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07-25-2005, 04:01 PM
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There are sooo many white dresses on sale!! I would reccomend finding a white sweater to go with a white dress because many chapters require your shoulders to be somewhat covered (or we do anyhow) And you may get cold if you have a house/room that has AC. (you'll probably wear it year round for events...)
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This may be organization specific as I was once told Angels don't wear sleeves or turtlenecks in regard to ceremony dress. (I'm a Pi Phi) I would recommend a dress without sleeves based on my experiences but you could have a white cardigan sweater just in case.
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07-25-2005, 04:18 PM
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This may be organization specific as I was once told Angels don't wear sleeves or turtlenecks in regard to ceremony dress. (I'm a Pi Phi) I would recommend a dress without sleeves based on my experiences but you could have a white cardigan sweater just in case.
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So do you have to wear sleeveless dresses for Pi Phi? What would you do for a woman who needed to have her shoulders covered due to religious reasons?
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07-25-2005, 04:26 PM
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So do you have to wear sleeveless dresses for Pi Phi? What would you do for a woman who needed to have her shoulders covered due to religious reasons?
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I can't really discuss why we need sleeveless dresses, but I'll just say it makes things easier. Also when there's 75-80 women in a room you don't want to be wearing a sweater, just my opinion. My chapter never had to deal with a girl who had to have her shoulders covered in the time I was an active so I couldn't tell you. It was never mandatory nor in the bylaws, just strongly encouraged as were most of our chapter's policies regarding ritual wear.
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07-25-2005, 04:29 PM
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Hum...well I guess if it is your first white dress, i would make sure I had a coverup just in case. And they won't really find many cute white dresses w/sleeves, we all just wore sweaters to cover up.
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07-26-2005, 02:24 AM
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You guys just get more and more helpful! I got a white eyelit dress that is a halter top, but not low cut.. It also ties in the back.. Kind of counfusing but it is beautiful.(YAH Neimans sale, hide me from more sales hahah)
Would this be appropriate with a white cardigan? I am wearing this dress to a rehersal dinner this friday.. My best friend (who is a DG) is getting married Saturday.. So if I can't use the dress for sorority purposes it isnt a huge deal. I should just find out now while I can still shop. Can you tell I am to addicted to shopping?
I have white dressiesh wedges.. should i invest in some white heels??
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07-26-2005, 09:42 AM
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If you can find some white heels I would, but otherwise you can at least survive your pledging w/the wedges and see. If you pledge, you will probably be wearing white for a few years so another pair wouldn't hurt. I would def get a cardigan just to be safe, all schools are different, but it is better to be over prepared.
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07-26-2005, 09:49 AM
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My best friend (who is a DG) is getting married Saturday.. So if I can't use the dress for sorority purposes it isnt a huge deal. I should just find out now while I can still shop. Can you tell I am to addicted to shopping?
I have white dressiesh wedges.. should i invest in some white heels??
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If you're wearing it to a rehearsal, why not wear a brightly colored cardigan with it to offset the white? And yes, for sorority ritual that requires all-white, you'll want a white cardi.
Jharb-- I was initiated in a room with over 100 women and we were FREEZING because they'd cranked the air down so low!  Depends on the chapter house!
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07-26-2005, 11:33 AM
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This may be organization specific as I was once told Angels don't wear sleeves or turtlenecks in regard to ceremony dress. (I'm a Pi Phi) I would recommend a dress without sleeves based on my experiences but you could have a white cardigan sweater just in case.
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This must be a chapter tradition because I'm also a Pi Phi and I've never heard of this rule. My white dress happens to be sleeveless, but I've seen girls wear dresses that cover their shoulders and no one says anything.
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07-26-2005, 01:56 PM
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This may be organization specific as I was once told Angels don't wear sleeves or turtlenecks in regard to ceremony dress. (I'm a Pi Phi)
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Slightly off topic...but I LOVE how you said that!!! "Angels don't wear hootchie momma whites...you shouldn't either."  Love it!
Too bad everyone's mascot doesn't fit into that sentence. "Anchors don't wear.....wait.... anchors don't wear clothes...nevermind."
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07-26-2005, 02:52 PM
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I have white dressiesh wedges.. should i invest in some white heels??
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I went to Payless, got a really cheap pair of white heels (they're actually pretty cute) and I wear them only for ritual stuff--I mean, for me anyway I didn't want to spend a ton of money on shoes I would only wear a couple times a year. But, yes... I would suggest heels.
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07-26-2005, 04:50 PM
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Slightly off topic...but I LOVE how you said that!!! "Angels don't wear hootchie momma whites...you shouldn't either." Love it!
Too bad everyone's mascot doesn't fit into that sentence. "Anchors don't wear.....wait....anchors don't wear clothes...nevermind."
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Haha, it was like that. One of our advisors always said stuff along those lines. You wear classy, sleeveless whites. It was just always the way things were done in my chapter. Although sometimes white flip flops would make it onto the scene if we had some sort of emergency ceremony for some reason!
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07-26-2005, 05:32 PM
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Just a reminder with all of this white dress talk...before you go out and spend money on this sort of thing, just remember not every group requires whites or blacks. I know the sales are great...but don't buy anything you wouldn't want to wear to other events...
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07-26-2005, 05:38 PM
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WhiteDaisy's right - if you do buy something get it from a store that will let you return it, and don't take the tags off till you're sure you need it.
Although you always need black anything IMO.
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07-26-2005, 06:01 PM
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Just a reminder with all of this white dress talk...before you go out and spend money on this sort of thing, just remember not every group requires whites or blacks. I know the sales are great...but don't buy anything you wouldn't want to wear to other events...
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CJ is right, as always
But a girl can always use a little black dress...or 3
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07-26-2005, 07:40 PM
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Although you always need black anything IMO.
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