Opinions for big SEC school

[Theta2Mom]

Welcome to the South! You will fit in perfectly with your pearls! You will see many girls in strapless dresses and pink/white French nails (natural looking). Your outfits look great and I am sure you will be fine. My daughter wore khaki shorts one day, navy the next for Philanthropy round---she also had some lighter khakis as an option if the T-shirt did not go with navy.

Your pref dress looks great...very classy and appropriate.

It is extremely hot and the humidity is a killer if you are not used to it. We moved my daughter into the house yesterday afternoon...it was blazing. Drink water at every open house...and bring some in your tote bag as well (or sports drink).

Have fun!

[loovegreek]

I love your outfits, so well put together and thought out! Don't be nervous, everyone will be very welcoming and you won't be the only one away from home I like your first skit day outfit the best!

[GeorgiaGPhiB]

Welcome to South!

My thoughts ...
Lilly is queen so anything by her is great in the SEC.
Pearls are very classy just like the sorority women you will be meeting.
I love the pref dress, but many (to most) actives will be wearing black, go with a color.

[BeeBee23]

My friend's sorority is not allowed to wear Lily during recruitment. Does anyone else find that to be kinda strange?

[Titchou]

No, I find that very sensible.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by BeeBee23

My friend's sorority is not allowed to wear Lily during recruitment. Does anyone else find that to be kinda strange?

That's probably to prevent possible print overload, even though there are solid Lily things it's easier to just ban it altogether.

[MaggieXi]

Originally Posted by BeeBee23

My friend's sorority is not allowed to wear Lily during recruitment. Does anyone else find that to be kinda strange?

I love Lilly, but Lilly on a hundred girls in the same room would probably make me dizzy.

[AnchorAlumna]

Not to mention that Lily is NOT cheap.

[sweetmagnolia]

Could it be because they don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable in a sea of expensive brand names? Rush and pledging is not a cheap activity and to put hundred dollar + items of clothing in the mix could give a wrong impression to girls who can afford to join but maybe not have that kind of a wardrobe. I know I would make some assumptions if I walked into a room filled with girls in Lilly pants carrying Longchamp bags.

[BeeBee23]

maybe. I guess what I thought was weird about it was that her house isn't really the type you would expect to be wearing Lily. They're trendy...but a less conservative, more "fashion week" trendy. If that makes any sense at all! haha

[GeorgiaGPhiB]

I'm voting strange. I understand the cost of recruitment wardrobe can get easily out of hand if nobody is thinking about the price (they don't mention that when talking about the cost of being in a sorority haha). And Lilly is expensive, but to band it all together??? Odd.

Maybe they do not want to give off that vibe or they are trying to keep in mind the sisters that are on a budget, which is always nice.

[Alumiyum]

I'm willing to bet it's because the possibility of a huge number of girls wearing the bright, flashy Lily prints is overwhelming. That really could be a disaster, and maybe it's easier to just ban distracting, large prints.

[NUBlue&Blue]

Or maybe since 90% of the pnms will be wearing Lilly, they want to be able to tell who's an active and who's a pnm.

My girls always had to wear solids--white dress for open house, polo shirt or button down in one their philanthropy's three colors for philanthropy day, red dress for skit, etc.

[Drolefille]

Am I alone in thinking that Lily is ugly? Mostly the bags, but looking at the clothing I'm not really changing my opinion.

I would think banning prints in general isn't an unusual thing and if Lily is popular there mentioning it specifically would be normal.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

I'm willing to bet it's because the possibility of a huge number of girls wearing the bright, flashy Lily prints is overwhelming. That really could be a disaster, and maybe it's easier to just ban distracting, large prints.

If they didn't want designer stuff, there are WAY pricier things than Lily that they could ban. I honestly think this is just because of the loud print factor.