Old Letters

[skylark]

Originally Posted by bejazd

out of curiosity...When did "wearing letters" as we know it today come into fashion? my parents were Greeks in the late 50s and they claim they never had the sweatshirts with letters as we do now. Both men and women had blazers with the crest. Women wore their pins on dresses and sweaters with skirts, never with pants. The sororities had sweatshirts with the crests and the name spelled out. My dad still wears his college class ring with the greek letters in the stone.

I'd love to hear a detailed answer/analysis of this, too. Where's oldu when you need him?

[Tom Earp]

Maybe the material and how letters were attached could be compared to the types of helments that the football team used.

Times and materials along with designs do change!

In the mid sixtys, the letters were printed on with a rubber type letters that after washing begin to fall of!