This is your mother's Rush! What we wore 1960-1990

[atrianglepi]

I only remember what I wore for two of the four rounds. The second round was called cokes and I wore a red corduroy blazer, white blouse and a tweed black/white skirt, hose(of course) and black pumps. I have a picture of this. For prefs I wore a tea length black velvet skit and a cream angora sweater with little pearls on it, hose(it was Jan after all), dressier black sling backs. I also remember coming back from prefs and finding my roomate(who was not rushing) and her entire family in our room. The only people who were supposed to be in the dorms were the girls rushing. Their presence really threw me off.

[carnation]

Did you guys wait eagerly for the August issue of Seventeen, which was double-thick and had the latest styles in it?

[SWTXBelle]

YES, Carnation!

Texas Recruitment - 1983

First round - white suit (shoulder pads!), turquoise, black and white striped blouse. Monet black and gold necklace with matching earrings. Black patent pumps and pantyhose. Wouldn't go out without pantyhose.

Second round - can't remember

Third round - Blue cotton dress - white collar, red polka dots, matching red flats. The only problem? IT WAS THE EXACT SAME DRESS AS THE GAMMA PHIS WERE WEARING - only theirs were red with blue dots. I had some pnms ask me if I was the president and that's why my dress was different.

PREF - I had a black crepe dress with a lace collar. Our pref wasn't as formal as some - I don't know if that has changed.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by carnation

Did you guys wait eagerly for the August issue of Seventeen, which was double-thick and had the latest styles in it?

OMIGOSH yes! I think I still have the 1969 edition. I used to try to save 1 magazine a year, just to go back and laugh at the fashions.
But I hated Seventeen for showing wool skirts and sweaters in August. In Alabama, we have about 2 weeks to wear that stuff...in February.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

OMIGOSH yes! I think I still have the 1969 edition. I used to try to save 1 magazine a year, just to go back and laugh at the fashions.
But I hated Seventeen for showing wool skirts and sweaters in August. In Alabama, we have about 2 weeks to wear that stuff...in February.

My friends and I would always want to get those glorious wool outfits for our back-to-school clothes...in Houston, Texas. I particularly remember one lovely butterscotch sweater/skirt combination that I actually got to wear on a cool morning in late October. Of course, I was frying by noon.

[carnation]

Although this isn't a vintage recruitment wear post, I saw pictures of the PNMs at my oldest daughter's recruitment in 2000 and animal prints were huge that year and all I can say is that they looked like they were getting ready to film "The Lion King". My daughter, along with several others in the pictures, was playing a zebra.

[ForeverRoses]

I flipped through my old AOII scrapbook last night and looked at the pictures from rush- in 1993 for Open Houses I wore a lovely Blue/Green/White/Black plaid shirt with a waffle weave shirt underneath. I am pretty sure the plaid shirt was from the men's side of Abercrombie & Fitch (and if I remember correctly, it wasn't mine- I snagged it from a guy friend's closet). It was paired with black walking shorts and finished off with white ankle socks and Bass Bucks shoes. I look like I just walked out of a Pearl Jam video. Both my friends in the picture are dressed similarly.

Oh the joys of rush during the days of grunge.

Oh, for pref I wore a blue with cream polka dots short sleeved dress with cream hose and blue heels. I still remember my Rho Chi's advice of - NO NUDE HOSE! (nude hose were considered a "cuttable" offense by some).

I would post pictures, but I don't have a working scanner.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I flipped through my old AOII scrapbook last night and looked at the pictures from rush- in 1993 for Open Houses I wore a lovely Blue/Green/White/Black plaid shirt with a waffle weave shirt underneath. I am pretty sure the plaid shirt was from the men's side of Abercrombie & Fitch (and if I remember correctly, it wasn't mine- I snagged it from a guy friend's closet). It was paired with black walking shorts and finished off with white ankle socks and Bass Bucks shoes. I look like I just walked out of a Pearl Jam video. Both my friends in the picture are dressed similarly.

Oh the joys of rush during the days of grunge.

Oh, for pref I wore a blue with cream polka dots short sleeved dress with cream hose and blue heels. I still remember my Rho Chi's advice of - NO NUDE HOSE! (nude hose were considered a "cuttable" offense by some).

I would post pictures, but I don't have a working scanner.

Gasp! The nude hose in the 90's were so wrong! Ha! I remember we wore sheer black hose with practically everything. White shoes were also completely passe even in the summer. During the same time period, I only remember what I wore for pref. We didn't have supper formal prefs, so you just wore a church style dress. I was into Yuppie style, so I picked a red dress that was double breasted with a white collar and blue buttons. It had a little blue pocket square so it looked like a little red suit dress. I paired it with white hose and a pair of navy heals. I had super curly hair down to my waist a la Nicole Kidman. My husband laughs when he sees pictures of my hair back then and says I looked like a Pentacostal (no offense to any one of that religion.)

[myopicsunflower]

Originally Posted by carnation

Did you guys wait eagerly for the August issue of Seventeen, which was double-thick and had the latest styles in it?

YES!!

I loved Sassy too.

I don't remember what I wore each night of rush, but I do remember spending a lot of time on my hair, curling it and arranging my fringe just right. Big hair lasted well into the 90s -- it just wasn't as big as it was in the late 80s.

I still have one babydoll dress leftover from 1991 -- the only article of clothing I kept (besides a couple of lettered sweatshirts) from that time. I actually tried it on for fun earlier this year, and by some act of God, it still fits. Not that I'm going to wear it out of the house or anything!

[angelove]

AnchorAlum and FSUZeta, I would love to hear your retro recruitment stories!

I only remember a few things that I wore for rush at FSU in the mid-80's. On one of the icewater days I wore a pink pencil-type skirt from the Limited with buckles at its very high waist, and on one of the later days (maybe skit day - round 3?) I wore a Laura Ashley drop-waist dress. I can't remember what I wore for prefs except that it was covered with candle wax by the end of the day and I never could wear it again.

I do remember having to find something to wear for the extra day of round 2, which happened because the original round 2 day was canceled because of rain. We were supposed to go to nine parties that day, but by the third or fourth party we were soaking wet, so rush was expanded by a day.

[AXOrushadvisor]

Originally Posted by carnation

Did you guys wait eagerly for the August issue of Seventeen, which was double-thick and had the latest styles in it?

Carnation, My daughters back to school issue just showed up in the mail. There are 823 fashion and beauty ideas! I guess I just figured out how to spend my morning.

[AGDAlum]

Originally Posted by carnation

Did you guys wait eagerly for the August issue of Seventeen, which was double-thick and had the latest styles in it?

Not only Seventeen, but also Glamour and Mademoiselle. One of the Mizzou ChiO's the year I went through rush (1970) was one of Glamour's Top 10 College Girls. Of course they made much of that.

As to what I wore: what I remember is a doubleknit Bobbie Brooks polo dress (bumble bee logo)--navy/red/tan; and an interlock knit--multi-colored dots on blue...can't remember the others.

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by carnation

Did you guys wait eagerly for the August issue of Seventeen, which was double-thick and had the latest styles in it?

You'd better believe it, baby!!