I don't think that's necessarily an "old fogey" response, I think a lot of girls at smaller chapters/schools have raised the same point. If someone had thrown these guidelines at me I would have freaked out.
But if you have a chapter of 100 - 200 women - there's no way you can know everyone's personal taste and style. What one person thinks is a "cute" top may be slutty to someone else. It's just a lot easier to say go to Old Navy and get blah blah blah. It's one trip to the mall in the summer and you're done.
I haven't seen anything in this thread that women couldn't reuse for daily wear. Except the costumes, and I'm guessing the chapter pays for those. That's why we're supposed to be going to no-frills - there shouldn't be skits or costumes at all, that money should be used to help the chapter in other ways. But considering we've been "no frills" for 10+ years now and nothing has been done to put any teeth in this resolution, I would guess skits and costumes are here to stay.
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