letter shirts

[nittanyalum]

Same at Penn State (when I was there), you'd see FIJI on sweatshirts and tshirts all over the place. I think what 33girl is saying is that campus to campus, certain houses may not wear letters for whatever reason they have, and on some campuses it's more campus-wide that wearing letters is "looked down on". When I was in school, Betas didn't wear letters on our campus. They said you would "just know a Beta" when you see him. I had a guy in several of my classes the last couple years, he finally wore something that identified him as a Beta right toward the end of spring semester senior year. Great guy but I never had any clue he was a Beta until that moment (and yes, I did tell him ).

[tld221]

i dont know where yall are shopping for lettered items, but ive never paid more than $30 for a hoodie. and around $20 for a lettered t-shirt.

is that "expensive?" i figure with buying the supplies and the labor put in, the cost is worth it to have it professionally done.

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by tld221

i dont know where yall are shopping for lettered items, but ive never paid more than $30 for a hoodie. and around $20 for a lettered t-shirt.

is that "expensive?" i figure with buying the supplies and the labor put in, the cost is worth it to have it professionally done.

I agree with you, but when you don't got it, you can't spend it. You have to resort to craftiness, as I often did in college also.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

Well said. And I think it's kinda funny that it was cooler to wear other college's shirts instead of UNC.

yeah, it was ok to wear NYU stuff to a degree, but more students wore other college stuff. but i think that is because lots of ppl transfer in from other schools... and those sweatshirts are expensive!

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

I agree with you, but when you don't got it, you can't spend it. You have to resort to craftiness, as I often did in college also.

if she has $ to spend on crafts... she should save up a little more and just get the professional stitched letters. i dont know any guy who would wear a handmade/craft lettered shirt.

but hey, that again may be regional/campus difference.

[kristun999]

Originally Posted by tld221

if she has $ to spend on crafts... she should save up a little more and just get the professional stitched letters. i dont know any guy who would wear a handmade/craft lettered shirt.

but hey, that again may be regional/campus difference.

To get some letters made (which are just going to be stitched and cut by someone else) it would cost me about 30+ for a tshirt and about 50+ for a hoodie.

to make it myself, a tshirt costs about 10 bucks, i can get all the fabric i need for about 7, and then i'd need a pair of scissors and a sewing machine (which i already have access to).....and my letters would look just as good as getting them professionally done. You make it sound like anything i make would look like a second grader made them. I think not.

[When Doves Cry]

Originally Posted by kristun999

To get some letters made (which are just going to be stitched and cut by someone else) it would cost me about 30+ for a tshirt and about 50+ for a hoodie.

I find that insane.
We have 2 stores on campus who do them for way cheaper. (One sews, the other has iron-ons (which are obviously cheaper)). At the place that sews letters, sweatshirts are like $30 (Unless you bring in your own clothes.. Like what I did. Then it's cheaper)

[SthrnZeta]

Most hoodies I've seen are 40-50 bucks. Pretty sure I paid somewhere in there for mine and it was high quality in my opinion - since letters were popular where I went, i went through a lot of letters. I found that the stitching that goes completely around, as opposed to the "triangle stitch" (not sure what the technical term for it is) looked much better but many do the cheaper stitch and they still come out ok. T-shirts were usually around $30 and long-sleeded were $38-ish, and hoodies were $50 easy.

And lets not forget the sentimental value the letters would have if she made them herself... If they look decent, why wouldn't he wear them?

[When Doves Cry]

2 of my sisters and I went to Target and bought hoodies for $11.00 and got the letters sewn on at another place. So total, I paid $23 for my sweatshirt and I am in love with it

[tld221]

Originally Posted by When Doves Cry

2 of my sisters and I went to Target and bought hoodies for $11.00 and got the letters sewn on at another place. So total, I paid $23 for my sweatshirt and I am in love with it

oh awesome! that is so weird, cause i was just in Target tonight, saw a really nice goldenrod zip-up hoodie that i was like "i should get letters sewn on!"

[SthrnZeta]

^^ Do I sense sarcasm...?

[kristun999]

and as for the whole, is it accepted to wear letters deal, on my campus, yes it is. There is a guy in the fraternity (i believe he is an alum) but i have NEVER seen him wear something other than letters. he literaly own enough letters to wear letters every day for two weeks and not have to do laundry.

My b/f's big bro acutally got him letters the other day (a year after he was initiated), and he was really glad to have gotten them.

as i think about it, i've never seen a video or anything of another chapter of the same fraternity where they weren't wearing letters....but maybe the ones who don't wear letters just don't post videos of themselves singing.

[Ch2tf]

I use 3 sisters for my shirts and none of their T's are over $22 (short sleeve), and they are of great quality.

[AlphaFrog]

If she wants to MAKE letters, then she should MAKE letters. If they end up looking like crap, then it's oops on her, and if they end up looking good, then he's got a nice set of letters to wear. And if he doesn't appreciate the time she put in making them (even if they come out like crap and get turned into a quilt or pillowcase or something) then he sucks.