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Originally posted by BSUPhiSig'92
We publicized the event WAY in advance, but we made the mistake of saying that the actives were planning on going black tie for the event (one of the brother's parents owned a bridal shop and we got tuxes for $30). This scared off a lot of our alumni who didn't want to go to a black tie event (but did anyone tell us this until afterwards? nooo).
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If you do want to do a formal type event, make it "fun formal" - tell the ladies to get out their old bridesmaids dresses, their outfit from the office Christmas party, whatever. We did this and one of the sisters actually wore her wedding gown - everyone had fun with it. And make sure the guys know they don't have to wear full suits/ties if they don't want to (when they have to do it every day at work, it gets real old).
There are ALWAYS going to be people who stress over what to wear, no matter how much you tell them not to fuss, and you cannot please them no matter what you do.