This is your mother's Rush! What we wore 1960-1990

[WaterChild]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

1981

Navy bermuda shorts and kelly green Ralph Lauren polo shirt (which had to be specially purchased at the only store in Nebraska that carried them), collar UP, no doubt, and navy blue bass sandals for open house.

I thought that was funny, because I wore bermuda shorts and a Ralph Lauren polo shirt on day one of my recruitment...in 2007. My collar was definitely not up though.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by NUBlue&Blue

1981

Navy bermuda shorts and kelly green Ralph Lauren polo shirt (which had to be specially purchased at the only store in Nebraska that carried them), collar UP, no doubt, and navy blue bass sandals for open house.

White sleeveless wrinkly cotton dress with ruffle and embroidery, white espadrilles for skit and house tours.

Royal blue skirt and blouse outfit with sleeveless v-neck top with a big ruffle around the v and a ruffle on the bottom of the skirt....can't remember what shoes I wore. I think this was pref. I might be missing a day.

Navy blue and white striped short sleeved wrapdress, navy pumps for bid day, we were told to wear navy blue. Actives wore black dresses. Pictures on the lawn in dresses. Then for our party later, we wore navy shorts and our brand spanking new white Kappa Kappa Gamma SWEATSHIRTS with the sleeves pushed up. In August.

I already had the white dress and loved it. I bought the blue skirt and blouse outfit in Lincoln and went on a pilgrimage to Omaha for the RL polo shirt. I'm pretty sure I had the blue and white striped dress already, too. I know I wore it for years to work and church after college.

Brandeis or Miller & Paine?

[LXA SE285]

OK, when I read that, all I could think of was this SNL skit. Warning: extremely politically incorrect.

"... but it wouldn't hoit." God bless Gilda Radner.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvObT3EFNUY

[FSUZeta]

barbino, was it a pappagallo belt? i had a ton of those with the most exotic "frogs" seahorses, scallop shells, conch shells, etc. all in gold. you could swap the belts and the "frogs" as you wished.gee, i wish i had those now-not that they would fit around my waist!

[barbino]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

barbino, was it a pappagallo belt? i had a ton of those with the most exotic "frogs" seahorses, scallop shells, conch shells, etc. all in gold. you could swap the belts and the "frogs" as you wished.gee, i wish i had those now-not that they would fit around my waist!

I don't remember-- but the more I thought about it, the buckle might not have been frogs but seashells or even something else- yes, you could switch the belt color and I had several. The wierd thing is the minute I thought of the gold lion's head buckle for this post I instantly thought of ADPi. Back then it never crossed my mind, although now I am amazed that it didn't.

[AXOrushadvisor]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

barbino, was it a pappagallo belt? i had a ton of those with the most exotic "frogs" seahorses, scallop shells, conch shells, etc. all in gold. you could swap the belts and the "frogs" as you wished.gee, i wish i had those now-not that they would fit around my waist!

I LOVED the Pappagallo store in my home town. My favorite outfit to wear to meetings was a pair of yellow cord walking shorts with matching knee high socks with my penny loafers and a yellow and green argyle sweater!

[Loyally Kappa]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

barbino, was it a pappagallo belt? i had a ton of those with the most exotic "frogs" seahorses, scallop shells, conch shells, etc. all in gold. you could swap the belts and the "frogs" as you wished.gee, i wish i had those now-not that they would fit around my waist!

Ooo ... I had those belts too! And one of those Pappagallo wooden handle purses where you unbuttoned the purse and swapped it out so that your purse, your belt, and your espadrilles all matched!

[atrianglepi]

I had that belt as well, ironically enough it was lion heads. My mother also an ADPi had a large lion head pin(Anne Klein) and someone asked her if she was a member of the Lion's club.

[ellebud]

I suspect that I, like the Reluctant One, would never have/would pass wardrobe check. Her skirts (like her sisters and all Panhellenic) are VERY short. And I wore, (I can't believe that I am revealing this), to Bid Night (which was cocktail attire) a gorgeous jeweltone silk shirt with a print (with the same jeweltone) skirt.......with the hippie band (jeweltone of shirt) wrapped around my long hair.

Horrible thing was........I wasn't the only one.

[ZTA72]

Originally Posted by ellebud

I suspect that I, like the Reluctant One, would never have/would pass wardrobe check. Her skirts (like her sisters and all Panhellenic) are VERY short. And I wore, (I can't believe that I am revealing this), to Bid Night (which was cocktail attire) a gorgeous jeweltone silk shirt with a print (with the same jeweltone) skirt.......with the hippie band (jeweltone of shirt) wrapped around my long hair.

Horrible thing was........I wasn't the only one.

You are not the only one! I will post some pics of our rush at UTK if I can find them. And like the Reluctant One, back in the 70s, my skirts were quite short. The more things change the more they stay the same...

[33girl]

It was the 70s. You had to stick it to The Man, man. (Even if you were joining a sorority.)

[ihr]

This is from the University of Houston Rush Booklet - Fall 1966. I have scanned the entire book, but this is just the info for what to wear each round.

Open House - School clothes* and casual shoes

Period I - Cotton dresses and heels

Period II - Sunday or tea dresses (no hats) heels and gloves

Period III (Pref.) - Date dresses (not cocktail dresses, no hats) heels and gloves

*In 1966, 'school clothes' meant dresses or skirts and blouses.

[AnchorAlum]

OK, time to fess up. I am SO old....you were not allowed to wear pants on campus on weekdays unless you had a raincoat on over them.

(By the time I graduated we were all wearing bell bottoms and going braless and spending the night with boys in the dorms)

I am so old that we still had 19 houses at Florida State - 10 ice waters one day and 9 the next. I am so old that the dorms were not yet air conditioned - in Florida! And you could NOT skip any of the parties. They had tear sheets you had to hand in at every house and heaven forbid you didn't turn yours in somewhere - you probably would have been disqualified.

I am so old that they told you that if you asked to use the bathroom it meant you didn't want to be invited back. After 8 glasses of ice water, I had a really tough decision to make. There was a girl in the Theta house who I had known from GIRL SCOUTS when we were little, and I always thought she didn't like me anyway, so I had nothing to lose. I made the decision. Lo and behold, they asked me back anyway.

I wore Villager dresses with full slips underneath, Weejun loafers, carried a monogrammed John Meyer purse, and wore a circle pin at the collar notch with my initials engraved for the ice water parties.

For skit parties I wore my Villager suit and Pappagallo low heels with a matching purse, and for third round (Information?) parties I wore a green Bobbie Brooks dress and Bernardos with a woven straw Aigner purse.

Prefs were black dresses and heels. I still have my white dress I wore to pledging and initiation. It's packed away with that stupid Girl Scout uniform. Memories!

Nylons were worn with EVERY outfit.

My hair was done in a center part flip that flopped in the heat. No foundation, but a little eyeliner and some lip gloss. Everyone in Florida has a tan in September, so we didn't really need too much makeup.

It was deadly hot, but back then not all places were air conditioned, so we were somewhat used to it.

I can tell you that everyone on my hall rushed and all but two pledged. That is what you did back then. I think that there was more of a drastic change in my four years than at any other time in history. I wore a suit to freshman homecoming with gloves, heels, and a giant mum, but by the time I was a senior, I wore Jesus sandals and a pant suit.

[chioalum]

I loved Pappagallo. I had belts to match every color polo. I think I must of had Sperry Topsiders in every color. Does anyone else remember the big watches where you could change the ribbon on the band to match your outfit? I remember wearing Lanz sundresses during recruitment, but beyond that I have no idea. This is a great thread.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlum

OK, time to fess up. I am SO old....you were not allowed to wear pants on campus on weekdays unless you had a raincoat on over them.

(By the time I graduated we were all wearing bell bottoms and going braless and spending the night with boys in the dorms)

My hair was done in a center part flip that flopped in the heat. No foundation, but a little eyeliner and some lip gloss. Everyone in Florida has a tan in September, so we didn't really need too much makeup.

It was deadly hot, but back then not all places were air conditioned, so we were somewhat used to it.

I can tell you that everyone on my hall rushed and all but two pledged. That is what you did back then. I think that there was more of a drastic change in my four years than at any other time in history. I wore a suit to freshman homecoming with gloves, heels, and a giant mum, but by the time I was a senior, I wore Jesus sandals and a pant suit.

This is great, AnchorAlum! How could I forget the flopping flips in high school? (Why did we even attempt them in the Houston heat?) I bet you're just a couple of years older than I am...your post is full of memories!