<p>If you’re in New England, expect rainy weather and hope for an indoor venue. We’ve had so much rain here the last two weeks …</p>
<p>I’m planning on wearing a suit and tie now that I can fit into my good, old suits. The venue will be indoors.</p>
<p>I will report on our graduation yesterday in case there are incoming sr. parents who will get as paranoid as I did on this. The MOST important part of the outift is comfortable shoes. Epic fail on this. Almost no ladies in hose. This makes the shoes even more uncomfortable…although much better on the waist :)</p>
<p>S had 3 days of grad activities. Friday was mostly khaki/button shirt for men and nice pants outfit for moms. Sat-90% women in dresses, Sunday the same and most men were in suits/sportcoats/blazers. The univ wide morning ceremony was in the stadium and the jackets came off quickly, but ties stayed on.</p>
<p>Enjoy the day and your graduate. S said some of the kids were crying, but he was thrilled to be done. I distinctly remember that feeling too :)</p>
<p>I think sports coat without a tie is fine, if it’s not you can ditch the coat. It was cold and rainy in Pittsburgh (for a change! 
) so we were happy to have the coat. I wore pants and a blazer and Merrels on my feet. Most people were quite casually dressed though the guy in front of us had such an impressive watch my husband looked it up on his smart phone!</p>
<p>I admire all the svelte, fashionable and athletic ladies who will be wearing lovely dresses to graduations all over America. For myself, a nice pantsuit or slacks/jacket is always going to be my choice for graduations. The reason is my age, my comfort level, challenging terrain, uncooperative weather, and difficult walking and sitting requirements.</p>
<p>I just received the info for son’s graduation. Big stress on comfortable shoes and low heels for walking up and down stairs.</p>
<p>Skyhook, just wear something that looks good in the pictures. Some outfits that are in style these days are so loud that they disrupt the family photos. Great if it’s all about you, but if you want a nice group shot, a solid or small print/check outfit imakes for better picture.</p>
<p>Okay, that reminds me: make sure to have good batteries and a backup set for the camera.</p>
<p>My husband wore a suit to our daughter’s graduation at a large state university earlier this month, and he was struck by how few of the men were similary clad. Most were dressed much more casually. I wore nice pants, a top and comfy shoes, and I was glad. The ceremony was indoors, but still there was a lot of walking and climbing stairs inside the arena.</p>
<p>redshoes said, “Of course, since it’s Ithaca, this year it could be snowing.”</p>
<p>We did have flurries the day I graduated from Ithaca College. Held the ceremony outside on South Hill, and it was not pleasant. Love that Ithaca weather!</p>
<p>Lurknessmonster- I was surprised to not see any men in suits at my S’s graduation. I even saw quite a few men in dressier shorts. My H thought he could wear shorts. He said when he asked me I told him Yes. He didn’t get that I was joking. Luckily he had nicer clothes that he was planning on wearing out to dinner. The overall dress was nice but casual. The women of course were better dressed. The best dressed went to the female undergrads who had come to see their friends graduate. Type of School- California private. Ceremony indoors.</p>
<p>Re snowy Ithaca - the year I graduated from Cornell we had 6 inches of snow the night of graduation! I remember thinking how weird it was to go out to dinner celebrating in a sundress and snowboots!</p>
<p>Dress up like you are from the 1600s in England. Get your hubby to wear royal knight clothes and you can dress like a princess with all the puffy clothes. Be sure you get alot of pins to hold it all together cause thats authentic. And dont wear drab colors. Royal blue is best. The blue makes gold and diamonds flashier. And don’t forget you hair but i bet you were going to get that fancy already.</p>
<p>our dog got a new collar and leash for graduation in the school colors - is she allowed?
she always wears her fur.</p>
<p>I sincerely want to thank CC parents for your thoughts and ideas as to the best game plan for appropriate attire to attend NU’s graduation. Very helpful ideas/thoughts.
@parent ofpeople-great idea about checking the website.
@midwesterner-Plan “B”–I hadn’t thought I would need one…now will include!
@mathmom-w/o a tie-hubby will be happy!
@Pizzagirl-How right you are-on both fronts!..G.Schultz-omg =( …very happy its S.Colbert this year-should be fun!
@BCEagle91–Merrill’s Marina shoe on the list!
Thanks again for helping everyone…It is indeed an exciting time-to see our kidlet walk across the stage.
~APOL-a Mum</p>
<p>All of you Ivy Leaguers probably think the Midwestern public schools don’t foster an atmosphere that would encourage parents getting dressed up for graduation ceremonies. Not so. At Ohio State they encourage parents to get their bib overalls pressed, and they’d appreciate it if, on your hat with a beer can on either side, you swap out the Budweiser for a more elegant imported brand, like Moosehead.</p>
<p>^^^ Good one!</p>
<p>We had 2 days of events, in the ever changing weather of the Midwest. LAC, so no bib overalls! There were a few suits. My unemployed BF wore a suit, and the unemployed ex H was casual/outdoorsy. A physician friend wore a leather jacket. The ceremony was outside, on a very cool, grey morning, so I ditched the linen dress for pants and a bright colored warm jacket. But sun came out, and I wished for a hat and sunglasses. D got sunburned.</p>
<p>my dad wore a nice dress shirt and pants, and brought a jacket along just in case. It was an outside ceremony and worked out fine! But we do live in southern California, so that helps :P</p>
<p>H wore a nice polo shirt. I bought a new nice bright comfy t-shirt from Ross that I wore with dressy slacks & comfortable, dressy walking shoes. There was a considerable amount of walking. I think I dressed up a bit more for the dinner the night before graduation.</p>
<p>It’s SoCA, so quite warm by May. I don’t recall seeing folks in suits or jackets, but there may have been a few here & there. Most of the men had nice dress shirts or polos & women had slacks or dresses.</p>
<p>going to wear a bikini, because I have a car wash fund raiser to get to right after the ceremony</p>