MomofWildChild

Whoa- You will have some chilly days before Thanksgiving! You don't need major boots, scarves etc., but I would want sweaters and a winter jacket for Oct/Nov. Two years ago it was below freezing on Thanksgiving day.

midwesterner

What do the guys bring in terms of non-casual clothing?

palmettotree

If you have to ask that question, then don't worry about a suit.

Probably just worry about decent shoes, belt, khaki pants, white oxford, regimental stripe tie, navy blue blazer.

kelsmom

Midwesterner, guys in the south really do dress up a bit differently than guys in the midwest. We are from the midwest & I definitely noticed the guys' non casual clothes (at football games ... it's definitely not the midwest!!). Palmettotree is from the south, I think, so definitely pay attention to his suggestion. Plus, I think you might need some stuff for casual (like football games) that we in the midwest wouldn't really consider casual ... like pastel buttondown shirts, ties to go with those shirts, pastel polos, khakis, nice shorts (not cargo). I am sure the guys here know more than I do ... and I am just giving info based on what I saw ... so help out guys ... most midwesterners are used to dressing more casually than folks in the south. If Midwesterner is packing, what should be in his suitcase?

Firebird882G

haha kelsmom and palmettotree got it pretty right. you cant go wrong with khakis and polos. pastel shorts are also quite popular...mainly with the frat crowd.

JohnC613

um I'm midwestern and I'm just going to dress reasonably. everyone else can go around with preppy clothes and there's nothing wrong with looking good but you shouldn't have to feel pressured to dress like everyone else
jeans are good for me

kelsmom

John, my D feels the way you feel. She attended another southern school this past year, and she simply dressed the way she liked to dress. She was often the only one in jeans in her 8 o'clocker, but she didn't care. She was amazed anyone could even think about fashion that early in the morning! She is transferring to Vandy & will continue to dress however she wants, which will likely not be what many would consider *typical* Vandy girl dress. No one will care (or if someone does, D won't worry about them).

I felt the need to let Midwesterner know about the difference in dress for guys in case he (or his/her son, if M is a parent) desires to dress that way. I don't want to generalize, but I suspect that many guys who want to pledge a fraternity might want to dress to fit in.

Obviously, Vandy is a big enough place that you can be yourself.

Firebird882G

**NOTE** if you are planning on pledging you should know they require their pledges to wear collard shirts and nice pants during their pledge time... i dont know if they have to be khaki pants but thats what people traditionally wear.

palmettotree

You realize collared is referring to shirts that have collars, right? Collard...wow.

Firebird882G

and you do realize that this is a discussion board not a graded essay and people type quick replies w/o really looking at what they have written, right? you mean to tell me you have never typed or turned in anything with a grammatical or spelling error? im going to call bull on that one.

palmettotree

Obviously my post was written with the assumption that was not a spelling error. Good job champ.