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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

Alum's comment reminded me of something I've been wanting to ask. Can I highjack here?

How much direction does your group give in regard to what actives should wear?

We were a "medium frills" recruitment. Our Panhellenic didn't allow us to have EXACT matching outfits. We also couldn't bulk order anything (other than philathropy day shirts). What this meant was our recruitment director could require us to buy (for example) a blue sundress, but she couldn't say "go get the blue sundress from Ann Taylor."That was considered matching by Panhellenic if we all had the same dress from the same store.

So since we had those rules, we all had to go out and buy our own clothes. The recruitment team had to be very specific about the color/style of items that we had to have. I'd say that they gave a great deal of direction. For each piece of recruitment clothing (every top, bottom, shoes, dresses for pref) there was a written list of specifications.

For example, our 2nd day outfits in 2005 required a khaki skirt. From what I remember, the skirt had to be above the knee, brown or olive colored dark khaki, not polyester or any other cheap material, and no pleats or ruffles.

You were instructed to leave the tags on all of your clothes for recruitment because if they didn't pass dress check (which was about a month before recruitment), you would have to return them and get something else.