Caroline in the City

Now that’s what I call money well spent

Imagine hundreds of girls crammed into one sorority house living room set to hunt through boxes upon boxes of discounted designer jeans.

The result was just short of animalistic behavior.

To my left and right, girls were playing tug of war over Rock and Republic boot-cuts and yelling at each other for stealing the last size 26 skinny jeans. Additionally, the lack of dressing rooms deterred no one from dropping their drawers and trying on their newfound denim treasures.

The Phi Sigma Sigma jeans sale occurred Monday night, officially kicking off the fall season of sorority philanthropy events. Designer jeans, originally priced upwards of $300, were marked down to $65 of which $5 were donated to the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation, which benefits kidney disease research. Our generation’s version of the “Running of the Brides,” the infamous Filene’s Basement Wedding Dress event, the PhiSig jean sale brought out the beasts in some of Penn’s “finest.”

The sale attracted all kinds of Penn girls - girls from all 8 sorority houses as well as those not even Greek-affiliated. Sorority girls who had yet to step foot into the Phi Sig house since rush of their freshman year were now buzzing about like they owned the place. These shopping fanatics were participating in a community service event, although from the looks of it many of them were more concerned with adding more jeans to their closet than worrying about what their money was actually benefiting.

So while the male population of Penn was busy watching the Eagles lose to the Redskins, Penn’s better half was enhancing their designer denim collection. Despite the grabbing, fighting and overall selfishness that arose amid the hundreds of girls, one thing was certain: all kinds of Penn girls, from the geeks to the Greeks, were convening over their common love–denim–and simultaneously contributing to a great cause. The event raised over $1000 for the Phi Sigma Sigma Foundation. And never fear, if you’re blue you didn’t get to pick up some designer duds, PhiSig will be holding another jeans sale on January 28.

Caroline in the City appears every Wednesday and Friday.

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