Respect for your Badge

[AlphaFrog]

Originally posted by 33girl
My chapter didn't allow it - no khakis, no cords, nothing considered "sportswear." I wore mine with a corduroy mini and got quite the tongue-lashing. That meant we hardly ever wore pins, but we were in letters and our letter jackets all the time, so we definitely were showing we were proud to be sisters.

I guess my chapter was just more casual then most.

Or maybe it was just our Parlimentarian when I pledged who showed up to initiation in a white dress that A) she wore pants under until the ceramony and we all thought it was a shirt and she was going to change... B) Was almost compleatly see through espcially where her undergarmets were and C) showed every flaw of her body (this is the nice way to put it).

I tried to break people of this when I was parlimentarian the next semester, but I got Isht when I told the VP of Programming (who was also my Big Sis, so I was a double monster for that) she needed to change and couldn't wear jeans to the Founder's Ceramony (If it was just chapter, I probably wouldn't have said anything)

[Tom Earp]

Guess if you respect your GLO, Your Sisters/Brothers and Yourself, then good sense should dictate how Your Badge is worn.

Esteem for all of the above might just be the key on how and when to wear your Badge.

[CASIGKAP]

Originally posted by IvySpice
For groups that can't wear your badge with anything but job-interview wear, does that mean you don't wear your badges to pref? Or that your pref dresses are extremely conservative? I have always enjoyed the web page pictures with ladies looking gorgeous in black cocktail dresses with their beautiful pins.

We can wear our badges to Pref provided the dress is tasteful & has been prior approved by our EC and our alumna group that help out.

[arrowgirl]

I understand where this thread came from . . . Once, while I was at work (at a Wal-Mart-esque store), a group of sorority girls came in. They were wearing letter shirts (sorry, can't remember what it was anymore) and jeans and they had pins on too - They were shaped like a lion? I didn't ask about it since it was busy but I also wondered about other GLO's pin dress rules. Maybe someone can tell me what group it was? And their rules?

[ragtimerose]

We usually wear them to meetings. Our definitiion of "badge" differs from other GLOs. We call ours "pins" and we wear them on "badges" (ribbons where all of our pins belong).

Our current degree goes first, above everything else. Since I'm a pledge, my pin is the only one I have. It goes over my heart, like many GLO pins. When I get my Ritual of Jewels degree, that will go above my pledge pin.

[kateshort]

Originally posted by arrowgirl
I understand where this thread came from . . . Once, while I was at work (at a Wal-Mart-esque store), a group of sorority girls came in. They were wearing letter shirts (sorry, can't remember what it was anymore) and jeans and they had pins on too - They were shaped like a lion? I didn't ask about it since it was busy but I also wondered about other GLO's pin dress rules. Maybe someone can tell me what group it was? And their rules?

Hrm. If it looked like a lion's head with letters that looked like BYA, then it may have been an Alpha Delta Pi new member class. Our new member pin looks like that.

There are different rules for new member pins-- for fraternities and sororities most new members or pledges wear their pins with just about anything during the day or night except for workout wear and sleepwear. The initiation or full membership pin, on the other hand, is usually worn with business attire (or darned close!) by members of the respective organization.

[AUDeltaGam]

We can only wear our new member pin with "pin attire".

[bekibug]

Ditto for AXD.

[ISUKappa]

Originally posted by kappaloo
Wow, Kappa's rules seem really relaxed compared to these! As far as I know, there are few national rules about wearing the badge. The major one being that it must be worn by initated members only. I know for certain that the Kappa badge need not be worn over the heart. While we have an official recognition pin, it's acceptable to wear your Kappa badge on your collar or lapel of a suit.

This is correct as far as what's stated in our Fraternity bylaws. However, there are the unspoken, traditional rules of proper dress, etc... that most members adhere to. Many chapters do put in their chapter bylaws what is necessary for proper badge attire.

[bekibug]

Originally posted by TigerLilly
We were allowed to wear our Quills with khakis. Denim was a no-no, but I think people got away with wearing denim skirts occasionally. Flip-flops weren't allowed, which always annoyed me.

For the chapter not allowed to wear their badges with sundresses, what do yall wear on bid day? I've seen several universities where the all the actives wore sundresses with their badges for bid day.

I suppose sundresses would have been alright as long as they weren't uber-strappy/strapless. People have worn Quills with spaghetti-strapped or strapless ones, which irks me. We only wear our badges for Pref though, with sleeved black dresses. We have a section of our bylaws that lays out what is and what isn't proper attire.

[SapphireSphinx9]

for our pref night:

we have to be in very strict pin attire (all black, nylons, skirt, sleeved top and close toed shoes) no matter if we're wearing our badge or not, so you might as well wear it!