recruitment clothes-what are you wearing?

[meridionaleDG]

Originally posted by Glitter650
OK... I have a dilemma... I am on the rush committee... and our themed nights are going to be 80's and Chicago... for the 80's night the rest of the committee and our rush chair think we should be more individual and give the chapter a list of 80's "things" (IE Crimped hair, tied at the side over size t shirt, neon shirt) and tell them that they have to wear/do three things from the list.
I personally think we should look a *bit* more unified and maybe all wear different neon t's or different 80's character t's (rainbow bright, strawberry shortcake etc) from hot topic or something and maybe black bottoms and keep the list to just acessories and things to do with your hair.... like wear crimped hair or side ponytail and jelly bracelets or whatever ya know what I'm saying ? What do you all think ?
I guess I'm just not too entralled wth the 80's theme to begin with fashion wise since the 80's was kinda *ugly* .... but everyone else seems pretty happy with it... HELP US BE CUTE and not look like complete 80's fashion victims !!

With the 80's theme you definitly need to push to be more unified. The reason that is, is you can make sure no one does the more tackier things and stick to some of the cuter 80's styles.

At anchorsplash, all the sororities make up sychronized swimming dances. One sorority gave themseleves an 80's theme. I'm not trying to make you worried, but I will tell you what they wore because they looked uhm...not so good: black capris, these turqouise blue work out shirts where they let one strap hang off their shoulder, and then painted on the shirts with puff paints saying "totally 80's." I am sure in there head it was real cute, but it was just one of those things that when it came out it didn't look all that great. The focus was taken off their dancing and onto their horrible themed outfits.

If I were you, I'd go look at the old popular 80's movies (Sixteen Candles, Breakfest Club, ect.), and see what the stylish people wore in those. Take it from there and credit some sort of unification where you all aren't dressed the same, but it is going with the same style. There is a way to look 80's - and then there is a way to look stereotypical 80's (which is where the ugly comes in).

But yes, I would press for some sort of unifying element. Please don't get upset by the post though!! I know it might seem like I am telling you the 80's is a horrible idea - it really isn't, it's just that one sorority used the extreme stereotype and it made them tacky.