I could really use some advice!

[pam713]

My daughter is an active member at an SEC school and I have two California nieces. The California girls' style is quite different from our Southern style. I would make sure that your dresses are not too far above the knee and no super-short shorts. Think church appropriate. Good luck and have fun shopping!

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by pam713

Think church appropriate.

Sadly (I think, anyway) lots and lots of people have no idea what this means.

[honeychile]

^ Sadly, I agree. But these are women who are supposedly intelligent enough to get into a college. Surely they could ask someone who knows what "church appropriate" means. A teacher, for example, would know.

[33girl]

The phrase "church appropriate/worship service appropriate" regarding rush clothes needs to die in a fire for multiple reasons.

1. The PC reason - many people have never or very rarely been to a worship service of any kind and have no clue what you would wear to one. Using this phraseology makes rushees uncomfortable.

2. The practical reason #1 - "church appropriate" is different everywhere. In some churches, the majority of the congregants wear suits and dresses to work on a daily basis and this is the one day they don't have to do it. They look at suits as "everyday" and not church wear. They wear nice polos and khakis, but obviously those don't work for pref parties.

3. Practical reason #2 - "God doesn't care what you wear" has gotten interpreted by "It's OK to go to church in the jeans you wore to milk the cow in." I honestly would be ashamed to go through the Taco Bell drive thru in some of the things I see, let alone to church. Don't get me started on the teenage girls whose parents obviously think it's ok for their daughter's tits to be hanging onto the communion rail.

I would never, EVER tell someone nowadays to wear "church attire" unless we were from the same congregation and I knew what I was talking about.