Chapter Meeting Attire

[afboiler]

Chapter was every other week with pin attire. There was questions about the open toe issue. Exp in the beg of the school yr and the end when it got hot and wanted to wear a sundress. We could wear open toe heels.

On the other weeks we had Sisterhood or Pace. As long as there were no guest speakers we could wear whatever.

When we had a guest speaker we normally wore letters and followed the rules that went with that.

[AOX81]

Our chapter meeting attire was casual unless we had ritual.

[aephi alum]

Our chapter meeting attire was casual... it pretty much boiled down to, "wear clothes". People showed up in anything from business-casual to jeans and t-shirts.

My freshman-year roommates, who were in other sororities, had calendars that listed out dress codes for their chapter meetings. I think they were a little jealous when they had to wear dresses and I was headed to chapter in my jeans

In retrospect, though, I wish we'd had some sort of dress code, even something as simple as "no jeans". When you're wearing formal or even business-casual attire, you feel and act more professional, and it's a reminder that it is a business meeting.

[kchaptergphib]

For us, meetings were always tagged as formal or informal, with at least one formal meeting per month. Depending on the type of meeting, we could wear slightly different clothes.

Informal meeting: business casual attire = khakis allowed. Most people wore khakis or a skirt and a nice sweater or shirt.

Formal meeting: business dress attire, including pantyhose if you are wearing a shorter dress or skirt (excl April through October, when you don't have to wear hose). Most people wore dress pants/skirt and a blouse/sweater.
(For men, I think business dress means a jacket and tie).

never allowed:
denim of any sort
flip-flops or other non-dressy sandals
purposely-exposed midrif
mini-skirts (if your arms are at your sides, and your skirt ends before your fingertips, it was too short)

[USCTKE]

for formal meetings once a month shirt and tie...all other meetings...whatever

[_Opi_]

Business Casual during every meeting.

[KDLady23]

We can never wear jeans. Formal = dress, skirt, slacks. Business mtg. = khaki or something nice. We have 2 of each meeting a month.

[honeychile]

Strangely, when I was in school, you could wear your pin with jeans - if they were the type of jeans that you had dry cleaned - but never to meetings!

[passionsast]

three times per month we have formal meetings with roberts rules and badge attire (where we have to make sure to cover the 4 b's boobs butt belly and badge, as our greek advisor so tactfully put it) and then once a month we have an informal meeting where roberts rules and dress code get thrown out the window.

[Optimist Prime]

Should wear letters or collared shirts. Cargo pants and jeans are fine.

That was rule when I started but it got lax as the years went by.

Also, Formal Ritual meeting once a month.

[krystle]

Formal ( atleast twice a month ) = "Badge Attire", so basically make sure everything is covered. No jeans, no flip flops, no tank tops. You have to dress up ALL DAMN DAY ( unless you're sick or any other circumstance and talk to the MAL about it, then you can wear letters and just dress up for dinner/chapter ) and go to class wearing your badge. No bellys, boobs or butts showing. Everyone just usually wears some form of black pants and a shirt/sweater because its easier that wasy. Oh and you need your badge, a lavialier or something with a sapphire on it.

Informal = Anything you want, but make sure you're wearing letters. A tee shirt, sweatshirt, pants...anything. Jeans are okay, and so are sweatpants really. Its just a very casual everyone sit in a circle, and you can eat while people talk.


Ritual = Welllll...yeah. All black and badges. Some of the looks we get when walking around in our all black attire is kinda funny. But still the no bellys, boobs or butts rule applies. Obviously.

[keeshdawg]

We are supposed to have khakis and a collared shirt, tie optional

[Wolfman]

Interesting thread...the definitions of "formal" intrigues me. I once read an article in our magazine by a brother "made" in the '20s. He said that in his chapter, Alpha, monthly chapter meetings were formal, that is "black tie"; he lamented the growing informaility in dress in chapter meetings.When I was an undergrad, our meetings were casual, since we almost never had formal ritualistic meetings. At grad level in the chapter I'm in now, the attire is suit and tie but this is not adhered to very strictly.

[Lady of Pearl]

Originally Posted by KDLady23

We can never wear jeans. Formal = dress, skirt, slacks. Business mtg. = khaki or something nice. We have 2 of each meeting a month.

The same no jeans rule applies with our chapter, some chapters meet on Sunday and wear dressy attire, another chapter wore business attire pantsuits and dresses -and the chapter I am in currently -wears more business casual attire. As you can see I have been in several chapters!

[FeeFee]

For my chapter meetings, the attire is business casual.