More clothing questions
 

okay, i will admit my daughter and I are the queens of last minute shopping. I have learned enough from stalking these boards, that the attire for each round, should you be chosen to attend the next one, is very important. i have looked at all of the wonderful suggestions re: clothing. BUT.....I NEED MORE!!! specific to UGA if someone can do so, and if not UGA, specific to HOT and HUMID big SEC recruitment. I need to put the fear of being naked in uncomfortable shoes in my daughter!!!! and if you could actually include a "where to buy button"...or I could just send my CC (just kidding). thanks!

I know that the online version of the Athens Banner Herald usually covers formal recruitment and bid day each year. So does the red and black. Perhaps you could get some ideas of clothing and shoes that would be appropriate for your daughter by looking at the pics and video clips from 2011 formal recruitment on these websites.

Also, have you looked at the clothing guidelines in The Pointer?

I stickied the thread about "If You Could Do It Again", that has tons of fabulous suggestions for recruitment clothing, mostly sorted by parties!

Thanks. Now if I could only get my precious pnm to go shopping....

As the mom of a rising college freshman (who will probably not go through recruitment), I have discovered that receiving a high school diploma means that you know everything and your mom knows nothing. I am learning to just nod and smile and say things like "this is just something you might want to consider..." and leave it at that.

Or employ reverse psychology...point to an appropriate outfit and talk about how awful it is.;)
Trouble is, you can only use that ruse two or three times!
Or get a year-older sorority member to show her the light.
At our alum panhellenic spring tea, when the older alumnae talk, the mothers are at attention and the daughters gaze off in the distance or their thumbs get busy texting.
When the college students talk, they're all ears!:rolleyes:

This was a great method for a friend's daughter. Friend's Daughter assembled her outfits and sorority member came over and critiqued them, which made F.D. feel much more confident.

Really, this is basically what happens at the chapters during dress check before recruitment. The recruitment chair comes by and critiques your outfits.

It's a good idea.

Oh, i know all about that...i am a recruitment advisor. And we even had dress checks back in the stone age to make sure our animal skins weren't too short:p

I know you know. But PNMs might not.

Once upon a time, at my first rush on the sisters' side, my skin WAS too short and me and my Big had to go shopping. It was terrible. :D

LOL!! I almost had to wipe vegetarian chile off my screen!

I have a question - we get t-shirts to wear for a couple of the days at the school I'm rushing at, which is nice. However, what about bottoms? I'll be in a hot, humid climate. But I'm sure that short-shorts should be avoided. Would bermudas or mid-thigh shorts be okay?

My opinion would be mid-thigh as they are more in fashion right now. My rule of thumb for shorts is very similar to skirts aka the Catholic school rule. If it goes past the tips of your fingers, you are safe!

Fashion is so regional. In SoCal IF you have the legs no one under 30 would be caught in bermuda shorts. Those are the shorts of tourists.

Suggestion: Go to the mall. Look at the young and fashionable girls. Take notes: eliminate the extremes and purchase what the majority are wearing. Also: look on YouTube...search for your school and add sorority...bid day...and look at what the girls are wearing. Let that be your guide.

Regarding the length of shorts: If they are so short you can see the pockets out of the bottom, they are TOO SHORT! I don't care how old you are. That is a BAD look!

http://www2.pictures.stylebistro.com...P67er1_Xul.jpg

Shorts pockets
 

Haha, shorts pockets showing is actually very in style right now. They've made the pockets longer just so that you can see them.

It still looks too trashy for rush. There may have been times when bustiers were in fashion too, but you don't wear those for rush either.

The problem with these shorts isn't necessarily how short they are. The problem is that they are cut offs (either by the designer or the wearer). A very short short that is finished nicely...with nice legs....is, in these parts quite acceptable.

I've known several women who wore capris with their recruitment T-shirts on that day.

How times have changed. Cut off Levi's were all the rage in my day, but we were strictly forbidden to wear them outside the sorority house. Ours were nowhere near that short either.

A cute little flippy skirt can go well with a t-shirt too and have some built in air-conditioning. Tight is hot, so one more reason to go a little longer and a little looser.

A short culotte style skirt has all the properties of short short (or shorter shorts) with a looser fit. Daughters got a few this season at Zara, Bloomingdales and Saks. Advantages: forgiving in the hip area and you don't have worry about the sudden of a gust of wind.

Yeah I totally agree in Southern Cal a chic pair of fashion shorts is quite acceptable especially if you have the legs. Not to mention paired with a smart blouse or even a blazer

Of course fashion shorts are a whole different look than denim cut offs

Can I tell you how much I love Zara?! Was in there last week with my dd and I kept saying "this would be good for recruitment" We are not there yet. Still have another year and she needs to figure out where she will go! She did ask me if I would stay with her while she went through recruitment- ha! NO.

In honor of 33girl, I wish to give you the link to a culottes site she loves. :D

www.myculottes.com

LOL, carnation. :)

Thanks for the reminder, carnation. Time to get out my favorite pair of bloomers and rock someone's world. :p

I had never heard of Zara so I looked up their site online. The clothes are cute but all I could think about was how much their model really needs a cheeseburger.

I will tell you the clothing does run small. My six foot trim daughter wears a large there (she is a women's medium most places) and I am a (tall in most circles except for my own home were I am the only one under 6') old women hitting 50 and wear a small/medium most places but a medium/large there:)

The clothing is so very cute and easy on the wallet especially when there is a sale. BTW, I LOVE a good cheeseburger:)!!

Love Zara, Spanish company with Spanish sizing, so I also wear one size up because I'm tall. They're having a great sale at the moment, lots of white dresses that are half off.

The quality is quite good, way better than H&M/Forever 21 etc.

They have really cure shoes too. Sadly, they don't sell them in my daughter's size.

I just bought a great pair of heels from there, very comfy and chic, only $30