Anyone else not really head over heels with their GLO's colors/symbols?

[DrPhil]

Yeah colors or symbols can be difficult to wear, or not look good on everything, without darn near making you frown or cringe.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Yeah colors or symbols can be difficult to wear, or not look good on everything, without darn near making you frown or cringe.

There are BAD mixes of maroon and lavender but there are very pretty mixes as well.

Hearts and doves are pretty easy, snakes slightly less so, but more ideal for jewelry.

/what you said

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DSTRen13

Yeah - I love my GLO's colors & symbols, but when it comes to my school's colors, that's a different story. (I still refuse to buy the pink crap they sell now, though. I may not look good in gold, but school merchandise should not come in "regular" and pink "girl" versions. Gross.)

Because I'm the big sports fan that I am, I HATE when I see girls wearing pink versions of a Patriots, Bruins or Red Sox jersey. However, funny story...

When I was in college, I had a Penn State shirt made in pink and black, the school's original colors. Everyone at school thought it was awesome, but when I wore it back at home in New England, a couple of my friends said, "Ugh, why did you get one of those 'girly' jerseys?"

And when you tell people that Penn State's original colors were pink and black, it usually leads to a look of disbelief and a Google search.

[als463]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Because I'm the big sports fan that I am, I HATE when I see girls wearing pink versions of a Patriots, Bruins or Red Sox jersey. However, funny story...

When I was in college, I had a Penn State shirt made in pink and black, the school's original colors. Everyone at school thought it was awesome, but when I wore it back at home in New England, a couple of my friends said, "Ugh, why did you get one of those 'girly' jerseys?"

And when you tell people that Penn State's original colors were pink and black, it usually leads to a look of disbelief and a Google search.

The fact that you are a Penn State Alumna and you KNEW that makes me really happy! You are pretty awesome! Can you believe those were our old colors? I remember my sorority once had shirts made up in black and pink (pink for obvious reasons) and it said something about bringing it back to PSU old school style. I'll have to find that shirt.

Before going off to college, I tried to go for the grunge look and before that the hippy look (what was I thinking?) so, pink was NOT one of my choice colors. After joining I learned to LOVE pink and now incorporate it into my every day life. I love our symbol the quatrefoil because I see it all over: hotels, fountains, jewelry, churches, cemeteries, etc. I will def. be incorporating the quatrefoil and color pink into my wedding! I have to say that I LOVE our symbols--to include our mascot, the lion!

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Because I'm the big sports fan that I am, I HATE when I see girls wearing pink versions of a Patriots, Bruins or Red Sox jersey.

I was about to be all because I thought you meant the stuff Pink brand Victoria's Secret stuff. Some of it is obnoxious (for example, the shirt that says "Meet me in the dugout" or the panties that says "Designated Kisser"...double ), but I have this one, which I think is cute and non obnoxiously VS at the same time.

But then I realized that you meant sports stuff that is actually pink. I agree with you, I hate that as well!

ETA: This reminds me of when we got hoodies as a chapter. It was during our first semester as a colony and we all wanted hoodies. The sweatshirts ended up being light grey with navy letters and gold borders. Since our colors are double blue (light and dark) and gold, it was perfect. I personally like them; it was nice to have something in our colors. But no... THERE WAS SO. MUCH. WHINING. "They look like boys' sweatshirts!!!" "Why couldn't we get polka dots?" "I'm not even gonna wear this!!" Triple .

Group clothing orders was my absolute least favorite thing of being in a sorority, lol

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

There are BAD mixes of maroon and lavender but there are very pretty mixes as well.

Hearts and doves are pretty easy, snakes slightly less so, but more ideal for jewelry.

Agreed. While I love our colors, I rarely wear them in combination b/c the mixes I've found aren't the best. I usually will wear one of the colors in isolation though I did find a gorgeous maternity dress in maroon with a very pretty lavender print that I'll be wearing in Orlando next week at our fancy dinner celebrating our upcoming baby girl.

As for jewelry, I have a LOT of pearl jewelry & though the amethyst isn't an official jewel, it's my birthstone & there is a lot of Sigma Kappa jewelry decorated with amethysts so it works for me. I don't particularly have jewelry with hearts, doves or snakes but I'm ok with that.

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

There are BAD mixes of maroon and lavender but there are very pretty mixes as well.

A few years ago, i went to the wedding of a sister whose wedding colors were lavender and maroon. Her husband is a Pike so he had to have to maroon part. It actually turned out really pretty. The women wore lavender bridesmaids dresses and their flowers were a beautiful mix of purples, wines, and maroons. The groomsmen wore dark maroon tapestry print vests. It all came together nicely.

[AnotherKD]

I think I'm fairly lucky how mine turned out- green is my favorite color, and I dig the whole dagger/skulls thing. Teddy bears are ok, but the whole katydid thing is a bit weird. I know a lot of people that really love the nautilus shell as well.

And even though the colors are officially olive green and pearl white, I see stuff with all sorts of different versions of green on it. I'm not one for that bright, light green, but everything else looks great, I think.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

I wish we had a jewel, too. I wonder how many of the national orgs do/do not have them.

[thetaj]

I'm in love with everything Theta.

But I do have an AGD friend who is not in love with their symbol being a squirrel

[nittanygirl]

Purple is actually one of my favorite colors. I love it in anything except for me wearing it.
I avoid the color altogether unless it's for a sorority shirt or in a deep jewel tone. It looks bad on me, unfortunately.

I really love the sailboat symbol. It suits me perfectly. I'm really dying to get a necklace, but I gotta find one I really like first.
I wasn't keen on skull and crossbones. Now, I like them if they're done in a respectful way, not on a tweener wanna be punk tshirt.

There are other sororities that I love their colors/symbols:
Theta I love black & gold and I like the kite.
Kappa, everyone is jealous of the fleur de lis and key. Their badge is great.

DG has my very favorite symbol and colors though by far of another NPC org. I'm jealous of bronze, pink and blue & the anchor symbol.

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

As a Buckeye...I can say that the blue and gold of TriDelta are way too close to a certain other team's colors...needless to say I do not wear gold and blue (or yellow and blue) together often if at all.

[WCsweet<3]

I love the green and white. Green is my favorite color and... well white is white. Super easy.

I tend to ignore the nautilus even though I feel like that is a "bigger" (is that even the right term?) symbol. So I pay for more to the dagger, however, trying to find accessories, or anything really, with either of those symbols tends to be rather difficult. I rarely find anything outside of the Kappa Delta website/boutique. My boyfriend found a dagger necklace for Christmas and I was beyond amazed.

While I love the symbolism behind each one, I do get tired sometimes of the search. especially when I see owls, keys, arrows etc everywhere.

On a different note, I do refuse to wear keys (or whatever, that is just the in thing over here) because it is a symbol for another sorority. I automatically think of Kappa when I see it. Is that weird?

[als463]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

I love the green and white. Green is my favorite color and... well white is white. Super easy.

I tend to ignore the nautilus even though I feel like that is a "bigger" (is that even the right term?) symbol. So I pay for more to the dagger, however, trying to find accessories, or anything really, with either of those symbols tends to be rather difficult. I rarely find anything outside of the Kappa Delta website/boutique. My boyfriend found a dagger necklace for Christmas and I was beyond amazed.

While I love the symbolism behind each one, I do get tired sometimes of the search. especially when I see owls, keys, arrows etc everywhere.

On a different note, I do refuse to wear keys (or whatever, that is just the in thing over here) because it is a symbol for another sorority. I automatically think of Kappa when I see it. Is that weird?

In all honesty, I have to agree with you on that one. I find myself not wearing anything with a key, squirrel (though it is such a cute animal), anchor, etc. because I don't want anyone to wrongly associate me with another sorority--not because I don't care for those other GLOs but, I almost feel like if I am accidentally representing another sorority, I am somewhat being disrespectful to my GLO. Does that make sense?

I have to say, though-I think lavender and maroon is BEAUTIFUL and I love the color combination. I also really like pink and green. If you asked me, I could find something I LOVE about every GLO.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

On a different note, I do refuse to wear keys (or whatever, that is just the in thing over here) because it is a symbol for another sorority. I automatically think of Kappa when I see it. Is that weird?

When I was selecting dining room furniture for one of our chapters, the interior designer recommended a dining chair with a back that looked like a lyre. Although that campus did not have a chapter of Alpha Chi Omega, I told her we simply could not have 200 Alpha Chi Omega chairs. She thought I was nuts because it wasn't actually a lyre design - just looked like one. Funny thing is, later our International Executive Director came to approve my choices. The designer showed her that chair as an option, and the first thing the Executive Director said was, "well those remind me of Alpha Chi Omega. What else do you have?" No disprespect to AXO, but some symbols are so closely related to another GLO that you just can't use them!