2014 White Dress Sightings
 

Please post your white dress sightings so that the 2014/2015 PNMs have an easier time finding that sometimes elusive white dress for rituals. Please post dresses that would comply with the majority of NPC ritual standards, i.e. modest (hem not too short, neckline not too low, dress not too tight, etc.) and pure white(not ivory, cream, eggshell, or ecru, etc.). If there is trim, it must be white.

I have heard that some sororities want their members' dresses to have some sort of sleeve. If that is the case, and your dress is sleeveless, a white shrug or white sweater might suffice, but it would be the determination of the officer in charge if you dress passes muster or not.

PNMs: even if you will not be rushing until Spring semester 2015, it will be a lot easier to find a white dress now than in the dead of winter. If you are a 2014 Fall PNM, start looking NOW!! As time draws nearer your fall recruitment date, it will become harder to find that all white dress! At some colleges the New Members wear their white dresses to bid day celebrations. Even if that doesn't happen at your school, pledge ceremonies usually happen quickly after bid day, and there may be no time (or no white dresses in the stores) if you arrive at school without a white dress and have to look locally.

There are a few sororities that do not wear white for their rituals, but since you have NO WAY of knowing which sorority you will receive a bid from, I would recommend arriving to campus prepared with a white dress.

Here is a cute dress from J.Crew Factory Outlet Online:

http://factory.jcrew.com/womens-clot...4133/A4133.jsp

I'm online shopping for some dresses to wear to work this summer and came across a bunch:

http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...dress-in-white
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...-beaches-dress
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...dress-in-white
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...dress-in-white
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...-playful-dress
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...-evening-dress
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses/suite-escape-dress
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...-daisies-dress
http://www.modcloth.com/shop/dresses...birthday-dress

I think 7/9 of them are great...I'd avoid spaghetti straps and the one with no straps/sleeves at all.

I agree. If a PNM went for #s 4 or 6, they should bring an all white sweater with them, just in case. #9 looks fine on the dress maker's form, but I scrolled down thru the customer reviews and one customer had posted two photos of herself in the dress. YIKES!! Dress #9 is not for the shapely, and it would probably be best avoided by the PNMs.

BUT ...they are all true pure white dresses, with no color trim, and that is the color that the PNMs should aim for!

Some from the junior's section of Kohls. All of them would need a sweater or shrug.
http://www.kohls.com/catalog/juniors...462+4294719810

I think some of them might be a little on the short side for a taller girl.

Some more modest options from Kohls ladies section:

http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-158...eath-dress.jsp
http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-167...ess-womens.jsp
http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-167...ess-womens.jsp
http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-168...ess-womens.jsp

I saw a number on Zulily not long ago when I was looking - our new initiates were complaining how hard it was to find a white dress - I found 11 on Zulily in 30 seconds.

Zappos has lots of sleeveless options:

http://www.zappos.com/tommy-bahama-t...ty-dress-white

http://www.zappos.com/vince-camuto-f...rd-dress-ivory

http://www.zappos.com/french-connect...t-winter-white

This one has sleeves and is different:

http://www.zappos.com/pendleton-pali...rt-dress-white

New York and Company (TONS!), Old Navy, JC Penney, and Ann Taylor LOFT had loads of white dresses within the last week.

white Lilly Pulitzer dresses on sale at RueLaLa for the next three days:

http://www.ruelala.com/event/product...1909/0/DEFAULT

http://www.ruelala.com/event/product...0071/0/DEFAULT

http://www.ruelala.com/event/product...8058/0/DEFAULT

I love the first one posted, that actually looks like my white dress. Mine is a Carmen Marc Valvo that I bought on ebay for $35 or so. I had to have it taken in a bit which cost about $20, but it's really nice and fits like a dream.

I should point the girls in the one chapter I advise to this thread, some of them need help with their whites.

From J. Crew - really cute.
https://www.jcrew.com/womens_categor...4898/A4898.jsp
https://www.jcrew.com/womens_categor...4090/A4090.jsp

Please don't judge me for this post from 1998, but...

Delia's still exists apparently, and they TOTALLY have a great selection of white dresses!
http://store.delias.com/category/dre...incmpid=HPMod1

Pardon me while I find my JNCOs, tattoo choker and rainbow ringer tee.

For bigger pnms, I've seen lots of white dresses at Ashley Stewart that have cap sleeves. Also seen some at Macy's too by Guess, Calvin Klein, etc.

I just ordered 7 white dresses from Nordstrom for my dd to try on for preff. A lot were on sale too.