super trendy...if only my hair would curl, I'd be doing that for just about every semi-formal occasion for the holidays).

If you're planning on dressing just like that picture, bring it to one of your recruitment counselors at the question and answer session or on the first day of recruitment and see what they think. Some things don't work at every campus (for the record, that would be perfect for my campus, but some are more/less dressy). They can tell you if you need to tone it down or not. I will say this...IMO it's better to be a little over-dressed than a little under-dressed.

Pardon me, I didn't catch that. Did you mean to say, "I just wanted to say that's a cute dress and she'll look good"?

Thanks!
 

to everyone! and I completely forgot that I could ask my rho chis. I will definately be doing that after the holiday!

Open House-red and black pin attire. I'm wearing my red button down shirt and either my black pencil skirt or black pants

Philanthropy night-our philanthropy letters and jeans. Our philanthropy letters are on a blue shirt with a green background. The print of the fabric on the letters have the logos for s June smith center and special olympics on it. They're so cute!

Sisterhood round-our pink sisterhood shirt and jeans. The pink shirt has a screen print of a layered pink necklace with an ASA lavalier hanging off of it.

Preference round-black dress and black heels pin attire.