'No Frumpy': Cornell Sorority Forbids American Apparel Leggings, etc.

[ThetaDancer]

Hahaha I posted about this in the "what do you feel like saying right now" thread the other day. The wording on this list absolutely cracks me up..."you best have a mani/pedi when you get to ithaca" and the "no fake plastic shizzz" parts were my favorites.

And I believe the blacked out parts just had the names of women in their past pledge classes, so nothing too scandalous.

[COBaby]

I kind of want to send this to our chapter and ask them to take it seriously. Except for the boots with dresses thing for pref. She's got to be kidding about that.
Otherwise, she's basically asking girls to look their best; it seems like there's some good advice in here.

[alum]

This doesn't look out of the ordinary. My daughter is an active at a school with a deferred recruitment. Each year, the Recruitment VP issued clothing/accesseries lists before summer break. The members had to show their recruitment outfits before Thanksgiving (I suppose so they could shop when they were home). My D said there was a second approval period between T'day and Christmas Breaks for the girls who had needed to replace certain items.

[DSTRen13]

This is also on Jezebel, fyi - http://jezebel.com/5454613/sorority-...yline=true&s=i

[SWTXBelle]

Reminds me of Jen Lancaster's recounting of her days as a "recruitment Nazi" in her undergrad Pi Phi days! (She wrote "Bitter is the New Black", "Such a Pretty Fat")

[33girl]

Originally Posted by COBaby

I kind of want to send this to our chapter and ask them to take it seriously. Except for the boots with dresses thing for pref. She's got to be kidding about that.

This is cocktail in butt ass cold NY State. I have the feeling it's more sheath dresses with sleeves that you dress up with jewelry than the teeny things that are usually "cocktail." And with those...high boots don't look bad.

Originally Posted by honeychile

Why the pedi part of mani-pedi if she's weird about shoes and that doesn't include open toe shoes?

They probably get both at once as a matter of course. Also, pedis are not just polishing the toes - they're also for making sure you don't have lizard feet. Lizard feet show through tights and hose.

[Benzgirl]

They can wear watches? That was a big No No for us.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

They can wear watches? That was a big No No for us.

On the next page she says not to wear them and put on a bangle instead.

I'm thinking of the list like this that a crabby mom put on here and the difference is enormous. This girl is funny as hell and none of this is over the top...just basically "don't dress tacky." It also seems like they have a lot of latitude in the items they can choose. The other one was ordering tans and other dangerous items, and really condescending.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by 33girl

On the next page she says not to wear them and put on a bangle instead.

I'm thinking of the list like this that a crabby mom put on here and the difference is enormous. This girl is funny as hell and none of this is over the top...just basically "don't dress tacky." It also seems like they have a lot of latitude in the items they can choose. The other one was ordering tans and other dangerous items, and really condescending.

Whaaaaaaaaa?

[33girl]

Originally Posted by agzg

Whaaaaaaaaa?

I think the thread was removed. It was at a large southern school and the mom was just aghast that her daughter was involved in such a group (never mind she'd been a sorority member herself). It was apparently really easy to tell what group it was for if you went to the school - plus the mom probably posted it without daughter's permission - so it was removed.

This has made national media though, so oh well.

[APhiAnna]

I don't see anything wrong with this list at all...in fact, I thought she was hilarious. I agree with 33girl that it is far better than the UF list that was posted on here awhile ago...I think they were aiming for the same thing but this girl is actually sarcastically funny.

I think that anybody outside of the Greek system is going to incorrectly assume this dress code is required at all times and that is why the blogs are blowing up. This is obviously just for recruitment. I think everybody in a moderately to very competitive recruitment has received instructions similar to this, either written or verbal (or both).

The one thing I will say is that using sarcasm in writing is always dangerous because people can misinterpret it. Hell, there were some girls in my chapter who couldn't understand sarcasm even if it was spoken in a sarcastic tone! So I think some people will read this as bitchy when obviously she was going for "sassy" and humorous.

Anyways, I thought it was funny and I agree with her fashion choices, unlike the UF girl who I believe infamously wrote that anybody with big boobs should wear a tube top...

[RU OX Alum]

Whoever wrote that sounds like a such a stereo-type.

[33girl]

Anyone who tells other people not to wear American Apparel gets a big kiss from me. And if the day has come (and it unfortunately has) when you actually have to tell people not to wear open toed shoes IN THE WINTER, then Cornell needs to raise its admission standards.

No: tacky/cheapo/pleather. Don't mess with me.

I think the girl who wrote this may be one of my favorite people on the planet right now. Not to mention the satin dress comment.

ETA: what are "huggies" earrings? All huggies makes me think of is disposable diapers.

[ZTA72]

Originally Posted by 33girl

ETA: what are "huggies" earrings? All huggies makes me think of is disposable diapers.

I had the same visual. When I googled the term...apparently I got the rest of the story.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by ZTA72

I had the same visual. When I googled the term...apparently I got the rest of the story.

I was thinking she meant an ear cuff, but apparently a huggie is like a cuff but for pierced ears.