Ritual Clothing

[33girl]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

SPARKLE LEGS! I guess you would wear them with the "Slinky" Temple dress!

Yeah, I thought that was a rather amusing contradiction too.

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Sequins? Jeez, after reading so many Panhellenic recruitment sites that have said "no sequins" for Pref dresses, it's a surprise to see them on official ritual wear. But maybe that's the point? Lowly PNMs should avoid sequins so that chapter presidents will stand out even more proudly during actual ritual? (I'll understand if you can't explain to a non-member.)

Sigh, you've discovered our secret. We're just frickin fancy!

[kddani]

Originally Posted by BocoTriDelta

I want ritual to be more uniformed and I was looking for idea or suggestions. and I thought Clothing might help with unifying a house more during ritual if we were all in the same attire

It's not really your place to be modifying the ritual requirements of your organization. Ritual is one place where there is very little room for a chapter to "do their own thing"

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by BocoTriDelta

Hi all I know ritual is a secrete matter, how ever I was just trying to get an idea for my own house. We wear all white, and I know some houses wear maybe white gowns ( like graduation gowns).

What does your house wear, if you can say, or can you write an idea of what a house might wear.

I want ritual to be more uniformed and I was looking for idea or suggestions. and I thought Clothing might help with unifying a house more during ritual if we were all in the same attire

Thanks!

If there are not guidelines for ritual attire, and you are asking for ideas of matching outfits, perhaps you should look to other chapters in your org.

If there ARE guidelines, you should really follow them.

Either way, this nonsense doesn't belong in a public forum.

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

The OP is a Sister so I am going to be as Sisterly like as possible...

Please do not post things that even tell remotely about our Ritual including dress and what color. It may be "common knowledge" but it is still not your place to be telling. As long as everyone is in proper Ritual attire, what should unify you is the fact that you are all going through the Ritual that other Tri Deltas have gone through for over a century. The Ritual unifies us as Tri Deltas; NOT whether or not the attire is identical. There are guidelines, you should know them. As long as those guidelines are being met, that is that.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeTriDelta

There are guidelines, you should know them. As long as those guidelines are being met, that is that.

She didn't put it very well, but I think that's kind of what she's going for - that to get identical, appropriate clothing is easier than calling people out for not meeting the guidelines. To which, I completely agree. If you have to stress about whether your outfit is proper and will be approved, or if you get reprimanded about this or that - well, it kinda makes you dread ritual.

Kind of like when we switched our composite pics from regular clothing to drapes. Some people thought it was making us look too clone like, but not having to worry about what to wear, if someone else would wear it, what color the background would be and if it would clash - it took a lot off people's minds.

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

Originally Posted by 33girl

She didn't put it very well, but I think that's kind of what she's going for - that to get identical, appropriate clothing is easier than calling people out for not meeting the guidelines. To which, I completely agree. If you have to stress about whether your outfit is proper and will be approved, or if you get reprimanded about this or that - well, it kinda makes you dread ritual.

Kind of like when we switched our composite pics from regular clothing to drapes. Some people thought it was making us look too clone like, but not having to worry about what to wear, if someone else would wear it, what color the background would be and if it would clash - it took a lot off people's minds.

I see... Tri Delta has "things" for people to wear if they do not have appropriate attire or are not dressed in appropriate attire at the Ritual. If you have nothing to wear, there are articles of clothing for you to wear provided by the EO. Maybe that is just the chapter I advise, but in 2 different places where I have seen/been involved with Ritual this has been the case. I get that making things identical would make life easier though.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by BuckeyeTriDelta

I see... Tri Delta has "things" for people to wear if they do not have appropriate attire or are not dressed in appropriate attire at the Ritual. If you have nothing to wear, there are articles of clothing for you to wear provided by the EO.

This is a stellar idea. If a chapter's existence has been an itinerant one, though (closed and reopened, moving from house to house, not HAVING a house, among other things) things can get misplaced. I'd hope everyone has a "portable catsuit closet" so to speak, but sometimes reality just gets in the way, unfortunately.

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by moe.ron

This is what our President wear during initiation.

Originally Posted by moe.ron

Our VP of Finance's Ritual outfit:

moe.ron, don't forget about the Chaplain!!



He's one of my chapter's alumni from 1997. It sucks that it only comes in that size, though.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

moe.ron, don't forget about the Chaplain!!



He's one of my chapter's alumni from 1997. It sucks that it only comes in that size, though.

I just bit my lip a little because I was not ready for any of that.

If you are allowed to tell, does the purse hold the chapter's check book and credit cards?

Regardless, that gives a whole new meaning to y'all's Balanced Man Program.

[Gusteau]

SigEp FTW!

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by moe.ron

This is what our President wear during initiation.

Originally Posted by moe.ron

Our VP of Finance's Ritual outfit:

Originally Posted by pshsx1

moe.ron, don't forget about the Chaplain!!



He's one of my chapter's alumni from 1997. It sucks that it only comes in that size, though.

Originally Posted by Gusteau

SigEp FTW!

I bet there's at least one ritual outfit from Dr. Seuss stories, a song by Manilow, and they eat Wendy's food.

Frosties, and the Cat in the Hat for sure.

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by TSteven

I just bit my lip a little because I was not ready for any of that.

If you are allowed to tell, does the purse hold the chapter's check book and credit cards?

Regardless, that gives a whole new meaning to y'all's Balanced Man Program.

Hey, don't worry about it! :P

(The VP of Finance's hoes hold them actually...)

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I bet there's at least one ritual outfit from Dr. Seuss stories, a song by Manilow, and they eat Wendy's food.

Frosties, and the Cat in the Hat for sure.

Damn it.. you Googled our Ritual, didn't you?!

The bolded items are in the purse.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by pshsx1

Hey, don't worry about it! :P

(The VP of Finance's hoes hold them actually...)



Damn it.. you Googled our Ritual, didn't you?!

The bolded items are in the purse.

Seriously, my SigEp fantasy includes your Grand President taking me to Wendy's for a spicy chicken sandwich before a Barry Manilow concert, then having John Goodman and Carroll O'Connor read me Dr. Seuss bedtime stories.

[pshsx1]

lol my total at Wendy's came to $19.01 (our founding year) and I nearly crapped myself :P

Will DJ Scrilla be there too?