Sorority Cardigans

[AlphaFrog]

This thread reminds me of a movie (Forrest Gump?) where a girl gets in trouble for posing for Playboy in ONLY her sorority cardigan.

/randomness

[littleowl33]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

This thread reminds me of a movie (Forrest Gump?) where a girl gets in trouble for posing for Playboy in ONLY her sorority cardigan.

That was Forrest Gump... but I'm pretty sure she was posing in her school sweater, not a sorority one. That's why she was expelled

Anyway, in terms of cardigans - our sorority just did an order of really nice cardigans with our crest over the heart. I'm pretty sure they were through www.rainmakergraphics.com. They tend to be very good - great customer service. If you email them they're very prompt in responding. We went with american apparel wholesale cardigans.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by littleowl33

That was Forrest Gump... but I'm pretty sure she was posing in her school sweater, not a sorority one. That's why she was expelled

Poor Jenny ()

That sounds like a really cute idea though - cardigans w/ the crest.

[baci]

I have recently placed a request with Lands End to start offering Greek letter embroidery. If any of you have time, please send them a request as well. This will offer us an additonal well known company to purchase from.

[unicorn]

Originally Posted by baci

I have recently placed a request with Lands End to start offering Greek letter embroidery. If any of you have time, please send them a request as well. This will offer us an additonal well known company to purchase from.

Good idea. I just put a request in, too... now I'm fantasizing about color combinations...

[baci]

Thank you!^^

I had a long chat with someone at the company and they think it is a super idea. Hopefully, if a bunch of us request this we may see results!

[littleowl33]

Originally Posted by baci

I have recently placed a request with Lands End to start offering Greek letter embroidery. If any of you have time, please send them a request as well. This will offer us an additonal well known company to purchase from.

Our chapter, as well as the Alpha Phi chapter on campus, buy "Boat and Tote" bags for all of our chapter members with our Greek Letters stitched on them by L.L.Bean. They've been happy to do Greek Letter embroidery on the bags for several years now. We order approximately 40ish bags a year and Alpha Phi probably orders 40-50, so at $20 each L.L.Bean makes a lot of money off the deal.

I would suggest emailing their "direct to business" department and asking. It may depend on a) what you need stitched and b) how many you order. If you just need like 5 or 6 they may not be willing to do it.

[Edit - I originally mixed up Land's End and L.L.Bean! Sorry! I just changed my post. We have never worked with Land's End, but L.L.Bean has been great and is pretty similar...]

[ree-Xi]

Local Print shops (where they make signs, banners, customized clothing) usually have the Greek font "Symbol". They should be able to embroider your letters on a cardigan that you either bring to them, or purchase through them.

I think it's a great idea, and would definitely stand out. Something like that is also a great keepsake, and I imagine would be wearable well after college.