what is the color of your pref dresses?

AlphaGam1019 · #1 06-25-2002, 10:11 PM

#2 06-25-2002, 10:46 PM

In all honesty, even though it was only about two years ago... I cant remember. But I am guessing that I wore black. I know for Pref going through AXiD I wore Khakis cuz I didnt know better. UM rush= Fashion savy to the max

AlphaGam1019 · #3 06-25-2002, 11:13 PM

I'm asking cause it's rumored (?) that all of AlphaGam pref dresses are supposed to be red, buff, or green.

#4 06-25-2002, 11:37 PM

Ohhh you mean for when WE hold pref night. I thought you meant what we wore as rushees going thru. Duh!

I believe that it might be a requirement soon that you were Red for pref night. When our Recruitment Chair and New Member chair came back from TLC, they informed us that IHQ wanted girls to wear Red.

winnieb · #5 06-26-2002, 12:09 AM

Well from what I have heard-- the new colors are suppose to be red, buff or green--just to set ourselves apart from all the black or white. But I have also heard that not all chapters will be doing this--and some will continue with the black dresses.

My honest opinion is why would you want a bunch of woman all wearing red. Unless you order the fabric and have the dresses made--the red will NEVER match.

-Wendi

greeklawgirl · #6 06-26-2002, 12:17 AM

I know my chapter used to wear black at pref...but I also heard that we are pushing more towards white dresses or red/buff/green. Black sometimes has the effect of being too funeral-y.

And again I ask, where on earth would you find a buff dress?

AlphaGam1019 · #7 06-26-2002, 12:34 AM

Well my question is this new red/buff/green pref dresses a MANDATORY thing set my IHQ recently.

I'd actually prefer black but if forced, I suppose I'd go with red.

LeslieAGD · #8 06-26-2002, 12:37 AM

Our current Recruitment Chair was told that IHQ said that chapters could slowly phase out the black (ie: wear black but have red and yellow corsages the first year).

squirrely girl · #9 06-26-2002, 12:42 AM

i remember last year that was a big thing. we decided on the black dresses for a couple of reasons. the fact that it looks weird with colors other than black to not have everybody match. and second. all of the other chapters on campus that didn't wear black - people thought they were weird. ah well though.

marissa

LilAGDSweetie · #10 06-26-2002, 01:34 AM

Here are my thoughts on the whole red, buff, and geen dresses. Red is a very strong color. I think that it may slightly intimidate the PNMs when they come. Buff would be dificult and I think it would be kinda janky. Yellow just doesn't look good on some people.....I'm talking about myself.

And green I guess I could see maybe working, but at the same time like squirrely girl said the girls would really think that green was weird. Plus with all these colors, not everyone is going to have the same shade. Some girls are going to look faded and some are going to look too bright. It's just not going to look good. For initiation it's one thing for people to not look the best in the whole world because it's just your sisters that see it. For recruitment you're trying to look nice so these girls will like you and you will feel comfortable around them. I'm not sure if IHQ is making a good decision on this one. I understand where they're coming from, but to go to any of these colors it would require having a standard dress or people would have to check colors before they bought them to make sure that they match.

Oh and I really don't want to wear white either because that just makes me whiter than I already am.

DeltaBetaAGD · #11 06-26-2002, 02:21 AM

Hello! Well...this is definitely a topic that I have strong feelings about. I am part of the VST and know why the decision was made for Alpha Gamma Delta. I will give you some information - feel free to PM me if you would like more details.

First, I come from a very successful AGD chapter and we wore white dresses for pref. It was a wonderful way to reuse those white dresses. :-) It was absolutely beautiful...lights dimmed, white lights. It was perfect and I would not have changed it. My collegiate chapter was always at about 100% return on pref so it never hurt us.

Next, the reason why the decision was made to change the color for pref was due to studies we did on past recruitment guests and members. There are continous comments on how guests feel when they walk into a room filled with women dressed in black. Again, lights may be dimmed and there may be soft music. Close your eyes and picture this...where do you picture yourself? Most people would say it was like a funeral - most times thought as a sad event. This is not what we want our guests to feel. In fact, I know one sister who just lost a family member prior to recruitment. When she entered the room with women in black she immediately started to cry. It was a horrible experience. Thus the thought of bringing other colors into the experience. White, green, red or buff are encouraged. I know buff sounds odd and often has not been the color of choice. But you would be amazed on how wonderful white, green or red is.

If any of you attended the ACTs this last year, we showed a picture of a pref event with the women in red. WOW!!! The reaction from the chapters, guests, etc was amazing. If you would like to see the picture and how it can work - PM me and I will email you the picture. Dress colors do not need to be exact...just in the same family.

I am sorry about the length of this message...I could go on and on about the benefits of changing the color.

Give it some thought!

hawaiiagd · #12 06-26-2002, 05:54 AM

Delta Sigma has always worn white (our famous white muumuus) for preference.

I still remember when I attended preference as a rush guest. The event was so bright, beautiful.... and the girls serenading us.... seemed so... angelic.... still gives me chicken skin.

I guess if IHQ made us all wear red we would.... but somehow I just don't see the event having the same effect.... more devillish

teehee

fleazk294 · #13 06-26-2002, 08:41 AM

at our preference we all wear white. I really like white a lot so it's weird to think it might be changing to red/buff/green

LeslieAGD · #14 06-26-2002, 11:39 AM

I see a lot of people shooting down "buff," but you could consider "buff" to be "cream" and that would look very good...somewhat angelic!

AGDPrincess70 · #15 06-26-2002, 11:42 AM

Here's my 2 cents...

I'm in favor of black dresses simply because it's looks classy. It's hard to find white dresses that are appropriate for initiation, so our chapter tends to throw on whatever white clothing we have. It's fine when it's just US, but preference is our last impression for the PNM's, and we want to look our absolute best. I don't think that 50 girls in black dresses looks depressing, just dressy and classy. I also think it would look really nice with red and buff corsages. Besides, there's only one shade of black, so even though the styles of dresses are different, we all still look uniform. How many shades of red and green are out there (I'm not even going to think that a buff dress exists

)? I guess IHQ said that the many different shades were to reflect the many different personalities of the chapter. If we're all wearing different shades of red, I'm sorry, it's going to look gross. I don't think this color change is a good idea at all. Also, just about everybody looks good in black. A lot of people dont look good in red or green. Or white (especially when you're as pale as I am!!). Again, I'm all about the black dresses with red and buff corsages.

Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now...

LIEP,
Holly