More bad idea yet licensed GLO apparel

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I think this is another one of those areas where GLOs can vary widely. For some, it is the heighth of inappropriate to have the badge on clothing, while for others it's not so big a deal. I have a tee-shirt that I bought from our national HQ store that has the badge enclosed in a circle bearing the name of the fraternity over the heart. Unlike some fraternities and sororities I'm aware of, we don't have a policy limiting use of images of the badge to specific contexts, other than that only a brother may wear it.

Originally Posted by Sen's Revenge

Ditto.

Ditto.

[honeychile]

I can see that someone thought, "wow, what a great way to display our wonderful badge!" but the thinking process didn't go quite far enough. T-shirts get ripped, fade, and otherwise ruined. Some get sent to Goodwill or another place which accepts old clothing.

I know that several, if not most, GreekChatters are not in favor of seeing their letters on someone not directly involved with your fraternity or sorority. My own take is a little different: having read what our founders thought of charity, I'm sure that they would have preferred that someone without clothing would be given an Alpha Delta Pi shirt to wear. But this is MY thinking, and YMMD.

That said, I think that one should never let one's t-shirt displaying fraternal crest or pin/badge fall into another's hands, and due to the disposable nature of t-shirts, a pin shouldn't appear on one.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I'm not surprised by how much this varies from one GLO to another. In KD we only wear our pins while dressed in "pin attire." A white t-shirt wouldn't qualify as pin attire. So if I wouldn't wear my pin on a t-shirt, why would I wear an image of my pin on a t-shirt? It seems disrespectful. Yes, I realize it's not the actual pin but it still bothers me. I don't like the idea of someone outside my GLO messing around with my sorority's pin.

We have a similar rule about badge attire. But a picture of the badge isn't the same as the badge. And of course, our badge (a version of it) is on our coat of arms, so if we wear anything with the arms, the badge is there as well.

Originally Posted by TSteven

Ditto.

Glad you weighed in, since the picture was of a Sigma Chi shirt.

I know it's not this cut-and-dried, but I notice the guys who have weighed in don't seem to have as much problem with it as the women do who have weighed in do.