Lilly Sorority 2013 class predictions
 

Any guesses about which sororities will get 2013 prints?

The guesses among my panhel group of friends is:

1. Zeta Tau Alpha
2. Alpha Chi Omega
3. Gamma Phi Beta
4. Alpha Gamma Delta

Which are the biggest groups yet to have a print. We think AXO and AGD have been passed over previously because of their less than adorable colors.
While we think Zeta and Gamma are very likely (the Zeta among us likes to whine that someone in that department probably was rivals with Zeta in college).

We did it based on size/location (because if the sorority is mainly in the south, they'll sell more merchandise)

The ones we think are possible are:
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Phi Sigma Sigma- though they're not huge in the south...

The ones we think probably won't happen for a while:
Alpha Epsilon Phi- Smaller, and doens't have a huge southern pull
Sigma Sigma Sigma- On the smaller side
Alpha Sigma Tau- Smaller
Delta Phi Epsilon- Smaller
Sigma Delta Tau- Smaller, very northern
Theta Phi Alpha- Smaller




Anyone else have any guesses?

I like your predictions. Definitely ZTA and AXO!

EXCUSE ME? :p;)

What's wrong with red, buff (yellow) and green?

I would've agreed with the color-based reasons for skipping AXO and AGD at first, except Chi O already has a pattern and their colors are similar (and NOT particularly compatible with the Lilly palette).

I'm not sure...I kinda think they want to break it up enough that there is at least one of the really big groups in each print class, because that helps them generate buzz.

Well, I don't know that black and gold is adorable by any stretch of anyone's imagination (sorry I can't insert stick out tongue smilie because my GC buttons are all little blue boxes with question marks in them).

Besides, take a look at what Lilly did for Theta. (insert rolleyes smilie here).

Thinking that maybe Lilly will select based on something other than size of membership, but I know not a thing about what their criteria are.

PS (in tiny print) the AOII scary pandas made me feel a little better about our print. Not a lot, but a little.

These are possibilities, but I would have thought that Zeta Tau Alpha would have been in the very first group of prints. Also, remember that thanks to certain websites, Lilly Pulitzer right now is all (and I mean ALL) the rage in sororities in the Northeast, and they know it (not saying it's any less popular in the South). In any event, I would expect that they'll save one of the larger groups for the very last set of prints in order to maximize the hype and PR for the last release.

I hope they get all of this out of the way soon, and I can't wait until we all have our prints.We ALL deserve them :)

Don't forget, y'all, the D9 groups seriously dwarf the NPC groups in membership.

Also, I think a panhellenic print could be cool

I'm not sure that Brown and Mode are in the Lilly motif. Sure you can throw pink in... but it would definitely have to have brown, and I don't think I've ever seen any Lilly in brown. :confused:

I think it's way more dollars and cents based. Not that the big dollars were first, but that they needed to spread out the big money sororities (big southern presence, along with lots of chapters nationwide). So in both of the previous announcements, a couple of the biggest sororities and a couple mid-size sororities were included. That way the next round can happen with a huge bang, like a ZTA would. I don't think the colors has much to do with it. I love our colors and think they are fabulously cute. And Lilly chose a really odd interpretation of said double blue and gold. If they don't like AGD's red buff and green they could easily go brick red, beige and forest green and get away with it. I don't think they should, but they'd get away with it if they decided they didn't like the brighter colors.

I thought the exact same thing! I think red, buff, and green look great together!

:):)

When does the public find out which sororities get a print and when do they come out?

I wish there was a planner available in the ADPi print right now! I do really like the phone case and will probably order it.

I'm most surprised that ZTA hasn't had one yet. I feel like if it's not in the next round there could be backlash. I'm not even in ZTA nor do I have any connection with them (other than being in an NPC group) but I think it's their turn to get a print just because of their size and national visibility, especially because of their huge contributions to the Komen organization. They also seem to always vote and comment so much when Lilly posts sorority stuff on facebook that there's obviously a huge market waiting for it.

I doubt SDT will get one for a while, especially since the areas of prominence and the area of Lilly's popularity don't overlap too much, but I just hope if Lilly ever gets around to us, they use Cafe au Lait and Old Blue, not the primary blue and primary yellow so many companies use for our stuff. I don't even get why they use yellow, brown is closer to cafe au lait anyway.

Just based on which prints made it to the final round of voting, I'd definitely agree with adipose, but I'd also add Tri Sigma, because for the past two years Lilly has made five prints. I think that out of all of the sororities left, Tri Sig probably has the largest presence in places that Lilly is popular.

I've been gunning for a Gamma Phi print, but if we don't get one this year, I guess I'll just wait it out. I remember reading that Lilly intends to finish out the print series for all NPC groups, however long that takes.