Yet another subfusc question!

Sorry for yet ANOTHER thread asking these questions but anyhoo..here goes..

Just received my gown through the post this morning and it has these long strips of material hanging down the back, just wondering if those are meant to be there and if so, what are you supposed to do with them?

Secondly, I read somewhere that stiletto heels are banned for matriculation. Is this so? and if so, what counts as a stiletto heel? cos the shoes I was thinking of wearing I would not exactly class them as stilettos but they taper down to a bit of a point at the bottom of the heel! Would these be banned?

Please help, Ali xxx

There are three sizes and i've no idea which one to get. Also i got a letter in the post (OUSU one), saying i can get it off then for £35, and two weeks previously the college said you can buy it from there, but i'm not sure whether these go hand in hand, i.e. i have to fill out this form and then pick it up in college, or are these things completely different. Also, what would men be allowed as appropriate footwear - are any old black shoes ok?

cheers

Damn i hate shopping for uni

pk

Gown size isnt majorly important. Unless you are a big guy you wont want more than medium, and if you are thin possibly small. I did that OUSU deal last year. You pick it up from the shop on the high street on the first day. It doesnt mater which you go for tbh. As long as you send off one form then it doesnt matter whether its from college/ OUSU/ elsewhere.

Any reasonably smart shoes are fine. School shoe types or suit types. Not black trainers or whatever though obviously.

sorry if this sounds stupid, but what does a male wear under a gown? shirt and trousers, or is a gown independent, and all this hype about mortarboards....are they or are they not allowed in matric veremonies, and if not, what is allowed for a male as a head dress?

cheers

PK

Thanks for the clarification. One more question...Is a bow tie compulsory, because i have not got one of those yet. Can one just wear a normal long tie?

its compulsory!
Must be a white bow tie (although can be self tied)

a white bow tie! bloody unusual! Do they sell that in the gown shop in Oxford? And can i also wear a white bow tie to dinners or whatever or will it look weird using the same tie?!? This is really getting complicated now! They should have a greater provision in etiquette training in comprehensives, hehe.

aghhh...do you need a special suit and shirt for matric too...that guy in the pic in the link posted has got some weird suit ...i got one that has a broader 'V-neck'...i.e. three button suit which when closed exposes less on the shirt...is that ok?

Well if you go to a very posh dinner/ball you might wear a white tie, but you will need to get the tailcoat suit to go with it! With dinnerjackets it is a black tie, or a coloured one if you are feeling rebellious, but white would look odd

Yes thats fine.

now this is getting complicated, lol...black bow tie and dinner suit for dinner parties, and white bow tie for matric and a funny shirt for matric and a cuff one for parties and eh...i'm so lost