Vera Bradley and Greek Life - Page 4

When Doves Cry · #1 02-17-2008, 12:31 AM

so last night, i went to one of our bookstores to get some more letters

and i saw some VB bags and I totally thought of GC

SATX*APhi · #2 02-17-2008, 01:55 PM

VB is just starting to catch on down here in South Texas. It's been very slow in catching on and I'm not sure if it will catch on that way it has in southern and midwestern states. When I was up in Ohio the other week, I saw Vera everywhere I turned. I joked with my friend and asked her why she hadn't told me to take my VB bags with me so that I would "fit in."

vamom11 · #3 02-17-2008, 01:58 PM

My daughter goes to school in Virginia and when we visit her campus, it's probably about half and half as to who's carrying a VB bag.

ktbug10474 · #4 02-17-2008, 02:20 PM

i see VB all the time down here and the only way to distinguish it between who's in a sorority and who's not
is the print/monogram

Granted yes you see some girls carrying the same print as a sorority girl but the sorority girl has the name of the sorority embroidered on the bag

and i definitely think VB is a more southern thing because i've been to Boston and NYC and didn't see a one when i was there this past summer. (which by the way was the best summer EVER because i finally got to see a game in yankee stadium, fenway park, and camden yards!!!)

LegallyBrunette · #5 02-17-2008, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ktbug10474

and i definitely think VB is a more southern thing because i've been to Boston and NYC and didn't see a one when i was there this past summer. (which by the way was the best summer EVER because i finally got to see a game in yankee stadium, fenway park, and camden yards!!!)

That really surprises me. When I was in college in Massachusetts (greater Boston) five years ago, VB was insanely popular. One of my chapter sisters made really good quality double stiched letters with Vera fabrics (using the napkins I think) for the rest of our chapter. Maybe that was the peak of its Northeastern popularity.

One of my friends who lives in NYC once said about Vera, "You'll see it in Brooklyn Heights and Williamsburg, but never in Manhattan." No idea how true that is, maybe some New Yorkers could comment.

AlphaFrog · #6 02-17-2008, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by vamom11

My daughter goes to school in Virginia and when we visit her campus, it's probably about half and half as to who's carrying a VB bag.

At District Days this weekend, which is held in VA and 90% of the chapters are from VA, I saw Vera EVERYWHERE.

Benzgirl · #7 02-17-2008, 04:42 PM

Last night, I had dinner with my niece and a bunch of her friends at Ohio State. I asked them if any had ever heard of VB, only 2 had. The two that knew what they were wrinkled their noses when I asked if they would carry one. One said, "it looks like something my grandma would carry"

What are they into? Coach or something vintage, on the affordability level. All want Louis Vuittons in the future.

LAblondeGPhi · #8 02-18-2008, 05:28 AM

The first time I saw a Vera Bradley bag was at the Greek Store near UCLA. I was visiting last year to get items for someone (I'm an alum) and was horrified at this wall of, what I now know, were VB items. I had NEVER seen anyone in LA with a bag like that. This Greek Store always had tons of really random merchandise, so I just assumed that the owner had, once again, totally misunderstood his market.

I'm still not a fan and still haven't seen a bag in person, but anything can grow on you when you see it all the time, especially with a strong positive association.

Cutie_Hootie · #9 02-18-2008, 11:22 AM

For those of you who are fans and live in the Midwest (or else feel the need), I highly recommend attending the outlet sale in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where VB is manufactured:
http://www.verabradley.com/Site/Company/OutletSale.aspx

It's held in the Ft. Wayne Coliseum, and it's pretty crazy--just imagine row after row of tables filled with every style and color of bag. I've been the last few years, and when you walk in, they give you a garbage bag. Then it's every woman (and the occasional bored husband) for herself. I "may" have ran across the coliseum last year to get some half priced luggage...

Ilaria Ame · #10 02-18-2008, 02:28 PM

they're popular with women on my campus, not in particular sorority women, but i don't like them. ditto to all the croc and ugg comments, too. crocs disgust me and i live in the deep south people...there is NO reason to wear boots down here.

ktbug10474 · #11 02-18-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ilaria Ame

they're popular with women on my campus, not in particular sorority women, but i don't like them. ditto to all the croc and ugg comments, too. crocs disgust me and i live in the deep south people...there is NO reason to wear boots down here.

oh i agree!! i live in the deep south too and there is NO REASON for uggs down here... the only pair of boots i would think if somebody absolutely needed them are golashes because it rains.. even then i'm like uhh no. lol
and crocs are only suitable for children under the age of 6 and even then it's questionable.

Ilaria Ame · #12 02-18-2008, 02:43 PM

ditto to the kids comment. i mean, yeah, my grandma wears them to work in the garden and my nieces and nephews wear them to play...but they are NOT for going in public! ack, it's one of my pet peeves. which is so sad, lol, that i'm THAT concerned about it.

BabyPiNK_FL · #13 02-18-2008, 03:46 PM

^^^I agree. Crocs are for working and for children's comfort. Anyone else just looks like an idiot (I will exclude the ederly and disabled). Uggs are just that-UG!! In the north, maybe you could get away with it, I don't know since I don't usually go very much north of where I am (and I'm pretty far south). But while I may like certain VB patterns, I have to say for the most part, it's not cute. In fact it can get down right fugly. It looks like some qulited padding.

catiebug · #14 02-18-2008, 04:06 PM

I admit it, I love my crocs. They are wonderful wear to the mall, when you will be doing tons of shopping. They are easy to take on and off - very useful when it comes to trying on clothes. I also wear them when I travel - again, easy to take on and off at the TSA checkpoints. I also wear them when I have to stand on my feet all day at Dayton (an annual work event); I get lots of compliments on them, especially with all the jibbitz I have on them.

Jill1228 · #15 02-18-2008, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by catiebug

I admit it, I love my crocs. They are wonderful wear to the mall, when you will be doing tons of shopping. They are easy to take on and off - very useful when it comes to trying on clothes. I also wear them when I travel - again, easy to take on and off at the TSA checkpoints.

Yeah, what she said! I love my hot pink crocs (my husband hates them)

But I always wear them when traveling for easy shoe removal