Recruitment Clothing for Actives

[AXOrushadvisor]

Originally Posted by Kansas City

Great idea until you try to match certain colors! When I rushed 15 years ago, the chapter I eventually joined had their members wear pink dresses (sorority color) to an introductory event. It ranged the full gambit of peachy to hot and everything in between. Needless to say they did not impress many that day and had to make up for it the rest of the week. Color matching may be okay for certain colors such as black, white, most reds and maybe some blues but be cautious about allowing members too much freedom to express their individuality when you are trying to create a cohesive group appearance.

Really, we do it all the time and it looks great. You have to give them color ranges and do clothing checks. I have seen it done with both red and pink- 2 very hard colors and it was very effective.

[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

Really, we do it all the time and it looks great. You have to give them color ranges and do clothing checks. I have seen it done with both red and pink- 2 very hard colors and it was very effective.

It probably depends on the chapter size, color and availability. Keep in mind that my story was from 15 years ago (pre-internet shopping), the university is located in a small 10,000 person rural farm community, there were about 100 active members per chapter and pink is generally more difficult to match than say a red (another chapter on my campus did a wonderful job matching red dresses that same year). The following year when I was an active, we opted for black dresses that were much easier to match and create that cohesive look. Now if I were to attempt a pink matching today, I would probably ask all the women to get black and/or white dresses and have the chapter provide matching pink sashes to the actives.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AXOrushadvisor

Really, we do it all the time and it looks great. You have to give them color ranges and do clothing checks. I have seen it done with both red and pink- 2 very hard colors and it was very effective.

Another thing to keep in mind is some colors look like ass on some people. Best to have an option where if everyone is wearing a certain color, there's a way to wear it away from the face.