That's cool! No, I already own the tote. They sell the Phi Mu VV bags on our Carnation Collection but, the one that I got a while ago with the blue handles is no longer on the site. It is one of my favorite bags and I want to replace it. That's cool that they made it for your chapter. You should see if your national HQ will actually offer it on their website. It's a cute bag so, I hope you post a picture of it when you get it. I will try to post a picture of my Phi Mu VV bag.

Yes! It would be great if National Office put it in the Penguin Shoppe! :D

No sorority prints for 2013 :(

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Lilly Pulitzer Unfortunately Erin we will not be adding new sorority prints this year to our Sorority Collection. We are still getting to know our most recent pledge class. Stay tuned.


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They've been posting that on every comment for a while now, and it's really annoying (I'm not sure how you "get to know" totes and scarves). They do claim to have a big surprise coming for us sorority girls, so I am interested to see what that is. I'm hoping for an announcement that the prints will be finished out soon as they posted that message as replies to messages from women who currently do not have prints.

Yeah. Hopefully they do have something up their sleeve. My sorority has a print, but I enjoy seeing them come up with the others, and I think it's only fair for all the NPCs to get one.

This really irks me. I really want a print.

Maybe that means they're not selling as hoped and the get to know you process includes figuring out what products will sell. I think they missed the boat on the design style they could have done a better job designing a print that would both fit in with the Lilly AND sororities' styles. In general I think the prints are all too funky for most of us who are at least to some extent traditionalists. The colors not matching to me is also a big thud. Our sorority colors are precious to most of us and in my case at least, it's not even close, even though traditional dark blue, light blue and gold (and pink roses) would fit in perfectly well with the Lilly palette.

The VV design above is a great example of what Lilly could have done, but with a bit more flair, not quite as preppy.

I agree, I'm not really in love with our print and it's a lot of money for something that's just okay. The blue roses are weird, roses aren't naturally that color, but I think what bugs me most is that they only used part of the crest, the shield part. I love our crest and the griffins and think if it wasn't going to be used properly, it shouldn't have been used at all.

I'd rather have a print that I'm not crazy about, than not have a print at all. "Wallflower" is worse than "Wrong Color Flower."

FWIW, the Alpha Xi Delta print is my favorite.

You might change your opinion on that if they introduced your print and it was green and blue with yellow full moons. That's an exaggeration of what's wrong with the Alpha Xi print, but you get the idea. Your crescent moon is important and if it was facing the wrong direction there would be hell to pay. And it's that sort of thing that they didn't seem to pay any attention to. But hey, if VV will do custom prints, I'd see what they're willing to do for you!

Just adding my 2 cents...I really love our print and as an alumnae would most likely purchase the scarf. The only thing I don't like is how they put pink accents on some of the items. I would have liked it better if they went with white or maybe blue instead. They did the same thing with Kappa's print. If you're a Kappa, how did you feel about that?

When they come out with ZTA's, I'll be interested to see how they do it since their colors are similar to our colors and Kappa's colors (shades of blues).


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I haven't bought anything because it's just too dang much for me to spend $80 on a scarf, given the rate at which I lose scarves.

I'm sure I'd agree if they really botched it, especially the crest, but I just don't like being left out. I've gotten my daughter a couple Pi Phi things, and they host a Panhellenic Lilly Pulitzer trunk show fundraiser at her chapter every fall. I was hoping we'd have a print this year. VV did do a GPB print...here's the tote bag. There's purple in it, and yes, the crescent is backwards. This may be why it's no longer available.

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I do totally agree though. I think they should do a print for everyone. It's what's fair, and like I said, I do like to see them come up with new prints. I was actually looking forward to seeing who would get it this year.

I really like that VV print. I don't really get the blue, but I guess that's the nod to VV, which is pretty heavy on blue, right?

Unfortunately commerce isn't so much about fair, but hopefully they will get back on project soon and it will be mutually beneficial.