Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 1985838)

I'm sorry...I can't believe this. First of all, you wore your grandmother's fifty year old garter belt? That's underwear....that your grandmother wore.

And, speaking as the mother of two very fashionable young women: NEVER have they kept a dress (shared no less) for eight years. Unless they are (and I can hear you saying yes...they were) Chanel, Balenciaga, Worth, Lanvin...no kid keeps dresses that long. Unless they are hoarders or Rachel Zoe...and she doesn't collect Gap. (Rachel Zoe that is.)

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985848)

Everything my sister and I wore was bought on sale or at the outlets. A garter belt is worn over the knickers and not underwear in that sense it is no different than a corset.

I also wore my sisters junior prom dress to my senior prom. My mother was putting 3 children threw school on a nurse's salary.

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985848)

A garter belt is worn over the knickers

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985848)

I also wore my sisters junior prom dress to my senior prom. My mother was putting 3 children threw school on a nurse's salary.

Originally Posted by dukemama (Post 1985853)

ETA: Obviously 33girl and I were on the same wavelength.

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985848)

Everything my sister and I wore was bought on sale or at the outlets. A garter belt is worn over the knickers and not underwear in that sense it is no different than a corset.

I also wore my sisters junior prom dress to my senior prom. My mother was putting 3 children threw school on a nurse's salary.

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985914)

I don't like the word "panties" so I've always said knickers.

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985702)

While my time was in the early 2000s the reason I am putting this in is because my sister went threw the same thing 8 years before me. She in my mind was my personal fashion model at 6'0'' with blond hair and blue eyes she was a drop dead beauty (now compaire to kid sister barley 5'6'' with black hair and grey eyes I didn't feel on par with her glamor) but I remember watching her pack for school with a special bag to hold all her clothes for rush in 1996.

When I went to rush in 2004... I modeled my look after my sister which could have gone TERRIBLY wrong. Thankfully I Tim Gunned that! (Made it work).

Round 1- 1996(sister) had worn a soft grey colored loosely tailored suit with a vibrent blue blouse that brought out her eyes and a pair of grey and blue kitten heels with her hair in a French Twist and small hoops.

Round 1- 2004 (me) thank you men's fashion! A tailored, well groomed dark grey pinstripe suit with matching vest (before these were super in but I'm VERY curvy so it worked) but no shirt under the full vest. So when you took off the coat it was chic, but I wore dark purple high heeled boots. My hair was in a chignon with a purple ribbon running threw it and amethyst earrings.

Round 2 (1996) Oh, the Gap. Brown suade boots over a pair of eggplant colored cords and a short sleeved blouse in eggplant with brown stitching. [I sniped this outfit in 2001. I thought I was soooo cool... worst day of High School Fashion EVER!)

Round 2 (2004) A pair of dark green well fitting cord slacks and a rose colored blouse with a strand of rose colored and green faux pearls with matching earrings and I'm pretty sure the same boots Kerin wore in 1996.

Round 3 (1996) a brilliant turquoise velvet dress with boat neck but short short sleeves and a white cardigan left open with a pair of white pearls, a white head band and turquoise boots with white tights. Ooooh yeah. The Hilary Clinton Headband!

Round 3 (2004) dark sapphire blue wrap dress with a cream colored chiffon scarf with sapphire water like splashes painted onto it. Navy blue heels and nude stockings. It should be noted I say stockings. These were silk stockings my mother bought in London in 1972 and a garter belt that was my Nana's in WWII (navy lace). It flashed a little when I sat down and one of the alumnae noticed and complimented me on my ability to keep my seems straight.

Round 4 (1996) Black dress with a small amount of soft pink piping in a very classic Audry Hepburn sort of way with a pair of pink tights and black shoes with a pink and black handbag.

Round 4 (2004) Same dress. On me it was tea length with a pair of black open toe pumps and nude hose and a pink ribbon in my hair.

What a difference 8 years makes.

BTW- we went to different colleges and are with different organizations.

Originally Posted by Kazekuro (Post 1985702)

While my time was in the early 2000s the reason I am putting this in is because my sister went threw the same thing 8 years before me. She in my mind was my personal fashion model at 6'0'' with blond hair and blue eyes she was a drop dead beauty (now compaire to kid sister barley 5'6'' with black hair and grey eyes I didn't feel on par with her glamor) but I remember watching her pack for school with a special bag to hold all her clothes for rush in 1996.

When I went to rush in 2004... I modeled my look after my sister which could have gone TERRIBLY wrong. Thankfully I Tim Gunned that! (Made it work).

Round 1- 1996(sister) had worn a soft grey colored loosely tailored suit with a vibrent blue blouse that brought out her eyes and a pair of grey and blue kitten heels with her hair in a French Twist and small hoops.

And you know this because???? You would have been about 10 years old and you weren't on campus with her.

Round 1- 2004 (me) thank you men's fashion! A tailored, well groomed dark grey pinstripe suit with matching vest (before these were super in but I'm VERY curvy so it worked) but no shirt under the full vest. So when you took off the coat it was chic, but I wore dark purple high heeled boots. My hair was in a chignon with a purple ribbon running threw it and amethyst earrings.

You wore a pinstripe suit to round one of Recruitment? Seriously?

Round 2 (1996) Oh, the Gap. Brown suade boots over a pair of eggplant colored cords and a short sleeved blouse in eggplant with brown stitching. [I sniped this outfit in 2001. I thought I was soooo cool... worst day of High School Fashion EVER!)

Round 2 (2004) A pair of dark green well fitting cord slacks and a rose colored blouse with a strand of rose colored and green faux pearls with matching earringsBarf. and I'm pretty sure the same boots Kerin wore in 1996.

Round 3 (1996) a brilliant turquoise velvet dress with boat neck but short short sleeves and a white cardigan left open with a pair of white pearls, a white head band and turquoise boots with white tights. Ooooh yeah. The Hilary Clinton Headband!

Round 3 (2004) dark sapphire blue wrap dress with a cream colored chiffon scarf with sapphire water like splashes painted onto it. Navy blue heels and nude stockings. It should be noted I say stockings. These were silk stockings my mother bought in London in 1972 and a garter belt that was my Nana's in WWII (navy lace). Umm, bullshit!It flashed a little when I sat down and one of the alumnae noticed and complimented me on my ability to keep my seems straight.

Round 4 (1996) Black dress with a small amount of soft pink piping in a very classic Audry Hepburn sort of way with a pair of pink tights and black shoes with a pink and black handbag.

Round 4 (2004) Same dress. On me it was tea length with a pair of black open toe pumps and nude hose and a pink ribbon in my hair.

What a difference 8 years makes.

BTW- we went to different colleges and are with different organizations.

Originally Posted by ellebud (Post 1985973)

At least with the OP she is claiming faux pearls, as opposed to going to the docks and picking out the oysters for the matched strand of natural pearls.