Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Girl's Looking the Part: Sratty Fratty

We hear that this site is all testosterone, so here our guest srattiest sorostitute teaches and the fratdaddies step to the side.

Ripped from a Sorostitutes "'A' Game" Manual: Looking the Part, A Guide for the Girls

A crucial element to a girl's ability to frat is her ability to dress the part. Your style of dress provides other girls with information about your deportment, level of frattitude, and even to which fraternities you hold allegiance to. It also communicates, like style invariable does, how informed you are, what your aspirations are and something of your background. Also, it is key to your ability to attract potential suitors, as you always want to attract the upper echelon fratters. A wise man knows a wise woman wears comfortable, classic but sexy clothes that that don't break the bank but are of high quality.

The frattdaddies have a exhaustive guide but women hopefully don't need anything like that to inform them, they are just perusing this for the finer points. Any woman might do well to read the fratdaddy's guide however since it covers the points of color combinations and materials as well as certain items and approaches that is as valid for for srattiness as it is for frattiness. (You might also make a list of what to poach from his wardrobe and most importantly- be able to distinguish what to look for in a fratdaddy or learn how to help turn your "B" fratdaddy into an "A+" fratdaddy")

You may wonder what we can offer that wasn't in the tongue in cheek but surprisingly useful "Preppy Handbook" of a generation ago or pick up from perusing the more tasteful (less trendy) Ralph Lauren's Women (his label's usefulness rests as a collection of classic American style.) In fact, fratty women's clothes, resting on the classics of preppy, "country" and American traditional. Not much has changed but your trying to keep it simpler and definitely without pretentious attitude. Some of the names have changed but many are still around- Patagonia, Vera Bradley, Gant, Land's End, LL Bean, J Crew, Ann Taylor, Aigner, Vineyard Vines, Brooks Bros., Lacoste, Lilly Pulitzer (if only for the dresses) are all makers of good sratty clothes and you should be able to find vintage and discount sellers of their items and styles.

In this segment, we will give you a few things that the fratdads themselves are looking for, as well as provide you with some helpful hints from proven sorostitutes who know well the art of fratting. Adapted from the first hand testimonials of several of the frattiest girls around, we have compiled a reference for any and all fratty girl dress styles. We have broken them into what to wear for Casual, Party, and Formal/Semi-Formal situations, as well as taken a look at the timeless staples for any true fratty sororstitute to own and wear.


Casual (Attending classes, lounging)

Diamonds are not a girl’s best friend...a good fitting pair of jeans are. As we have come to find out, jeans meet requirements for girls in several areas of dress. However, when attending class, it is smart to not be that girl that shows up in huge sweat pants and a sweatshirt. Jeans are the new casual for a true fratter. Jeans and rainbows with a Frat pocket-T, or the date party you had last October is how the average sorostitute dresses down to go to class. Now, similar to guys, when a girl puts just a bit of effort into her looks before school, she is noticed by exponentially more fratters than she normally would be. Take those same jeans and rainbows (replaceable with 991's or a good pair of boat shoes if it's chilly or rainy out), throw on a polo, get a little bit of 80's hair going, and you are set for class in any circumstance. Too cold for just a polo? Layer on the fleece that you got from my date party last week and you can’t miss. Ladies, studies show that you not only attract more attention to yourself if you look good in class, but you also do better on tests and quizzes, so please do us both a favor.

Party/Dressy

When heading out on the town with your 4 closest friends, it is best that you are always the girl that gets the first look from all the guys when entering a party (and the other sorostitutes for that matter). The jeans/pointy toes/dressy shirt is a sure thing in most any situation, whether it be bar or frat party. For a more casual approach, a pastel polo may be substituted for the dressy shirt, and the ever popular short white skirt (guys like them, don't let them go out of style) can be substituted for the jeans along with a more open-toed dress shoe. Don't shy away from head-bands, either; bad guys like good girls. In case you haven't noticed, the '00s are the '80s reincarnated, but with a touch more class. As far as accessories are concerned, the pearls are always clutch, as are a good pair of diamond earrings. You should sleep in diamond earrings (You'll lose pearl earrings)- these scream classy frat.

Formal/Semi-Formal

Any true sorostitute must own a couple of good cocktail dresses, at least one or two of which being the classic black cocktail dress with little to no decoration, to be successful in the frat scene. Formal dresses come along every so often, and they are key also; as ones that are too big, crazy and colorful are definitely not frat. However, our main focus in this category is the cocktail dress. A sluttly cocktail dress can be spotted from miles away...you are at a classy function, please dress accordingly. Length should range from just below the knees to at the very most mid-thigh, though that is pushing it. Save the short stuff for the white skirts mentioned in the above category. Decorations, again, should be kept to a minimum, with mainly the cut of the dress distinguishing it from others. Pink or white accents such as built in ribbons are also acceptable. A red cocktail dress should also be acquired, with much the same rules as its black counterpart.


Cookie-Cutter Sorostitutes

1. The Classy Fratty Girl- This girl can be seen on campus, at the bar, at a party, at her house lounging, or any other conceivable location wearing jeans, either a hot, pastel two-button polo or a long sleeve Oxford (every girl should own at least two of these). Girls get a much wider variety, for instance Tommy Hilfiger (who does a good job with fratty female clothing.) She is not afraid to sport the Sperry Top-Siders (total frat move), rainbows, or Newbies 80% of the time. The difference between this girl and the girl you see wearing the one polo that she owns is that this girl does it on a regular basis, as a way of life, and does it well. She has been sporting the sratty gear since grade school, and though she wears other shirts like every other girl does, the polos always stick out in your mind. She is polite, well spoken, and she knows etiquette backwards and forwards (though she loses a little bit with each drink she consumes). This girl is everything a sorostitute should be.

2. The Hot Fratty Girl- This girl is good looking, and she knows it, but she'll never let on that she is. She can be found Thursday-Saturday at the local bars (but not as much during the week) always wearing the expensive dark blue jeans that are all the rage, the pointy-toes (in every color of the rainbow but NOT stilletto cuz high heels and jeans are trashy) and a very dressy shirt (i.e., black with a pink ribbon around the bottom, that she never seems to have worn before). This girl is the new-age fratter. She is wearing what is going to be in style next month, and then not wearing something better when it is. She is often un-attainable by the cool fratties, but somehow gets mixed up with a douche bag bottom feeder- and she suddenly realizes the times she has wasted and then hooks up with several true fratdads in a month’s time.

3. The Parties-Non-Stop Fratty Girl- This girl is easily noticeable on campus, as she is either wearing a frat-T from the boy she shacked with, or she’s wearing last-night’s attire in her trek across campus. When she does manage to stroll into class, she has changed her shirt (not her jeans) to a sorority date party t-shirt from last year, and her pointy-toes to rainbows, but nevertheless, she is very much a target of ridicule: her hair is coming out of the vent of a baseball cap with a scrunci, and she hasn’t showered yet, as you can tell from the smoke-smell radiating from her 5 rows in front of you in Political Science. She knows what everyone is thinking, but she doesn’t care, because she knows she had a much better time last night (Tuesday) than anyone else in the class did (including the gel-head C-list fratters in the back that thought it would be cool to have a “Pajama Party” last night). This girl is the one you bring home to Mom, and Mom tells you to throw her back and keep fishing- thus, she’s perfect for a frat girlfriend.


Items Every Sororstitute Should Own:

Dressy Jeans- A-Pockets are a must, but comparable brands help to increase and diversify wardrobe.

Normal Jeans- Each girl has her own brand that she is partial to…cheaper than the Sevens, but as good looking/fitting as you could find in the countless hours you have spent trying on different makes and models.

Linen Pants- It doesn’t get much hotter than a good looking sorostitute in a pair of white linen pants in the summer time. Traditional Easter-Labor Day rules apply (goes without saying).

Killer Black Pants- You know the pair we are talking about. The pair that took you 6 months to find but makes your ass look so good you didn’t mind paying the $185 for them (See also: jeans).

Pastel Polos- Any time you can get away with a t-shirt, try a polo instead. Varying shades, but pink is a must for every young lady.

Button-Down Oxford- Many girls over-look this, or think it’s too “boyish”- don’t be that girl. There’s something about girls in a shirt that their guy could be wearing…

Cocktail Dress- Two black, one red are the minimum requirements here ladies.

White Skirts- Came into style about 3 or 4 years ago in the frilly/lacey versions. May have lost some popularity, but are still a classic fratty choice. Think tennis-playing country club mom.

Ribbon Belts- These fratty belts are in completely in fashion, for women even more so than men.

Rainbows- You should live in these. If you have one pair, you might as well have 3.

Top-Siders- Not every fratty owns these, but she should.

Tennis Shoes- Asics or New Balance are a good choice, I have seen some sorostitutes pull of the Nike Shox.

Pearls and Diamonds- Diamonds in the ears, pearls around the neck...classic.

Aviators (not way oversized unless your going for Jappy rather than fratty)- While somewhat declining among the cutting-edge male fratters, after being stolen from us by Ashton Kutcher and the rest of Hollywood, these have begun to pick up among the female crowd. Wear at night; bar or frat party.

Koozies- They may seem like party accessories, but they are actually part of your attire. Never leave the house without a good koozie. Have five in your car. I cannot stress this enough.


What Not To Wear

Ugz Boots- These are not fratty. Why do you insist on wearing them? Gentlemen, if a girl is wearing these, she isn’t as cool as you might have thought she was.

Third-Tier Frat-T- Use the 1 step rule here: never take more than one step down from the top of the frat pyramid. It might be your favorite shirt, but wear it around the house; not in public. I know you feel bad, but don’t; according to them, they are first-tier.

Too Much Jewelry- Remember your rules of class ladies, less is more when it comes to this. Earrings, a necklace (preferably something thinner), a watch and a ring or two is about the limit. Native American turquoise or some other classically American jewelry can also be nice but keep it in hand. Of course, exceptions always occur, but this should be a pretty definitive guideline.

Don not wear anything from Juicy Couture and anything that is remotely "Jappy";

Nor "the new thing that Paris is wearing".

Part II "Junior/Senior & Post Grad Sratty Transitioning" COMING SOON!

- Not for Four Years

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