Coming to a store near you: lettered thongs
 

Spotted at the University of Pittsburgh Campus Bookstore- which hasn't sold any greek stuff besides paddle making materials in the 5 years i've been here:

KKG and Tri Delta thongs. Thank god those are the only two.

I KNOW that they will be bought up quickly. My roommate (an undergrad KD) thought they were cute.

But how much more inappropriate can you be?????????

Quick question - do the HQ of these groups know about this? That stuff all has to be licensed- did those groups approve of this? If not, whoever is creating them is going to get their butts sued. There's a company that does the majority of the greek licensing and they're like attack dogs.

Has anyone else seen these thongs?????

i have
i thought they were very entertaining....we had some catalogues delivered to our house that advertised them

:eek: :eek: :eek:

I've seen breif panties, but not thongs! (Hoo's Greek in Charlottesville, VA. The store, they don't advertise them on the website that I can find.)

ew ew ew ew ew.

Although I almost bought the panties because they were so funny. Mostly to wear on my head for pictures, you understand.

OMG, I hate this type of thing unless someone wants to model it for me!:)

So I take it KD thongs will not be showing up on your eBay site, Dani? ;)

Yeah...that is bizarre. If a guy wants to know if I'm in a sorority, he can ask. I won't hesitate to tell. He doesn't have to wait until I'm down to my skivvies to find out.

I was at work today and came across this site today. It's kind of funny that this topic came up today because I was thinking about if these underwear were appropriate and if people actually buy them.

http://www.greek-house.com/index.cgi...&g=f&c=bottoms

Imagine the greek urbans legends that could form around those.lol

Oh my! :eek:

The weirdest thing about Danielle's post is something that probably only Pitt people would get. Our campus bookstore has never been a bastion of greek goods. Like she said, you could get paddles and stuff to decorate them with and an occasional mug. So the big question is, why in the world did Pitt choose UNDERPANTS out of literally thousands of greek letter items it could carry there???

Jac, LOL, for the 25498464th time, you took the words right out of my mouth :-P

I understand wearing letters on your sleeve but....

Letters across your hoo-ha!???? Gotta love that!

What do you tell the man? See the letters? Eat here! http://www.spacespider.net/emo/jerkit.gif

Kiss my ass... oops i mean letters??

That is just FONKY. Not funky, FONKY. The last thing I'd want is my letters riding up the crack in my back!

I hate seeing girls' thongs sticking out of the back of their pants as it is.... if I saw someone's letters sticking out i'd be so tempted to give them a huge thong-wedgie and beat them over the head! :) Of course i'm tempted to do that regardless if there's letters or not sticking out. They're called UNDERwear for a reason. Nothing looks trashier, IMO

:rolleyes:

Who wants/needs their letters up their ass?

One word------>crass

Re: Coming to a store near you: lettered thongs
 

Damn right they have to be licensed!!!!! Tri Delta has this INSANE licensing policy, just for instances like this!!! Is there any company attached to the thongs? Or a catalog or something? As soon as I have actual proof (not that I don't trust you guys, but you understand that EO is going to want to see this for their own eyes) somone is going to get their asses sued. I KNOW Tri Delta would NEVER allow THONGS with letters!!!

OF ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!!!:mad: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!!! I'm calling the bookstore tomorrow.:mad: :mad: :mad:


edited to add: AND I'M DAMN SURE NEITHER WOULD KKG

It seems like, at least the company linked to by AOTT Luv, you just pick out an item and whatever random letters you want on it they'll put on them.

That's one thing, the special order stuff, the company may be licensed, who knows. Just might not tell them about them being thongs- may just say various items.

But the fact that they were created and sent to a store to be marketed strikes me as over the line.

http://www.greeklicensing.com/default.asp handles most NPC and NIC group's licensing, including Tri Delta (not KKG though)

The greek-house.com is NOT licensed by ANY of the groups is seems. If you really want to take some action, contact those greek licensing people, they're like attack dogs and will hunt them down, and probably sue their asses off.

:eek: :eek: :mad: :mad:

WTF? Why are my letters on one of those pairs of underwear? THAT'S DIS-GUS-TING!

Damn, I checked out the site. They don't have anything with Tri Delta on it, so there isn't anyway to get them. I will be going to Pittsburg eventually this summer to look at law schools, and you can bet your "i-have-a-lettered-thong-up-my" a$$ that if this is still in the Pitt store, I am buying a pair and sending it to the office!!! Gross. I just hope none of my sisters buy these. That would just be embarissing.:o


ps- jharb, are your letters liceneced?? by either greek licensing or by your nationals? cause i know Tri Delta's letters, the words, the crest, etc are registered trademarks. if yours are, you can get your nationals to sue their ass

Like it or not, I think this may actually become a trend...at least on certain campuses.

May not have anything pre made with Delta Delta Delta on it, but for all the thongs you just pick your selection of letters.

Even if you pick it to customize it, they CANNOT use the the DDD letters without the express permission of DDD's HQ.

Just went over the KD bylaws and convention last week and spoke and read at length about the trademarks, etc.

Just like you can't hire some screenprinter to print you a bunch of t-shirts that say "Abercrombie and Fitch"- A&F would sue their butts off.
If i remember tomorrow, i'll sic greeklicensing .com on that website.....

I'm going to stop in the store tomorrow if I can on my lunchbreak to check them out, find out who makes them, etc. If they're not a licensed company (I recognize most of the names) I may say something to one of the clerks.

What law school will you be checking out? Pitt, Duquesne? If you have any questions, let me know - i'm going into my 2nd year at Pitt.

And Dionysus, you're absolutely right. Actually i'm sure some have sold already on my campus, and i'm sure several of the other groups have asked for them in their house. Some of the sorority ladies around here aren't quite "ladies"

Hmm. Maybe Sisquo could remix the "Thong Song" again.

Possible names:

"Thong Song Remix Remix"

"My Big Fat Greek Thong Song"

I'll have to keep thinking on it till I come up with something catchy

I have to bring this up, a friend of mine is in Sigma Delta Tau...imagine that in greek letters on a thong. I know any girls in that sorority have been told what it looks like.

We actually had a rep. from I believe it was called Greek Chic or something to that effect come after chapter one day. It was a new, up-and-coming company and yes...they offered thongs too with letters on! I don't think any of the girls bought them though, as far as I know...besides, they were too highly priced! :rolleyes:

thongs in the bookstore
 

We had these in our on-campus bookstore, too- thongs for all 5 sororities. I don't know if anyone actually bought them. The guys sure thought it was funny though.

Mostly I think people just thought it was weird that our bookstore would be selling thongs at all, Greek letters or not. Who wants to buy a thong in the school bookstore at a tiny college where a million people would see you?

Hit the nail on the head, I'm gonna look at UPitt and Duqesne. Both have good Environmental Law programs...I might be PMing you as I get closer to my visits/decision about where I'm going to look.

I can't believe people have bought these ::shakes head::
We had a huge debate about ordering those cheer shorts that said Tri Delta on the back (not even the letters) for our Greek Week dance. Some people saw it as disrespectful because you were sitting on your letters. I can't imagine actually sitting on them, or having them up your crack.

GREEK PANTIES
 

I checked out this website when they first started (www.greek-house.com) and it's AWESOME! They just reformatted it and it looks great! They have a HUGE selection and their prices are the best i've seen MUCH BETTER THAN GREEK 101. As for the panties - how much cuter could you get!

It's about time someone finally started carrying womens items that were good quality and affordable. I've ordered from here twice already and got my stuff in less than two weeks. We're definitely using them for our bulk orders and hope they keep the stylish clothes coming!

For those of you who complain about letters on panties, why aren't you complaining about your letters on shot glasses, etc. which are used for alcohol consumption and can do far more damage than a pair of thongs. GET REAL!

Do I smell a troll?
 

No offense if you're actually legit, but your post sounded WAY too much like a paid advertisement for greek-house.com.

I suggest you read the rest of the site. Panty/thongs with greek letters aren't the only thing we don't like to see our letters on. And i'm pretty sure our HQ are against them.

BTW- Greek House isn't licensed to even be making most of this stuff. When you buy something that is from a non-licensed vendor, not only are they not legally making their product, but your national org is losing money in the royalties they get from it.

hey....everyone's response after that mess happened were deleted. some of them didn't have anthing to do with the mess. :(

Where on a thong is their room to print letters?

The front of it I would assume??

So I have a question. If this is the case, could Alpha Phi come after me if I put letters on a shirt, or on a pair or shorts, or even if I sew letters on a thong? Or is it just if I try to sell it?

Just wondering because obviously I make tons of shirts and shorts for myself, and so does the rest of the chapter. And AOX81 has that cute little greek store on ebay.

If this is the case then the atleast two companys owned by fraternity actives/alum could be in trouble by nationals? I'm sort of confused, because everyone has shirts made for things like philanthropys, rush, formals etc. Do those all have to be licensed?

i've seen the greekhouse catalogue and they put them on the back. the letters are maybe 1/2in tall at the most...not very noticeable. i don't think the thongs are a big deal, as long as you don't wear them. i would get a pair to say i had them but i would never ever actually wear underwear with my letters on them. i would just laugh at the fact that i own them.

if you make them for yourself, i don't think people would really care. Members of XYZ sorority are allowed to use XYZ in whatever they're making for themselves or their friends. As an XYZ, you're entitled to use your letters. Now if you're making a profit off of them, you COULD possibly get in some sort of trouble. If it's your own org, I doubt it, if it's another person's org, maybe. Especially those greek licensing folks, they can be a pain in the butt.

Example- I have a ton of those Cherished Teddies (unfortunately i've sold most of the "good" letters... i'm left with lots of Psi's, Upsilon's, etc.). I try to make them into a sorority name (Just for example, KD). Everything else I sell comes from a licensed company. But the Cherished Teddies aren't sold to people in groups, I just grouped them together.

Those people at greeklicensing created an ebay account to use the "ask seller a question" and sent me various messages about how I couldn't sell mark them as "Kappa Delta" or say in my listing "these would be a great gift for members of Kappa Delta sorority", etc. I got their first account suspended b/c that's not a legal use of ebay's "ask seller a question." Their second account, I'm not sure what happened to it. They tried to get me to join them as a licensed merchant- had to fill out a huge form and i would've had to pay them a fairly hefty fee, or else they threatened that there could be eventual legal action. But in the event of what I was selling, I wasn't all that scared.

They wouldn't bother someone who just had one or two things up, maybe something they had made for a little who had depledged. But if you're producing a decent amount of products and are not licensed, you are violating trademarks and licensing. While I haven't had IP law yet, it is a very plausable that they would prosecute someone.

I'm not trying to scare anyone, but it is a reality. But it wouldn't worry if you and your sisters were just making your own letters- that's totally okay.

But for Greek House to have a big website and have all these different options, etc. and NOT be licensed by any of the sororities could be a pretty big deal for them

I think if you make it *AND* you try to sell it, that would be the no-no, as you are earning revenue from the letters "Alpha Phi" which are a registered trademark.

If you are working at home making stuff for yourself for free, they can't really do anything about it (and really, why would they? They would be happy to have their members to have their members proudly wearing their letters, methinks)

BTW: to become a licensed vendor costs "beaucoup d'argent" (lots 'o money).
If would like to learn more about this fascinating licensed vendor business, just skip on over to here:
http://www.deltagamma.org/licensed_vendors.shtml

Technically any unauthorized use has to be licensed, but I don't think there's a lot of prosecutions surrounding it. Kind of like all the napster stuff.

Most of the GLOs really don't have the resources, and sometimes it wouldn't be worth the money to even bring suit.

This is just kind of an off shoot, but Beta's made thongs this year as a party favor for their stuido 54 party *I think* but it could have been a different party. The guy who helps me with our tshirts though is a Beta and he showed them to me and asked what I thought. :eek: I was a little sketched out by that!!! Imagine asking your date "Hey what size thong should I order you?....."