AMY WINO REPPIN AKA, DST, ZPB & SGR!
 

http://bp0.blogger.com/_Aq1TxR2o6RE/...1600-h/AMY.jpg

http://bp0.blogger.com/_Aq1TxR2o6RE/.../s1600/AMY.jpg

LOL at "the shirt is her own" caption.

Still, Wino reppin' letters isn't really something to be proud of. :rolleyes:

I don't...quite...know what to say.

Huh.

I can't see the pics while I am at work.

CT4,

she's wearing a screen-print shirt with the letters of the Sororities and pictures of famous members. Coretta Scott King, Shirley Chisolm, etc. It says "Women of Greatness."

the best way i can describe it is think patti labelle concert t-shirts. or those old "blacker the college" shirts. its like that.

Thanks for the description!

I'll echo lovelyivy with a "Huh."

I especially like the "pickin the teeth" shot in the collage.

Saw that on FGS...

I'm not that bothered by it. The concept of the shirt is nice, and it's not like she's wearing only 1 or 2 orgs' letters. I may be biased because I'm a huge fan, though.

The women on the shirt are all amazing role models... and I like that AW is giving them some exposure to people who might be unaware.

And she's holding a JB album... the girl knows history.

I'm with you. I'm a HUGE fan and so not offended by the shirt.

ETA: I am wondering though, does she really know what this all signifies, or is it just a picture? I wouldn't be surprised if she really did know though (family members are jazz musicians, growing up listening to hip-hop, etc.)

She's British and went to performing arts-type schools. I doubt she really understands the significance of the letters.

I am a huge fan too.

Yeah the letters are what I question whether or not she knows too.

ETA: Then again, it's not like we don't exist there. DUH @ me.

I'm glad this came up because I thought I was losing it or something. Some girl came in a store I was in a couple months ago with the same T-shirt on and got the feeling that she wasn't greek. I was going to ask her where she got it from but she was on her cell phone the whole time she was in the store, even at the register when she went to pay for her items (I hate that). Anyway I looked at the back of the shirt and there is a lot of WRONG information on it regarding who is in what organization. I can't remember though exactly who was on it. I do remember that Oprah was on it, I think as a Delta.

Oh wow.

interesting

This right here^^^

almost got me fired for the hoot of laughter coming from my office.

sorry...:D Imagine my face :eek: in the store trying to read this girl's shirt (like right behind her) while she's paying for her food and doesn't even notice me because she's too busy talking to someone on the phone. Now that I think of it, Alicia Keys was on the shirt too with AKA under her name so that one was correct. Come to think of it, there may be an assortment of these shirts out there with different people so this one may not have been the exact one Amy has on but I know Oprah was on it with DST under her name. For a minute I was like, did Oprah become greek?:D

Here's one I found on ebay (just google "Women of Greatness T-shirts") with Oprah and Condoleeza Rice. Now they know they're wrong. Just WRONG!:mad:

http://cgi.ebay.com/WOMEN-OF-GREATNE...ayphotohosting

I'm not familiar with Oprah's or Queen Latifah's background, but I do recall reading somewhere that Condi Rice was a member of an NPC sorority (after some checking, I found it was AChiO) -- so that one is definitely WAY wrong.

Oprah is definitely not a member of any greek organization. And Condi's not NPHC.

Oh now I see...if you scroll up you'll see the back of the shirt with Queen Latifah on it...and she's not a member of NPHC...They are just WAY WRONG!

is that saying Condy is my soror?

No, I thought that at first but I think it's saying that all the women on the shirt belong to the NPHC sororities. If you scroll up, you'll see the back of the shirt with Queen Latifah on it. I can't believe that people are out there making money off of fraudulent items.

I was trying to find this pic last week to show to everyone. When I first saw it in the Fashion Rocks magazine I was :confused:. Then I thought about it and remember I had a step show shirt when I was middle school with all the greek letters (got it for free because that was when my uncle was trying to promote step shows). I don't have that much of a problem with them, as long they don't name people who aren't in our organizations.

And those t-shirts remind me of the ones they used to have at the Chinese beauty supply stores.

I'd say that I'll hit it. :cool:

I dunno? :confused: But it seems like the same folks that make the "National Champions" shirts are the same ones who screw around with Black Women and our NPHC Sororities...

exactly!

Maybe, playing DA here, the shirt is a tribute to women of greatness as a whole, rather than touting or attempting to note the affiliation of any one that list. We know that when one speaks of great black women, quite a few members of the D4 are going to come up. Considering we are comprised of the best and brightest of our communities, one would be remiss not to include the organizations as a whole.

All in all though, there's something to be said about the way things are placed. The graphic designer should be flogged.

Yes. The one shirt makes it look like Oprah joined Sigma Gamma Rho in 1922.

<3 Amy. If you couldn't tell by my sig.

oh WOW at that... lemme find out that Oprah was one of my founders... :eek::rolleyes:

yeah i played DA in my head on this... but was like nawwwwwwwww... ol girl needs to take that shirt off. and the magazine says its supposed to be a dress. ummm t-shirts need a bit oftailoring to be dresses. rollingup the sleeves andwearing heels does NOT make it a dress!

(honestly, i saw this and thought "did Jay-Z give her that shirt?" because the first time i heard of Wino, jay-z mentioned how she was gonna blow up one day and to watch out for her." but that's jus mycrazy thinking)