Graduation

Me and my friend want to share a graduation gown, his ceremony starts at 9:15 and mine 3:15. How long do you get given before you need to return the gown, as we don't want to pay extra costs which will make it more expensive?

Reply 1

normaw

Clearing and Applications Advisor, Universities Forum Helper

Original post by guspeppr

You will need to ask whoever is supplying the gowns.

Reply 2

Catherine1973

Will you have identical colours too?

Reply 3

guspeppr

Original post by Catherine1973

Will you have identical colours too?

Yes we will

Reply 4

domonict

It depends on the gown provider’s terms.
I know that Brighton used to issue gowns for the morning or afternoon.
Their ceremonies were strictly split am/pm

Other unis have an “all day” system.

Reply 5

guspeppr

Original post by domonict

It depends on the gown provider’s terms.
I know that Brighton used to issue gowns for the morning or afternoon.
Their ceremonies were strictly split am/pm

Other unis have an “all day” system.

We're at Leeds university, do you have any clue what they are cause it hasn't said anywhere.

Reply 6

ShazNeedham

Have you tried Churchill Gowns? Their rental period is 5 days so you could easily share and they do the gowns for loads of unis.

Reply 7

domonict

Your uni Grad office should tell you the gown company. Ask them about times.
Your contract is probably direct to the company. The Uni will be getting a percentage back from the company
Be careful about the phrasing of the question to the company and keep a copy in print. Just ask about the length of the hire period. They don’t need to know that you are splitting the hire (assuming the gowns are the same) Many graduations have 1000 students and need the gowns back after lunch for another 1000. Otherwise they require 2000 gowns. Obviously there are spares but the logistics are worked out carefully.
You might think that a short hire period is stingy, but at the end of the day, if they need twice as many gowns, somebody is paying