What to wear for rush?

[sbelle223]

All of this advice seems pretty on target, but I just want to remind everyone not to feel like they have to fit that cookie cutter mold of what you should wear. It's alright to have things that make you stand out as long as they're appropriate. In fact, I'd recommend buying pieces or jewelry that's different or unique so the girls who are rushing you will have a more clear memory of you and what you're all about. What you wear is supposed to be a reflection of who you are, so remember that when shopping.

Also, for my prefs ceremony I wore black dress pants and a bright red top. Not only was I the only person wearing pants, I was the only person wearing color in the entire room! I don't know if I'd recommend pants to anyone, it's deffinately safer to wear a dress, but don't be afraid to throw in a bit of color because it makes you stand out in a room full of girls wearing black.

And, if you go to school in a state like Florida where it rains all the time, I'd HIGHLY recommend bringing an umbrella. It rained during my preffs and my umbrella saved my night!

[PiPhiGirl2005]

Another vote of agreement with the accessorizing idea - when I preffed, I wore a black dress, but added a red cardigan and a red ribbon in my hair to "stand out".

Ribbon sashes are really "in" right now, and it seems like something you could make yourself that would go with any dress.

[KiwiJuice08]

Well I went to order my dress for 2nd round, and they are completely out of stock and won't be making anymore! Go figures. Back to square one

[*EtaNu*ADPi*]

I just went through Formal Recuitment last year at SLU and we are a medium-sized school in the Midwest. Here's what I wore (which all turned out to be completely appropriate for the day I wore them):

Rotationals (1st Night): White capris with the Panhel t-shirt we were required to wear and black flip-flops. (Lots of girls wore jean skirts, khaki skirts, and capris. No one really wore shorts though. The majority of girls wore flip-flops and it didn't seem inappropriate.)

Philanthropy (2nd Night): Another pair of capris with the panhel shirt we were required to wear again. Flip-flops. (Girls were more casual this day, lots of jeans.)

Skit (3rd Night): Floral print just-above-the-knee skirt, coordinating top, and nice sandals. (Some girls wore sundresses, but mostly skirts and tops. No flip-flops.)

Pref (4th Night): Black knee-length dress with a white Floral print, two straps. I wore black strappy heels and jewelry that matched the floral pattern, and got a lot of compliments on it. (Lots of black dresses, again. A few girls even wore just a nice skirt and top, something you would wear to an afternoon wedding.)

It really seems to vary a lot from school to school. I really don't think anyone at SLU would be overly concerned with the "white after labor day" rule or that they'd really notice, actually! And flip flops for the first two nights are just fine, as long as they aren't grubby and old. I think the Midwest recruitment in general is more casual and also at medium and smaller schools. Good Luck to the Fall 2005 PNMs...just remember to be yourself and have fun with it

[wsulindz]

I'm going to attend a state school in the north with a reputation for partying. The dress code says to "Bring casual clothes and one nice outfit (pants or skirt)." What would you wear with that description? (PS it's very hot over there.)

[honeychile]

Originally posted by blueangel
I've been following this thread and do have a few comments:

Having gone through rush at UF, the advice here is right on target. UF tends to be a more "formal" school.

I now live in the north, and helped out at Fairleigh Dickensen's rush. I was absolutely appalled at what the rushees wore to pref night. The sisters looked fabulous-- all wearing very pretty black cocktail dresses-- but there was not a single (what I consider) "appropriately dressed" rushee there.

I saw denim skirts, jeans, skin-tight "bar clothes" and crop tops with belly button rings. Many were wearing sneakers! I was just blown away.

Has anybody else seen this in the "smaller" schools?

We had a PNM whose sister (who was currently in the chapter) took the "no contact" rule SO seriously, she neglected to tell her sister that jeans and a t-shirt would be wrong at Pref!!

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by wsulindz
I'm going to attend a state school in the north with a reputation for partying. The dress code says to "Bring casual clothes and one nice outfit (pants or skirt)." What would you wear with that description? (PS it's very hot over there.)

With friends from that school, I would go along with the other comment. It's better to be over dressed than underdressed. And I would not wear pants to Pref.

This has a little more information............

http://www.wsu.edu/hdrl/Greek/Formal..._&_schedul.htm

[LightBulb]

Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
With friends from that school, I would go along with the other comment. It's better to be over dressed than underdressed. And I would not wear pants to Pref.

This has a little more information............

http://www.wsu.edu/hdrl/Greek/Formal..._&_schedul.htm

That website gives this advice:
The dress is casual for the first four days of recruitment. Suggested attire includes cotton or denim shorts, overalls, summer shirts, and sandals or tennis shoes.

I would bet that overalls are not a good idea. Nice shorts (maybe in a cute [not annoyingly bright] color to make you stand out) or capris sound like they would be good.

Good luck!

[Little E]

/hijack sortta
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050719/...flip_flop_flap

be careful with flipflops even if they are nice one, there are def places that they are not ok

[Nieng17]

That flip flop post reminded me of a story i read in the newspaper this weekend. It was about Norhtwestern's women's lacrosse team. Some members wore flip flops to a meeting with President Bush. When family members saw the picture of the team, president, and members in the front row wearing flip flops they litterally flipped out.

From my experience with rush at a big Greek life northern school, i would not recommend wearing flip flops. Its not appropriate, even if they cost $100.

Once a PHI SIGMA SIGMA,
Always a PHI SIGMA SIGMA

[DeltaEtaKP]

Originally posted by Nieng17
That flip flop post reminded me of a story i read in the newspaper this weekend. It was about Norhtwestern's women's lacrosse team. Some members wore flip flops to a meeting with President Bush. When family members saw the picture of the team, president, and members in the front row wearing flip flops they litterally flipped out.

That's what the post is about...

[KiwiJuice08]

haha, i don't know why but that made me laugh

Originally posted by DeltaEtaKP
That's what the post is about...

[Nieng17]

oopps. lol I didn't click on that yahoo link i thought she was just giving general rush attire advice.

my bad.

Once a PHI SIGMA SIGMA
always a PHI SIGMA SIGMA

[FSUZeta]

i saw a couple of the northwestern team interviewed on the today show-they could not understand why some of their families were not pleased that they had worn flip flops to the white house, and their coach(a woman who looked like she was barely out of college herself) couldn't either. its too bad someone, not necessarily older, but definately wiser, did not have the opportunity to give them a quick lesson on proper attire for a daytime whitehouse meeting. (they obviously don't read rush threads!!) i wonder if these women would wear their flip flips to a job interview?

[KiwiJuice08]

Well, not that I agree with the flip flops at the white house thing, but I will say that I kinda find it humorous. Bush probably didn't notice anyway until everyone else started making a big deal out of it - he doesn't really notice a lot of things.