Recruitment Clothing for Actives

[violetpretty]

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.

This is why explaining what you are going for and giving examples of what is and isn't ok plus doing dress checks is necessary.

[joliebelle]

Last year, we decided to mix things up a bit for our clothing.
Day 1: Panhellenic t-shirt, dark jeans, with heels
Day 2: Matching stitch letter t-shirt (black shirt, zebra print, hot pink outline), dark jeans, and heels
Day 3: Black business attire with whatever accent color you want (i.e black slacks, hot pink button down, pink earrings, etc.). Oh, and white wasn't considered an accent color
Day 4: (preference) Black dress with pearls and black heels

[WVU alpha phi]

My chapter wore:

Day 1 (house tours)- Matching letter shirts (we ordered new, different ones every year), jean bottoms (skirt, pants, capris), and heels.

Day 2 and 3 (philanthrophy day)- Red Alpha Phi shirts (one year they had 'helping hearts since 1872' on the back for cardiac care), black bottoms (again, skirt, pants, or capris), and heels.

Day 4 (skit and slideshow night)- Colorful dress. Semi-formal usually, anything but black. Everyone always had on beautiful dresses, I loved this night and I thought it made us really stand out.

Day 5 (pref night)- Black dresses and black heels. Absolutely no color on your dress, maybe colored accessories but nothing too bold.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

This is why explaining what you are going for and giving examples of what is and isn't ok plus doing dress checks is necessary.

YES. If you are going to require a specific color of clothing item, it is so important to gives as many examples of what you're going for as possible. Mentioning stores/online places that carry the specific color item is nice too.

I believe my collegiate chapters clothing for this year was:

Day 1 (Philananthropy): Dark purple polos. dark jean skirts. black heels. black accessories.
Day 2 (House Tours): White button downs. black pants. Purple accessories. black heels
Day 3 (Preference): Black cocktail dresses. black heels. pearls. badges.