just stay away from the hoochie mama ones. dress to impress girls, not guys.

Macy's is having a sale on their summer dresses right now (some up to 75% off). At my local Macy's there were TONS of cute printed or solid colored dresses that would be ideal for recruitment. Actually, as I was buying my dress (for a late summer wedding, emerald green CK A-line) I was thinking how appropriate it would be for formal recruitment at many schools.

There were also plenty of darker colored and black dresses there. Check www.macys.com.

FWIW, the dress I bought was originally $169.00 and I got it for $70.40 including tax.

I'm not arguing with you, darling. You seem to have issues with someone making statements of fact. Now are you going to finally do your flouncity flounce on out of this thread?

Does anyone know about UVA's pref night? A "little black dress" is recommended in the pamphlet, but would it be permissible to wear a different color, or is the situation similar to Texas rush, where a color other than black is not an option and would work against me?

It won't work against you, but black dresses are the norm. Keep in mind that it's FREEZING during recruitment and you'll be riding buses to all of the preference locations. There were several colored dresses that I noticed this year, but they were all in the style of a little black dress.

So after looking at the panhellenic website for Texas State (where i'll be attending in the fall) and looking through some of the preference outfit threads I'm not sure how I should go for my dress. The website says cocktail attire but ss black a must at Texas State like UT? Is It better to wear black versus colors? After looking through some links provided I really liked this one:

http://shop.nordstrom.com/S/3033938?...oduct-_-Manual

but does it look too old? My friend really liked this one:

http://www.dillards.com/webapp/wcs/s...007&R=03072638

Should I just go with black to be safe or could these be a better choice?

You can never go wrong with black.... but I'll defer to someone else as to what would be the best choice for color. Out of the dresses you posted, in my opinion I like the first one better. I'm not a huge fan of the print on the second one.

If black isn't a must (and I don't know if it is or isn't) I LOVE that purple one and I don't think it'll look too old at all. I'm not too nuts about the seafoam green one just because that isn't the best color on some people (read: me). I also like the style of the purple one better.

The purple one is gorgeous. I'm pretty sure as long as you're not wearing a shawl or some frumpy dumpy getup you won't be considered too old - a cocktail dress is a cocktail dress and this is a time when you want to LOOK mature, anyway.

I don't know anything about your school personally, so I can't say whether black is best. Speaking as if you were attending pref at my school, I have to say I LOVE the second dress! I think both dresses are really pretty, and actually really like them both. But, the second dress really stands out and shows individuality. It would definitely draw interest at my chapter!

Good Luck with your Recruitment!!

Personally, I think both of the dresses in the links are gorgeous and would be appropriate. The seafoam green one is a similar style to the dress I'm wearing for pref night (except it's black).

Now I am also a pnm so my advice may not be as helpful to you, however, I do know a few greek women at Texas State and they have told me that the greek system there is much more relaxed than it is at most schools in Texas. This could mean that any color dress would be fine. Again, I am only a pnm and do not know for sure, but I think the fact that the whole system is more relaxed should be a hint to how rush is going to work.

Good luck :)

Hi I am rushing this semester at University of Miami. I am a sophomore. I am not sure what to wear for preference night. The rush guide says semi formal/ cocktail dress but I am not sure what that means and would really appreciate some help. Also is this dress to formal:
Thanks!

http://www.maggieandmefashions.com/i...0908/19825.jpg

I wouldn't recommend wearing that dress to Preference. It's far too revealing. Remember you are dressing to impress other women, not men. "Sexy" is not the look you're going for.

There are some photos of appropriate dresses in this thread. Look a few pages back.