White dresses should be outlawed. - Page 4

MTSUGURL · #46 11-28-2002, 01:20 AM

This has got to be the most hideous dress I've ever owned. LOL! At least it's white... we actually petitioned the active chapter to let us wear togas, but no such luck....

Honeychile - I'm in Omega Phi Alpha service sorority. We don't have any policies about not initiating pregnant or married women. Good thing too! I've gotten really close to this girl, and she has brought SO much to our pledge class. She attended every function, assisted in planning all fundraisers, service & pledge projects, etc. Shes amazing!
She had pledge an NPC group a couple of years ago, but then had to leave school because she was sick. When she came back and approached them about rushing this year, they told her that there were no policies against it, but they thought she would be a bad example by wearing her letters as a pregnant woman, so they didn't think she should. Oh well, their loss O Phi A's gain!!

alphaiota · #47 11-28-2002, 01:36 AM

yah know, i almost had to initiate my little in a white bed sheet. long story, but we almost didn't make it to initiation b/c we got lost in indiana the night before.

shelley j
sigma k

SigkapAlumWSU · #48 11-28-2002, 02:21 AM

I have three white dresses, and I hate all of them. I got the first one from an older sister who has since graduated, and have recently passed it on to a recently initiated sister (very plain A line with tank sleeves, and very short, but it works). I got the second one on summer clearance because I hated the first one, then hated this one even more, long, white, plain, tank sleeves as well. Then this summer, I found another dress at the limited for $15 and I had to get it. I'll probably never wear it to any ritual, it's a very low cut halter, but it's white, and if need be I can put a white cardigan over it. Almost everyone in my chapter seems to have a nice long white prom typedress, and it is my goal to find a cheap one and wear it before I graduate. Then I can keep the pretty one and pass on the others.
Also, there is a dress closet on the third floor of our chapter house and it is filled with some of the ugliest white dresses I have ever seen that old members have "donated" (read- left there) One is even an old 80's wedding dress, but it works if someone can't find anything in November!

skjackee · #49 11-28-2002, 02:23 AM

We had to wear white dresses for initiation and pinning, one of my pledge sisters bought a dress from Nordstrom's that fell apart right after she put it on. A few of our girls wore wedding dresses. By the way, white hose should be outlawed as well.

kdonline · #50 11-28-2002, 11:43 AM

Something to consider:

If you're "through" with your white dress - and it's still in good condition -- donate it to a chapter so they can keep it on hand in case there's a need for it. Once in a while, an alumna comes to town & forgets a white dress.

And then of course, there's always ebay..

crystalline · #51 11-28-2002, 12:17 PM

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And then of course, there's always ebay..

Trust me, that can be more difficult than you think. I tried to use ebay to find a white dress for my chapter's installation. Needless to say, it was an unsuccessful venture.

MTSUGURL · #52 11-28-2002, 01:36 PM

Whoever said to outlaw white hose, I AGREE! I can't find them anywhere. I got off white... it'll look wierd, but the dress is really long, so maybe they won't notice....

I think my mother is ready to kill me. She HATES to sew.

chioprincess · #53 11-28-2002, 01:59 PM

I know I got initiated in January and it's almost impossible to find a white dress. I decided to be crafty and I just bought a white slip ( from like Wallmart), and then covered up with a white cardigan (I'm sure most girls own one of those). The hardes part was finding the white shoes. For those I decided to be even craftier and went to a bridal store and get those shoes that you can dye colors. I use the same dress and shoes at every initiation so far! I think the sum total of my outfit came t $30.

crystalline · #54 11-28-2002, 03:43 PM

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Originally posted by MTSUGURL
Whoever said to outlaw white hose, I AGREE! I can't find them anywhere. I got off white... it'll look wierd, but the dress is really long, so maybe they won't notice....

I think my mother is ready to kill me. She HATES to sew.

I've always been able to find white at Kmart.

Cluey · #55 11-28-2002, 09:49 PM

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Originally posted by crystalline

I've always been able to find white at Kmart.

I think that says a lot about K-Mart...

crystalline · #56 11-29-2002, 05:40 AM

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Originally posted by Cluey

I think that says a lot about K-Mart...

K-Mart rocks! Definitely better than Walmart.

#57 11-29-2002, 10:38 AM

Growing up in So. California we never had Wal Mart until the last 10 yrs. I went away to college to the land of Wal MArt(Arkansas) before the sudden explosion in california. I have been spoiled and i SURELY miss supercenters which we don't have here in calfiornia.

However, I never liked K mart growing up. It always seemed like a junk store. I cannot live or seem to be without a Walmart in my daily life. LOL

I just wish they would place a Supercenter here in so california so my life would be complete!

crystalline · #58 11-29-2002, 10:40 AM

I worked at Walmart for two years. I can live without them...

MTSUGURL · #59 11-29-2002, 12:49 PM

I used to go to a private Christian univ that had a curfew of 1 am. I constantly missed curfew. We soon figured out that it's better to stay out all night than to come in after curfew and get warnings. There wasn't anything open all night except for Denny's and WalMart. We'd play hide and go seek in WalMart until we could go back to campus or untl we got kicked out... whichever came first. Gotta love Wally World!!

crystalline · #60 11-29-2002, 01:15 PM

Curfew? Ick!