To be fair, I actually like that the letters/symbols are camouflaged into the pattern. There are 10,000 places you can get a tote or whatever with big ol' greek letters on 'em, but as an alumna I'd like to represent without seeming LOOK AT ME I WAS IN A SORORITY IN COLLEGE AND I NEVER LET GO OF IT!!!! (which, like it or not, is how most of the populace views a non-collegian sporting letters.)
Plus, if you're on the kind of campus that recognizes Lilly, you've got the best PR possible ("Don't you want to join? WE HAVE A LILLY PRINT!"). I wondered if being the only chapter not to have a print on my Lilly-centric campus would hurt us in recruitment, but it doesn't appear to. Although I can guarantee all the other chapters probably mentioned their print at some point during recruitment.
But now we have one, and I'll probably buy a scarf or wristlet, and everybody's happy.
The end.
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