When I was in college, those black pants were starting to come into style, but weren't 'quite' there yet. I owned a pain--and STILL own the same pair (with NOTHING wrong with them) that cost me less than 20 bucks. They still fit great and look even better
ANYWAY--what I was starting to say was--nobody in sororities on my campus worried about this stuff. Yeah, we had those black pants--but they were a fad, not a sorority necessity. No tiffiny bracelets, no special purses . . . I think it's interesting how the importance of things are different in different areas. We just didn't care that much about clothes. I can't tell you how many times I got up, pulled my hair into a hat, pulled on my DZ sweatshirt, a pair of sweat pants and tennis shoes and trodded off to class. When we went out, we wanted to look good, but we had our own styles and we were all different. My personal style always encorporated a black shirt--always always because I like black--but that was MY thing, not my whole sorority's thing.
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