White dresses should be outlawed.

MTSUGURL · #1 11-27-2002, 03:25 AM

Let me just say, I hate shopping for dresses anyway. Shopping for WHITE dresses is even worse. I went to at least 7 stores, and every time I said the words, "white dress", the sales lady would look at me, laugh and say, "Sorority initiation?"

I think that finding a white dress in the middle of November should guarantee activation....
I move that white dresses be outlawed for all occasions other that weddings...
(BTW, don't take any of this seriously. It's 1:30 in the am)

My mother has agreed to make me a dress since all shopping excursions were unsuccessful, but only after much pleading on my part. Her other ideas were:

Pretend to be color blind
Bleach a dress
Borrow my 5 year old cousin's flower girl dress
Wear a slip or nightgown
Wear a sheet and say, "But I thought it was a toga party!"

Bless her heart, and thank God she's making me a dress!

I'm done rambling now...

PiKapp Raider · #2 11-27-2002, 03:31 AM

Did I even have to see a name to know who posted this?....uuhh....no.

Guys, if you think she's joking, her mom really did suggest all that.

MTSUGURL · #3 11-27-2002, 03:33 AM

LOL! You freak.

ZTAngel · #4 11-27-2002, 08:56 AM

I remember when I first pledged I dragged my (ex) boyfriend all over the mall with me so I could find a white dress. It was the end of September. Any white dresses they had left were either too expensive or too big. I finally decided on a white dress that was too big and got by pulling the extra fabric to the back of the dress and safety pinning it. I still have the dress and, fortunately, now I fit into it (I say fortunately because I actually needed to gain the extra weight). They great thing about the white dresses you buy freshman year is that you can use them for all your rituals through your senior year......the same ugly white dress.
Next, my sorority decided to make us get white shoes to go along with our dresses. Try finding those in December!

aephi alum · #5 11-27-2002, 09:30 AM

Having to find a white dress when it's not summer should be considered a form of hazing

My first initiation (into my local sorority) was a surprise... we only had a couple of hours' notice. It was October. We were told to wear all white or as close as possible. I had a white blouse, and I think I managed to dig up a white or light-colored skirt from among my summer clothes.

My initiation into AEPhi was in April, so some white dresses were already available.

Alpha Phi at my school wears white at pref, so between pref, pledging, and initiation, they get a lot of mileage out of their dresses

doubleblue&gold · #6 11-27-2002, 09:50 AM

Don't get rid of it when you graduate!
We still wear them for initiation at national conventions.

LPIDelta · #7 11-27-2002, 10:06 AM

When we were being colonized we were technically given the option-- wear white or wear black. We all decided right then and there that our chapter would never be a "wear white" chapter. I am not sure if they still do that or not-- but it saved us a great deal of headache!

kappaloo · #8 11-27-2002, 10:18 AM

When I was pledged I was told to wear white, but at least I had the choice between a dress and nice pants. I think if it wasn't for the Winner's in my city I would have been stuck!

GammaPhiBabe · #9 11-27-2002, 10:18 AM

We often had girls who wore white nightgowns. If any of you should decide to go that route, just make sure that it's not one of those see-through numbers and you should be fine!

33girl · #10 11-27-2002, 10:38 AM

On behalf of the 7th floor of Campbell Hall, a belated thank you to Sue K and her white skirt. I wish I had $1 for every time the fall I pledged that someone ran down the hall asking her to borrow it. This skirt attended rituals for ASA, AST and Delta Chi little sisters. Thankfully, it didn't disclose any secrets.

MoxieGrrl · #11 11-27-2002, 10:39 AM

I agree with everyone's "finding a white dress" stress....for a while, an alum let me borrow hers. I thought she was being very sweet b/c it was the dress she bought when she was a pledge. Well, like I said earlier, she was an alum, so it was a few years old & she must have gone to track practice in the thing because the arm pits were sooooo yellow!! I wore it that night & didn't say anything b/c I didn't want to hurt her feelings, but she laughed hysterically at me. By the time of the next ritual, I did get a new dress.

ZTAMiami · #12 11-27-2002, 10:50 AM

I was at Express a few weeks ago and found lots of pure white dresses, skirts and blouses. They also had off-white stuff too.
I'm in Miami, though, so I don't know if this was everywhere.

DWAlphaGam · #13 11-27-2002, 10:58 AM

33girl, that reminds me...my little sister's white dress was initiated into AGD, Alpha Phi, Tri-Delt, and I think DG. Too bad she didn't know any KKG or Pi Phi new members that needed to borrow dresses, or else it could have gotten into initiation at every sorority on campus that semester!

I got my white initiation dress on clearance for I think $5 because it had a big ink stain on it. A little hairspray cleared that right up! I got a lot of mileage out of my dress because I wore it for a few initiations and two Halloweens. One year I was Baby Spice (it was really short and skimpy...I wore a sweater over it for initiation) and one year I was an angel. I now have a more appropriate white outfit for initiation because I figured I should set a good example, being an advisor and all.

The two pieces of initiation clothing that were the worst I've seen were when one of my sisters wore a long white t-shirt and when another wore white flip-flops because she couldn't find white shoes.

You should talk to your sisters about getting seniors and alumnae to donate their old white dresses to the chapter so that your new members don't have to scramble around trying to find white clothes in the middle of winter. My chapter started doing that this year and it's a really good idea.

aopirose · #14 11-27-2002, 11:02 AM

33, you made me spit out my coffee on that one.

MTSU, I feel your pain. I would just like to add a twist from my experience. Try finding a white dress in late October in a maternity size! I am an alumna initiate and at the time I made my vows, I was nine months pregnant. Thank goodness my mother-in-law is a seamstress and she whipped one up in an afternoon. BTW, my son was born two weeks later and every once in awhile, I catch him humming an AOII tune.

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Originally posted by 33girl
On behalf of the 7th floor of Campbell Hall, a belated thank you to Sue K and her white skirt. I wish I had $1 for every time the fall I pledged that someone ran down the hall asking her to borrow it. This skirt attended rituals for ASA, AST and Delta Chi little sisters. Thankfully, it didn't disclose any secrets.

astroAPhi · #15 11-27-2002, 11:28 AM

My sorority was chartered in 1990, and one of our Alpha (founding) sisters passed down her 1990s Prom dress to every member of her family that has been initiated. It is pretty short and all frilly and stuff... it's hysterical. But at least that girl doesn't have to worry about finding a dress!

One of the girls in my new member class was initiated with it, and she can't wait to get a little sister so she can laugh at her in it... heehee.