Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 19:51     Subject: dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Staud has some pretty dresses that will work with your budget:

https://staud.clothing/collections/occasion-dresses
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 19:47     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


A room full of Republican pedos is not something people aspire to.

A room full of parents who can not let their ADULT children have their own lives funny... gross... and dumb. But hey given your responses we have already seen dummy is fitting.

If you think my 1% world is accepting you nope.


My guess is that it’s not about inability to let children go. It’s about Gen X’s inability to realize they are the middle aged parents. They can’t let go of teenage fun and having to be part of the action.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 19:21     Subject: dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Somebody recommended Tadashi Shoji dresses in another thread and they did look pretty good.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:44     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.
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There’s always one. 🙄
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:34     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


Yes, I'm sure they loved being fawned over by the hangers-on.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:24     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


A room full of Republican pedos is not something people aspire to.

A room full of parents who can not let their ADULT children have their own lives funny... gross... and dumb. But hey given your responses we have already seen dummy is fitting.

If you think my 1% world is accepting you nope.

Our dd was in a sorority and I assure you we are neither Republicans nor pedophiles. What a strange leap.

The fact that you need to remark on your "1% world" is bizarre and telling.

Grew up in Virginia and the urban legend was that the top sororities at UVA would offer to take your coat at rush parties just to check the tag lol. Pretending that UVA sororities are full of povos is a wild amount of cope.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:23     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


Hmm. My sister was a pi phi at uva and never would have mentioned this to my parents who couldn’t have afforded it and their presence might have been embarassing for her with her richer “sisters.” I do wonder if it’s awkward for the girls who aren’t from that sort of family.


I had this exact thought. I would have never ever brought my parents to something like this.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:20     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


Hmm. My sister was a pi phi at uva and never would have mentioned this to my parents who couldn’t have afforded it and their presence might have been embarassing for her with her richer “sisters.” I do wonder if it’s awkward for the girls who aren’t from that sort of family.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:20     Subject: dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:My daughter's new sorority is hosting a parents formal. Only direction I know is that I'm supposed to wear a long dress. Can you please share some ideas of where to shop besides Nordstrom and Bloomingdales? I'm 5'5" 120 pounds. I'd like project classy/conservative vs anything too flashy. Willing to spend up to $650 as I plan to wear to different event this winter as well. TIA!

I would double check pics of last years's parents' formal on the sorority's IG/FB page. I googled out of curiosity and a lot of them have a wide range of attire, ranging from dad in a sport coat/mom in a cocktail dress to dad in a tux/mom in a sequined evening gown.

"Long dress" could mean anything from formal attire to black tie, I would do more digging.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:17     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


A room full of Republican pedos is not something people aspire to.

A room full of parents who can not let their ADULT children have their own lives funny... gross... and dumb. But hey given your responses we have already seen dummy is fitting.

If you think my 1% world is accepting you nope.

Seems like this is a UVA thing: https://www.reddit.com/r/UVA/comments/1f6ll07/why_the_hell_does_greek_life_do_parents_formals/

If you think most of the kids in Greek life at UVA aren't part of the 1% you're even dumber than your post belies.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 15:14     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vomiting a little. I already thought that that this kind of thing was basically paying to make friends but parents are supposed to get into it too? I had no idea. So ridiculous.


Ha ha, I clicked on this thread to see just how quickly some jealous mom would react to OP in disgust. You pulled the trigger even more quickly than I thought!

I still remember the parents' formal at our daughter's sorority. It was very nice. As I recall, it was black tie? One of the sisters came from a billionaire family with well known parents and they actually showed up. We got to meet them. It was interesting! No harm done at all.

That was UVA, btw.


A room full of Republican pedos is not something people aspire to.

A room full of parents who can not let their ADULT children have their own lives funny... gross... and dumb. But hey given your responses we have already seen dummy is fitting.

If you think my 1% world is accepting you nope.

Our dd was in a sorority and I assure you we are neither Republicans nor pedophiles. What a strange leap.

The fact that you need to remark on your "1% world" is bizarre and telling.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 14:48     Subject: dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Aqua has some nice ones.

https://www.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/aqua-belted-sequin-gown-exclusive?ID=2761764&pla_country=US


https://www.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/aqua-pleated-shimmer-gown-exclusive?ID=3293041&pla_country=US&gclsrc=aw.ds&&cm_mmc=Google-PLA-ADC-_-PMAX+-+GMM1+-+RTW+-+Top+Performing+Categories-_-749709655042USA-_-go_cmp-22429278916_adg-_ad-__dev-c_ext-_prd-749709655042USA_sig-EAIaIQobChMI8oes5N66jwMVMXNHAR3scw1pEAQYBiABEgJN9vD_BwE&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22425794546&gbraid=0AAAAAD0PCJS8zWj1PjwS-roy7alOchFra&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8oes5N66jwMVMXNHAR3scw1pEAQYBiABEgJN9vD_BwE


But I agree, slim pickings. And the dresses mostly cluster in the $200ish or $1k+ range.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 14:42     Subject: dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Just took a look at Saks and the dresses are godawful this season. Maybe someone can recommend a boutique?
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 14:42     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
Anonymous wrote:So, what's the point of a formal for the parents? Help me understand. An event to secure donations? A silent auction? Hit up the parents later to include the greek house in their estate plan? Is it networking? Maybe the national membership people show up and want to network for other jobs.


I bet it's secure $$.
Anonymous
Post 09/02/2025 14:41     Subject: Re:dress for daughter's sorority parents formal
So, what's the point of a formal for the parents? Help me understand. An event to secure donations? A silent auction? Hit up the parents later to include the greek house in their estate plan? Is it networking? Maybe the national membership people show up and want to network for other jobs.