Formal Recruitment Outfit Opinions
 

Edit: Photos are now deleted. Thanks to everyone who replied and helped me out!

I'm doing formal rush in August. I wanted to post some pictures of my days 2, 3, and 4 outfit ideas and see if they are appropriate.

Day 2:


I have two options for this one. I'm still not sure which one I want to go with. I will need to put a cardigan over the lily dress if I go with that one.



Day 3:

I will also need to put a cardigan over this one.



Day 4 (Preference Day):

Soomie, I am not trying to pry, but it will be hard for any of us to offer an opinion on your outfits since we don't know where you are going to school.

Do you have some guidelines from the Panhellenic Association at your school for what you're supposed to wear each day?

I think you're probably overdoing the floral theme, especially for Preference. My guess is that the last dress is too "daytime-y" for preference. Generally, you're told to wear a cocktail dress.

While I'm no expert on Formal Recruitment Fashion nowadays, if a woman came through and only ever wore floral prints, that would have become her defining characteristic throughout all of recruitment, for better or for worse. Prints are fine but I would really try to limit only wearing one type, and avoid all-over prints more than once or so.

On the campuses I am familiar with, you would not have to wear a sweater with your strapless sun dresses (in fact, you would probably suffer heat stroke if you did). Lots of girls wear dresses just like the ones in the first two photos. I agree with Sciencewoman-while your pref. dress is lovely, it is probably a little too casual for prefs. at the schools I am familiar with.

This.

I think all those dresses are cute but agree with the others that wearing a floral print every day is not smart. If your Pan is telling you for pref summer afternoon wedding the floral dress would be lovely for that BUT not knowing where you are headed might make the difference between appropriate and not appropriate. My least favorite dress is the green one. The Lily patchwork is darling.

If you do decided to wear these dresses please make sure they are pressed OR take them to the cleaners so they look sharp.

Good Luck!

And am not trying to be snarky, but please iron them.

Also not trying to be snarky, but be sure the good china stays covered. At some schools, the PNM sits in a chair and the member will kind of sit on the floor in front of her. Just be careful what you're sharing is all I'm saying.

Soomie, I saw that you mentioned a school on another thread. Here's a link that might help.

What To Wear

It looks like they are suggesting a daytime dress for Preference on your campus.

I agree with the others about pressing the dresses. It can be hard to tell when a garment is lying on a bed, but if the dresses look like they've worn out their "fresh" look, then I think you'd be better off investing in a couple crisper, new sundresses for recruitment. Others may disagree, but I think it's more important to look sharp earlier in recruitment. By Pref, the chapters you've been invited back to already have a good impression of you. Dress appropriately for Pref, but if you have a limited budget, I'd spend my "new clothes" money on the garments for earlier rounds, when you're trying to make a great first impression.

Thanks for this! It's very helpful.

Also, sorry for not mentioning the school. It's College of Charleston for anyone else who is wondering. I will get all of the dresses pressed before recruitment. Based on my school then would the Floral print be okay for preference day since it asks for a more day timey look? And just to clarify, I don't need to put a cardigan over the sundresses? I had an active member recommend covering my shoulders to make it more professional so I wasn't sure.

It's going to be hot and humid there so think about that. I personally don't like to see PNMs in strapless because every last one of them (except maybe pageant people) will keep pulling it up. And that is just so very, very, very much a bad thing to do

Not to be mean, but the only dress I like is the one for pref day. I would wear that on one of the sundress days and find something a tad more formal for pref.

The "What To Wear" link says not to overdress for Pref.