What should I wear to a sorority informational?

I'm interested in joining a sorority, and they're having their first informational night tomorrow. The invitation says business attire is required. I don't own business attire! I have dress pants, and nice shoes, but when it comes to tops, well, I'm lacking in that department. I have a couple of nicer cardigans that I could possibly wear over another shirt, and I also have a couple of nicer shirts that are like flowy blouses. Help!

Ugh, that's a tough one......do you have any turtle necks & a blazer that you could wear with the dress pants? The nicer cardigans would work well also.

I know that I feel better wearing pants than dresses when they comment on business attire but that's because I worked as an aerospace engineer for 15 years with mostly all guys & my business dress was always pants & pants with jackets when I made presentations to the military.

They always came up with the comment on how to dress before our big meetings & because I was the only female, they never said anything but suit & tie.......so I bought several really nice pearl ties that I wore with my suits so they couldn't say I didn't meet the dress standard......it got lots of positive comments.......& it worked for me because it kept them looking at me as one of the guys in my own way.

Business attire has such a wide range of possibilities now, its really much more difficult to define what they mean by it......so I would say....wear the best cloths that you have that fall into the professional looking category & I'm sure you will do just fine.

Nope. No turtle necks or blazers. I'm a college student who has never had any need for business attire since the only jobs I've ever had have been in childcare (where you don't wear nice clothing because it'll be wrecked by lunch!) and fashion retail where you wear trendy things.

Blazers are really in style this season and you can find them in lots of colors and styles. Women can even wear them with casual pants, jeans and different colored pants. Most of them have a turned up cuff and they're not too pricey. I bought my oldest a black one for $29 at one of the not so pricey stores. Good luck.

I don't have any extra money to buy anything. Literally.

Well I would assume that the sorority girls would be pretty trendy, and also understand a college student's budget. I think a blazer and turtleneck might be kind of conservative for the average college student. What you have sounds fine. I'm still in high school, but when I'm told to dress "business" for an event with my peers, I normally pair a skirt or dress with a cardigan or blazer, nice jewelry, and heels. If I am meeting with older people, I'll dress more conservatively, or wear a suit. I'll bet most girls will dress like you, or wear skirts and cardigans. I'd wear what you have, and hope they accept you for you!

I was surprised at how many people shop at the Goodwill stores here.......we were all there as a meeting place for our horse group one day & my friend who has lots of money found a really good looking blazer for about $5. She's small like I am, so it's even more difficult to find cloths that fit. We were surprised because there were a large selection of blazers for even more than next to nothing.

I do understand not even having an extra $1 to spend however....that was where I was that day & just had to watch while everyone else bought......I definitely understand your situation....& in that case, all you can do is use out of your sweaters as a jacket & wear a blouse under that with your nice dress pants. No one will even notice I'm sure.....it's just a way of telling people not to come in sweats or cutoff's & grungy cloths.

Yeah. I don't even have an extra dollar.

Me either.