Wearing letters in colors other than your GLO's

[RozRochelle]

I would never wear my letters, or any of my other sorority gear, in a different color. Even if I did a patterned background, the pattern's coloring would have to be consistent with my sorority's colors.

As far as wearing the letters across the seats of pants goes, I don't think LADIES should wear any kind of writing across their behinds, period. But, that's just my old-school, Bible-belt, South Carolina upbringing, LOL.

[KSUViolet06]

I wear my letters in colors than our own. In my chapter, Bigs made matching shirts for themselves and their new little(s) for revealing. In addition, each family usually had a matching sweatshirt made.

My family letters are pink and yellow polka dots with silver background on a pink sweatshirt.

The matching letters I made for my little & I are a purple star print on a silver background.

The matching letters my Big made for us (I'm a quadruplet) are red sequins on a white background on a black sweatshirt.

[SWTXBelle]

Gamma Phi has had a tradition of chapter colors - for example, my chapter colors were red and blue - so it is possible a chapter had the colors of pink and white (although that would not be advisible on a campus with Phi Mu!). Everyone in my chapter had to have an official jersey in the chapter colors.
I like having my letters in various colors - my favorite shirt right now is dark gray with pink letters.
And I hate the letters on the butt.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Question for the NPHC then (if you can even say):

Is wearing your colors MORE about branding (everyone knows that AKA is Pink & Green and APhiA is Black & Gold) or about the meaning behind your colors?

I for one would hate to wear the colors of another sorority since the colors for my sorority have special meaning and I am sure the colors of Delta, Zeta, and SGRho have special meaning so I would NEVER put my letters on their colors!

Originally Posted by guardedbystars

This might be straying, but how does everyone feel about having the letters on the butt?

I think it is horrible!!!!!!!!!!

[Laak 315]

as a fraternity member, my viewpoint might be a little different but I see guys all the time in my chapter with t-shirts have different colors for TKE and there's not a problem with it. However, I haven't seen anyone yet with sewn-ons in a different color...

[susan314]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I've heard a lot about getting letters in patterns or colors that match for your littles so your "family" shares a common theme. Is this a relatively new thing?
I have a photo of me and my big and her big...etc. going up to 5 of us but other than that, I had never heard of "families" within a chapter before. It seems like it's being discussed in general more now than ever before. It's been 20 years since I was in college. Any other "oldsters" have any perspective on this?

In Alpha Gamma Delta, we don't have "bigs and littles." We have sister-mothers (our equivalent of a "big") and sister-daughters (our equivalent of a "little").

I pledged in 1992, and our chapter "families" were a pretty big deal. You had your mom, grandma, great-grandma, etc, and we kept track of them pretty diligently. It was fun at Homecoming to meet an alumnae, recognize the name, and say "hey...you're my great-great-great grandma!"

[rufio]

my chapter wears our letters in other colors other than our own. i just ordered a new shirt with plaid red letters on a black shirt. and my first set of formal letters was light blue and navy blue instead of blue and gold

[bejazd]

Thanks for being honest, Baby Pink! I can understand where you are coming from, if that is that tradition on your campus! My own GPhi chapter did not have chapter colors, we always considered our colors to be brown and mode, but we had letters in every color. Most Gamma Phi merchandise that is "manufactured" is pink...and we Gamma Phis def consider pink to be an important part of our identity...brown and mode have ritual and historical signifigance.

As for letters are your rear end...its a no no according my new age, hedonistic Southern Calif upbringing too! Keep your letters close to your heart!

[AlexMack]

I like my butt pants, they're comfy The funniest butt letters I've seen were SDT's. No offense to SDT at all, but you already know your letters spell EAT. Imagine seeing that on someone's behind.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by centaur532

I like my butt pants, they're comfy The funniest butt letters I've seen were SDT's. No offense to SDT at all, but you already know your letters spell EAT. Imagine seeing that on someone's behind.

I've never had butt letters for fear of one of those letter wedgies. I've seen them on other girls on campus, and my friends and I decided that if you don't have 3 letters, butt pants/shorts are a bad plan.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

as a BGLO member, that is a no no. that shit will get you fucked up by members in your own org, especially them old school ones...SP91 and b4...

i've seen pics b4 of a few bglo members that did that, and i just smh. i know their founders are spinning in their graves...or in the iotas case, bout to put someone back in the cut.

i would NEVER put my letters in any other color but ROYAL BLUE & PURE WHITE...if i ever did, i deserve to get thrown back in the cut for that shit, and have my para ripped off me...

i always wondered why the non-NPHC orgs do that tho. i was at the March of Dimes Walk America a couple of weeks ago, and i seen a bunch of non-nphc orgs and they had their letters in different colors...i was shocked & dumbfounded...all i could do was smh...

Personally I agree with you. Maybe I'm more "hardcore" about it than most people...(is that the right word..."into it"? I don't know.)

I sometimes wish that NPC sororities were as "hardcore" as NPHC orgs...but it'll never happen, so be it. Love it though...I guess respect comes in different levels and is taken with different levels of severity depending on the council or organization.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by susan314

In Alpha Gamma Delta, we don't have "bigs and littles." We have sister-mothers (our equivalent of a "big") and sister-daughters (our equivalent of a "little").

I pledged in 1992, and our chapter "families" were a pretty big deal. You had your mom, grandma, great-grandma, etc, and we kept track of them pretty diligently. It was fun at Homecoming to meet an alumnae, recognize the name, and say "hey...you're my great-great-great grandma!"

Our chapter keeps track of it pretty well...family trees are a popular gift to sis-daughters. Unfortunately I don't know anything past my great-grandma, but I'm making sure my family will keep track from now on, so they'll know for generations to come!


Oh and butt-letters? I might be biased because I refuse to wear anything on my butt (I think it's a HEYHEYLOOKATME thing...I do not like these things.), but even if I did...that's disrespectful to SIT on your letters constantly. I mean really...sit, fart...NO. There's an easy solution, too...there are track pants with letters down one of the legs. If you must have letters on your pants, what's wrong with those? They're cute and at least they aren't being SAT upon.

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl

Our chapter keeps track of it pretty well...family trees are a popular gift to sis-daughters. Unfortunately I don't know anything past my great-grandma, but I'm making sure my family will keep track from now on, so they'll know for generations to come!


Oh and butt-letters? I might be biased because I refuse to wear anything on my butt (I think it's a HEYHEYLOOKATME thing...I do not like these things.), but even if I did...that's disrespectful to SIT on your letters constantly. I mean really...sit, fart...NO. There's an easy solution, too...there are track pants with letters down one of the legs. If you must have letters on your pants, what's wrong with those? They're cute and at least they aren't being SAT upon.

Ladies do not fart, they exhale anally and their exhalations smell of cinnamon buns and roses.

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

Originally Posted by centaur532

Ladies do not fart, they exhale anally and their exhalations smell of cinnamon buns and roses.

Then I sure do not know many ladies...and I wish EVERYONE's anal exhalations resulted in roses and cinnamon buns. Then I would have been happier in my freshman math class...there was this ONE guy....

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I've never had butt letters for fear of one of those letter wedgies. I've seen them on other girls on campus, and my friends and I decided that if you don't have 3 letters, butt pants/shorts are a bad plan.

Can you describe a letter wedgie?

Again, I wouldn't put letters on my butt (frowned upon by chapter; not campus culture) but I am fond of my Victoria Secret "PINK" capris which have a huge rose colored PINK written on the bootie and the actual capris are white and they do match many of my Phi Mu recruitment shirts! They are a kinda great tool without being "direct". You can't get much bigger than that PINK (and they actually make my butt look great! I get TONS of compliments with them, they emphasize ).