Jackets.

[ArrowWearinLady]

I'm interested in getting a new sorority jacket. I have one, thats similiar to every other sorority member on campus. Its the trend to have the hoody type jacket, (over the head) with your name on the front- with large greek letters on the back.

I really want to get the 'coaches' style jacket. But, on campus the only organizations you see wearing those are the divine nine organizations. They are called crossing jackets within their groups. These are very significant within their history.

Do you think it would be disrespectful to get one with my letters on them. I want to get our letters going downward on the front- left side. My name on the right side. I would like to get a large crest on the back. But again, this style jacket has a very significant role in history for these organizations. I'm asking for a little advise here. I dont want to disrespect anyone, just for me to feel a little trendy

[33girl]

Originally Posted by ArrowWearinLady

I'm interested in getting a new sorority jacket. I have one, thats similiar to every other sorority member on campus. Its the trend to have the hoody type jacket, (over the head) with your name on the front- with large greek letters on the back.

I really want to get the 'coaches' style jacket. But, on campus the only organizations you see wearing those are the divine nine organizations. They are called crossing jackets within their groups. These are very significant within their history.

Do you think it would be disrespectful to get one with my letters on them. I want to get our letters going downward on the front- left side. My name on the right side. I would like to get a large crest on the back. But again, this style jacket has a very significant role in history for these organizations. I'm asking for a little advise here. I dont want to disrespect anyone, just for me to feel a little trendy

You might want to make sure that it's OK to put your crest on a jacket like this before you do anything. Different groups have different rules.

If you do get a jacket like this when no other NPC on campus wears them and when all the NPHC groups do, I would be prepared to get a lot of funny looks/raised eyebrows/stares.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by ArrowWearinLady

I'm interested in getting a new sorority jacket. I have one, thats similiar to every other sorority member on campus. Its the trend to have the hoody type jacket, (over the head) with your name on the front- with large greek letters on the back.

I really want to get the 'coaches' style jacket. But, on campus the only organizations you see wearing those are the divine nine organizations. They are called crossing jackets within their groups. These are very significant within their history.

Do you think it would be disrespectful to get one with my letters on them. I want to get our letters going downward on the front- left side. My name on the right side. I would like to get a large crest on the back. But again, this style jacket has a very significant role in history for these organizations. I'm asking for a little advise here. I dont want to disrespect anyone, just for me to feel a little trendy

If you want to "feel a little trendy", why not buy a new pair of shoes?

[Senusret I]

For Chrissakes it's just a jacket! Nobody in the divine nine sat down with their ritual, a mortar and pestle, and incense, and said "And now doth the crossing season goeth on the right sleeve and right sleeve only..."

If you want a jacket with your letters and emblems on them, go for it. Yes, be prepared for "looks" but it's not disrespectful if you're not making up a line name and line number JUST to be like the NPHC.

[cuteASAbug]

If you're paying for it, do whatever the heck you want.

[Ch2tf]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

For Chrissakes it's just a jacket! Nobody in the divine nine sat down with their ritual, a mortar and pestle, and incense, and said "And now doth the crossing season goeth on the right sleeve and right sleeve only..."

ROFLMAO at the mental image this conjured. Thanks for adding to my Cinco de Mayo cheer, with a bit of laughter.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

For Chrissakes it's just a jacket! Nobody in the divine nine sat down with their ritual, a mortar and pestle, and incense, and said "And now doth the crossing season goeth on the right sleeve and right sleeve only..."

If you want a jacket with your letters and emblems on them, go for it. Yes, be prepared for "looks" but it's not disrespectful if you're not making up a line name and line number JUST to be like the NPHC.

We didn't?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

We didn't?

My prophytes lied to me.

[starang21]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

My prophytes lied to me.

mine, too

:wassat:

[DSTRen13]

I wouldn't suggest getting one EXACTLY like any of the groups on your campus, but if you want a jacket, get a jacket. A few OPhiAs have jackets, the vast majority don't. It's not that big a deal, although it does get noticed. Chances are, your group will suddenly be that one NPC group on campus that the D9 orgs all actually remember their name There's always got to be one, might as well make it yours.

(I would check the protocol about the crest, tho', as 33 already mentioned.)

[tld221]

Originally Posted by cuteASAbug

If you're paying for it, do whatever the heck you want.

seriously. youll know if youre copying too much or not. do you. have fun, rep yours.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by tld221

seriously. youll know if youre copying too much or not.

you sure will - after you're DEAD!!!

(joke)

[rhoyaltempest]

We need to be honest with the poster though. Many of us on this board are in alumnae chapters now or we came in thru alumnae chapters. Speaking as a former undergrad member of my org, many undergrads are indeed very sensitive to the things/traditions that the NPHC groups are widely known for, especially on campuses where they are the only orgs doing things a certain way. For example, on my undergrad campus we had all of the NPHC orgs except for Iotas, but there were no other "ethnic" orgs or multi-cultural orgs. The service orgs we had such as Gamma Sigma Sigma, did not model anything after the NPHC groups so we were the only ones on campus modeling the NPHC traditions.

Now we have all had discussions on gc about the NPHC "traditions" and the fact that no one owns anything but the reality is that most undergrads are not mature enough yet to see things the way that we do here on gc.

[DSTCHAOS]

I do not really see it about maturity, though. I see it as a sense of ownership and that will also depend on campus climate, among other things.

On just about every GLO paraphernalia site that doesn't specialize in NPHC gear only, there are coaches and lettermen jackets for all organizations. Whether or not NPC and IFC members actually wear them on a particular campus is a different story.

But as an undergrad and now as an alum, I wouldn't and don't think anything of seeing an NPC or IFC member wearing a jacket if it only has basics like the letters and a crest. It's not like she was going to create crossing info and so forth for the jacket.

[Senusret I]

^^^ A slight piggy back on that.... it is sometimes the case that the orgs have the info but display it differently (I would dare say "unusually.")

At my first APO convention, I was ASTOUNDED at the number of non-black, non-Latino chapters that wore honest to gosh Para.

Some had line names, but no numbers. Some had their chapter numbers (triple digits) instead of line numbers. And of course, there was a wide array of colors -- yet most wore blue and gold.

In some Latin orgs, I've seen lower case Greek letters beneath the chapter letters, representing the pledge class letters.

Sure, we're all slightly older than the OP, but it doesn't take much to make something unique (or at the worst, different) with your own traditions.