Anonymous
Post 05/23/2026 05:27     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
I wish the OP had taken pictures of all the mothers and their dress choices. Then, we could really be judgmental 😀
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 21:55     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
An influencer or two posts a white dress and every girl in the country thinks she has to follow like the trashy little sheep that she is.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 20:35     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
My DD's university had someone helping all the grads adjust their regalia, etc. right before they walked on stage. No one had an open robe.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 20:11     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
DD said the school suggested white dresses. I didn’t see any open robes.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:58     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
If they closed the robe, how would we see their slutty dresses? They clearly need the recognition for their bodies- graduating HS/ college isn't enough.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:56     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sitting here killing time during a UMD graduation event. I'm noticing LOTS of the young women are wearing white dresses, with their black graduation gowns worn completely open. The white seems very deliberate, like knowingit'shigh contrast with the black. Then they are strutting across the stage like they are on a catwalk.

I've got zero problem with a cute figure flattering dress, to wear for your pre and post ceremony pics, and whatever celebratory dinners and parties.

But... the moment your name is called and you are crossing the stage to shake professors' hands... is supposed to be a moment to acknowledge your academic achievement, and the honor is that you have earned the right to wear that black graduation gown.

Rant over.
Come at me, DCUM, and tell me what a grumpy square I'm being!


You can't possibly be serious, OP. The vast majority of female grads wear white dresses. No, it's not mandatory, but it is certainly tradition. So are you mad about the white dresses or the fact that the gowns are open, displaying said white dresses? Either way - very, very weird.

I think it’s pretty obvious from the post that she thinks it’s sloppy the gowns are left open and not that she’s mad about the white dresses.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:55     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
I didn’t walk in my college graduation bc I needed an extra semester so graduated in winter. And I could’ve walked that following spring but I didn’t. I had already moved to the city for work and it was just a whole thing.

But my high school graduation they were very strict and someone came around to check our robes were closed and our tassels were off to the correct side before we walked outside to the ceremony.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:54     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Anonymous wrote:Sitting here killing time during a UMD graduation event. I'm noticing LOTS of the young women are wearing white dresses, with their black graduation gowns worn completely open. The white seems very deliberate, like knowingit'shigh contrast with the black. Then they are strutting across the stage like they are on a catwalk.

I've got zero problem with a cute figure flattering dress, to wear for your pre and post ceremony pics, and whatever celebratory dinners and parties.

But... the moment your name is called and you are crossing the stage to shake professors' hands... is supposed to be a moment to acknowledge your academic achievement, and the honor is that you have earned the right to wear that black graduation gown.

Rant over.
Come at me, DCUM, and tell me what a grumpy square I'm being!


You can't possibly be serious, OP. The vast majority of female grads wear white dresses. No, it's not mandatory, but it is certainly tradition. So are you mad about the white dresses or the fact that the gowns are open, displaying said white dresses? Either way - very, very weird.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:53     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:All graduations I've attended had open gowns. Didn't even know they could close.



I'm the opposite. I've never seen one with open gowns, including 3 of my own.

This. I am kind of shocked an adult in the US did not know graduation robes closed. I have only ever seen them closed.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:52     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Anonymous wrote:It's UMD.

I went to a public college and I knew my robe was supposed to close
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:49     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
It's UMD.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 19:49     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Anonymous wrote:All graduations I've attended had open gowns. Didn't even know they could close.



I'm the opposite. I've never seen one with open gowns, including 3 of my own.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 18:42     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Oh. I thought this thread was going to be about fashion for attendees. There are probably very few graduates posting looking for advice.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 18:28     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
All graduations I've attended had open gowns. Didn't even know they could close.

Anonymous
Post 05/22/2026 18:14     Subject: Women's graduation fashion
Sitting here killing time during a UMD graduation event. I'm noticing LOTS of the young women are wearing white dresses, with their black graduation gowns worn completely open. The white seems very deliberate, like knowingit'shigh contrast with the black. Then they are strutting across the stage like they are on a catwalk.

I've got zero problem with a cute figure flattering dress, to wear for your pre and post ceremony pics, and whatever celebratory dinners and parties.

But... the moment your name is called and you are crossing the stage to shake professors' hands... is supposed to be a moment to acknowledge your academic achievement, and the honor is that you have earned the right to wear that black graduation gown.

Rant over.
Come at me, DCUM, and tell me what a grumpy square I'm being!