Help finding white dress. . .
 

I was wondering if anyone knew where I could find a white dress for initiation. I'm initiated November 13, and have been looking since Bid Day without luck. If anyone knows a website or catalog or store that would probably have one, I'd be really thankful.

Phigirl04

I love my Phi sisters!!

http://www.chadwicks.com/chadwicks/p...search_token=1

search their site for "white dress" and they have quite a few.

http://store.nordstrom.com/product/p...rue&pfindid=11

I think that would be super cute in white!!

http://store.nordstrom.com/product/p...rue&pfindid=11
that one too (sort of marilyn monroe ish!)

this one is lovely....

http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/product...catId=cat62414

Check your local department store. It's after Labor Day, so you might even find them on clearance! (That's how I found mine.)

yeah, I found some for a newly pledged girl last weekend on the sale rack at Casual corner. Plain and simple but it was just what she needed.

One of the reasons I always say if you are even THINKING about rushing, get a white dress!

Newport News catalog (I bought mine from here)
http://www.newport-news.com/assets/p.../4s1570a_5.jpg
Tank dress
Variegated rib-knit tank dress; 22" from natural waist. In our ultra-soft, supremely comfortable combed cotton knit. Machine wash. Imported.
was $29.00 now $16.99
Available in S, M, L and XL

http://www.newport-news.com/assets/p.../3s1089b_5.jpg
Laced-front tank dress in cool cotton rib knit. 21" from natural waist. Machine wash. Imported.
was $34.99 now $12.99
Available in S, M, L and XL


This in Plus Size
http://www.newport-news.com/assets/p.../3s0028d_5.jpg
Side-shirred dress
Side-shirred dress in ribbed cotton knit; 25" from natural waist. Machine wash. Imported.
Also in Plus Size
http://www.newport-news.com/assets/p.../4S2016E_5.jpg



Hope this helps! :)

Check your local Target, JCPenney, Kohls, Kaufmanns, Robinsons-May, Nordstroms, Neiman Marcus, Marshall Field, whatever's in your area :)

Thrift store. I got an unworn, gorgeous white Ralph Lauren dress for $5.

I got mine at JcPenney - they no longer have it on their website, but you might be able to find it in a store - simple A-line sheath dress.

I need to check JCPenney. I totally forgot about them. I have 4 occasions to wear a white dress too. *Blah*

Go to the biggest mall near you and go into EVERY store till you find one. Most likely you'll find one on clearance and get a great deal, this time of year, you'll need to search.

I've also found them on eBay!

Thanks so much, it's really tough because there are absolutely no malls closer than a few hours away here. Which has kinda left all of my Phi class dashing around looking for a dress to order somewhere online.

For future reference: What Every Greek Woman Needs.

Lilly Pultizer has a white dress out, It should be marked down dramatically. I know they had them at Belk's two weeks ago for about $30. You would need to put a white sash on it to cover a pink belt, but you could wear it in the summer.

One of our new girls wore that dress at initiation on Saturday it's cute :)

I never got to wear my white dress. It's really cute too! :( My chapter just told us to wear all white so most of us wore light khaki pants and a nice white shirt.

*BIG BUMP*

It's that time of year again to get those white dresses while they still have them. Ladies, if you plan to go through recruitment, GET YOUR WHITE DRESS NOW or you'll be hunting like madness when it comes close to recruitment/rush. It should be the first thing to buy.

I have seen so many nice white dresses this year in Spring/Summer 2006. Old Navy, JcPenney's, Target, American Eagle, Gap, just to name a few.

I've got to know if I'm alone in this.

Every time I see an affordable white dress I'm tempted to buy it and then call the local chapters and see if anyone needs one.

Anyone else get that impulse?

i sure do-----or at least i should make a note of where i saw the dress and its price, for when a poster(or a chapter member) says,"i can't find a white dress anywhere!!

i saw a darling white dress in one of our lilly pulitzer stores last week. also saw a white dress in ann taylor and gap. they (white dresses) are out there ladies-go get 'em!

I ended up buying a white skirt & white tank/sweater set from Macy's for an initiation I attended a few weeks ago. They were very reasonably priced & incredibly cute. I had a hard time seeing any actual white dresses, thats why I had to go with the seperates.

I just got a really cute white halter dress at Mandee for $40.

i think that a skirt/sweater set for alumnae is fine, but i really think that collegians should try their hardest to find a white dress. i have seen some very inappropriate white skirt/top combos in the collegiate ranks, where bellies or major cleavage are exposed or the skirt is way too short-this after girls are told to find a white dress that they could wear to church.

Off the subject, but I think that some of Target's clothes runs small. For instance, the XXL tops are tight around my arms. The American Eagle tops are comfortable and roomier. Some of the clothes at Target are okay, and I buy them whenever I'm on a tight budget.

The white dress online at the juniors section at Target is too sheer to me because it says gauze. Therefore, it's see through. I found one good white dress online at Target. It's the one with the wide straps. There's another one that I found is strapless and is questionable to me.

I think my post has been deleted from this thread. :confused:

*checks*

Yes it was.

Ditto. No need to know why. This will probably be deleted as well. :p

enigma_AKA

No zeta love for us. :(

Dizzi-damn. :(

enigma_AKA

I find that to be quite the opposite. Every so often I come across an ill fitting item at Target, but I find that the clothes run larger than other places. I've never shopped at American Eagle, but I find items from Banana Republic and Old Navy run larger as well. However I will say that the shoes at Target rarely fit right, and I think run a bit smaller in length and narrower as well.

I found a white dress at Target last summer for 6.48 and someone wore it at initiation just last week. You never know who is perfect for it and you haven't met yet.

Agreed. Target and American Eagle both run huge.

We have a store here which only carries black and white clothes.

http://www.whiteandblack.com/store/home.asp

I always think of Initiation when I see it.

we also have that store here, marie! i was in it the other day, but here at least they do not have any white dresses yet.

one of the fgcu zta's had a absolutely stunning white dress she had bought on sale from white house for $20!!!it looked like it would have sold for $200 easily. bargains are out there if you give yourself enough time to look!!

I agree. There were some ladies who also chose to wear seperates & even though their skirts weren't too short, I definitely think they could've chosen a more modest top.

And please don't try and get away with a white button down top and khaki bottoms!

Our Parlimentarian (HELLO, the person IN CHARGE of enforcing dress code)when I was initiated came in (what I thought was) a t-shirt and warm up pants, and I assumed she would be changing into something she brought. She then proceeded to remove the warm up pants and pull down the t-shirt, and it was then that I discovered that in fact, that "tshirt" was actually a dress. :eek: And it's a good thing that she was wearing underware (that you could see every detail of) because otherwise she would have left NOTHING to the imagination.

I was cruising through JCrew and Express yesterday and they had some nice stuff...

www.jcrew.com

Talbot's has a really cute white eyelet dress out right now. I think they have it in regular sizes as well as petites.