a gentlemen's guide to rushing

Hello Freshmen,

Here in the south if you aren’t rocking Polo or Vines you might as well get out. Here in my top tier fraternity, at the University of Florida, we are usually found wearing the classics that have been established in our old money families for years. I was born (on our plantation) wearing an oxford Polo button down, a navy with gold buttons Brooks Brothers blazer, a pair of J. Crew khakis and a Vineyard Vines seersucker bow tie.

I grew up wearing Costa Del Mars (in the 580 glass lens, of course) and Southern Tide croakies to complement my southern yachting/fishing lifestyle, and you bet that there were at least three Yeti coolers in the 60′ yacht at all times. In the summer, when it gets hot in the south, I will put on some Chubbies (Americas or bust) or Patagonia stand up shorts to match my Tommy Bahama Hawaiian shirt, Columbia PFG or one of the various frocket t’s that I have collected from sorority slams or have bought from Vineyard Vines (P.S. if your t-shirt doesn’t have at least one anchor on it, throw it out). If I am day drinking at the house, listening to Africa or Wagon Wheel, I will sometimes throw on a Rowdy Gentlemen “Reagan-Bush ’84″ or “Back to Back World War Champs” tank with either my Sperrys, Chaco sandals, or Cole Haan drivers (aka frat cleats). If I am going raging, I will pretty much wear what I said above, but with a FaF pair of Ray Ban Clubmasters as they are super cheap ($80) and I can throw them away when I am done raging.