Another Badge Thread: Are You Allowed to Wear Yours as Something Other than a Badge
 

We aren't; it has to be worn as a Badge. Which is kind of a shame because I would get to wear mine a lot more if I could mount it on a pendant or something.

Unless the policy has changed since I graduated, Sigma Kappa allows alumnae (not active collegiate members) to wear their badges as pendants or rings. We sometimes went together and about badge holders for graduates in our Greek family.

A post straight from the DG blog on when and how to wear our badge

In short: as long as you look presentable and represent Delta Gamma with pride, you may wear the badge however you'd like. Some chapters have bylaws that govern how to wear it on campus, but otherwise I would assume the national rules apply. I know in my chapter we only recently found out we could wear it outside of formal chapter attire and ritual, and now many sisters have opted to wear it on a chain as a necklace when it doesn't need to be formally pinned.

Yes we can (pendant, ring, charm).

KR - maybe you can launch a campaign to have this changed by Delta Zeta? I think your badge would make a very pretty ring. And it would be lovely in a badge holder pendant...

No. There is a very specific way to wear our badge. It gets pinned to your shirt (which must be oxford style and include a tie) where the thumb falls when you take the Pledge of Allegiance. It is not even to be worn as a lapel pin. We have lapel pins which are designed to be lapel pins.

I'm sure this varies from chapter to chapter, but we're pretty conservative.

Nope. Badge only on business/meeting/formal attire.

Unless things have changed in the last two years: Kappa Deltas alumnae are allowed to wear their badge as a pendant or as a ring. Collegians are not allowed. One should be in "pin attire" also known as business/meeting/formal attire.

I'm not aware of any options for Alpha Xi Delta. But then in most cases, because of the shape we'd probably have to disfigure it, and that wouldn't be cool.

We have this:

https://hjgreek.com/index.cfm?event=...ategory_ID=413

Which is not an actual badge but looks exactly like our badge. To clarify--I don't believe we have an option to mount out badge onto anything, but we do have jewelry that looks like our badge.

There's also this:

https://hjgreek.com/index.cfm?event=...oduct_ID=10133

Which again is not an actual badge, but looks like it. I was thinking about seeing if I could get this but customized without the letters so it's a little more subtle.

But then I got this: http://shop.stelladot.com/style/b2c_...ring-gold.html

Not official, but it works :)

Sometimes I think about making my badge into a nipple ring.

You guys need to connect with AZ-Alpha Xi. She has a quill ring AND she had a standard quill that yours truly gave her as a b-day gift made into a necklace. It's BEAUTIFUL. Hard to describe but what she had the jeweler do was remove the clasp and attach rings to either end of the quill. Then a very dainty chain attached to those rings; when she wears it, it's "correct" (the point is lower than the feathers). I love it.

Oh good grief, it looks like the HJGreek quill choker necklace. I hope I didn't get her in trouble. I'll take the heat.

We're allowed to wear ours as a pendant or a ring--HJGreek sells conversion kits. The necklace one is supposed to be permanent, which is why I haven't gotten mine done yet

You could put your Badge one one, and the guard on the other! Although I guess you'd have to have an extra long guard chain made...

You two are cracking me up! I'm picturing myself reading this mammogram. :eek:

Gamma Phi Beta
 

YES - and I love, love, love my badge ring.

It was only when my daughter joined DG last year did I realize that anyone used their badge as something other than a badge (they can wear it as a pendant). Where I went to school (and it's been awhile, haha) all Greek members generally wore the badges every day. This would be to class, dinner, library, parties, bars.
And if you were pinned, you wore both badges.

It would be a very panhellenic mammogram! I could wear my alum dangle between the boobies.

[QUOTE=Kevin;2208187]It is not even to be worn as a lapel pin. We have lapel pins which are designed to be lapel pins.

Ditto. The badge is to only be worn over the heart in proper badge wearing attire which, at the minimum, is business casual with no denim. That's still pushing it, though.

Same with our lapel badges, though: the can't go anywhere but on the lapel of a jacket and definitely not over the heart.

Killarny Rose, I think you know I have already sent letters to the past council and then to the past ritual chair who agreed to pursue approaching council about wearing the badge as a pendant. But shortly thereafter she retired from the position. I will send you my petition if you would like.

There is a picture from Miami of Ohio which shows our early members wearing the badge on the left, right and center of their white blouses.
o Early sorority women wore badges in their hair because hairpins were contemporary placement of adornment
o At the turn of the century, many sorority women wore their badges on the collar because a clasp at a high neck was contemporary placement of adornment
In the 1920s and early 1930s DZ alumnae could by a badge with four diamonds on the ionic column (where the pearls are).

Glad your started this thread. I love the badge pendants other Panhellenic women wear. Would so enjoy wearing my member badge as a pendant.

Ohhhhh... my.

Anyway........

I've posted this before and I'll post it again. We are not allowed to convert our badges or NM pins into any other form of jewelry. That means I never wear my NM pin, because I've been a fully initiated member for *mumble* years. And I rarely wear my badge because I work from home and I only dress in appropriate badge attire when visiting a client or attending religious services.

It's a shame, really. I would like to make my NM pin into a pendant. I'd wear it that way ... instead, it is gathering dust in my jewelry box. :(

Delta Chi Law only states that the badge must be worn "over the heart" and who can wear it (initiated members and their wives, fiancees, mothers, sisters, and house mothers).

So no, it cannot be converted into any other type of jewelry or worn any other way. The wives of International Presidents are given a diamond and pearl badge that may be pinned over the heart, but is presented on a badge holder necklace. To me this is a clear violation of Delta Chi Law, but I'm not in charge so...

Since "over the heart" is not specific members can wear the badge on their shirt or coat lapel. Both are correct; which one you do is usually a matter of chapter tradition. I personally think it looks really freaking stupid on a coat lapel.

Nope .. I'm not in trouble :) I had originally had an "official" quill necklace but it got stolen.:( and HJGreek had stopped selling them. So I was very glad to be able to recreate it. Glad to see that its been brought back.

There's also a badge holder, but I'm not a fan.
https://hjgreek.com/index.cfm?event=...oduct_ID=60657

BetaIotaDZ, I'm sending you a PM....would love to talk more about this!

Similar with us. The badge "is not intended for overt display, and is to be worn nearest the heart on dress shirts, vests or pullover sweaters. [It] is not worn on coat lapels, collars, ties, the watch pocket of vests, coat sweaters, or T-shirts." (Bylaws, Article XVII, Sec. 3)

I remember decades ago we couldn't quite figure out what a "sweater coat" is. I'm still not sure.

And I'm just now realizing that there is no mention of the necessity of a tie, though I think the general understanding is that it isn't worn without one.

You need to ask a woman - she can tell you! They are very popular with women today....

So does that mean Delta Chi members cannot pin their girlfriends unless and until they get engaged?

That is correct, though I wouldn't be surprised if it's sometimes ignored to conform with the more conventional sequence.

Phi Mu
 

Phi Mu Alumnae can wear their badges as either necklaces or rings. HJ sells the ring holder. I bought one and had my "special edition" badge permanently placed on the ring. I wear it as often as I can and I get so many compliments.

I thought the necklace one wasn't permanent? Guess I was wrong.

I wonder though if you get your badge converted if you still need to be a badge attire to wear it. For me that would almost defeat the purpose of converting it because I am rarely in badge attire.

Hope I remember this right!

Alpha Gamma Delta alumnae can wear the Badge over their heart, on a pendant (thank goodness...I misplace it less), as a lapel pin and a ring. I had the ring holder but I gave it up because I was afraid that I would lose the top pearl, plus the sharp edges made it more likely to get bumped..

Collegians are to wear it over their heart.

SAI members can only wear our badge as a pin, over our hearts; they specifically state that you cannot turn it into a charm. I assume that is the case for alumnae also. I wish I could wear it all the time though!