Comment by LandenLove

12 hours ago

I am pretty sure I purchased my cap and gown instead of renting. But my college was a bit smaller.

At my school, I purchased my cap but rented the gown. The cap is in a box never to be looked at again. I can't imagine what I would do with the gown.

  • It’s not just for graduations! You can wear it at any gown-appropriate event!

    Marriages, graduations and funerals carry forward some traditions that haven’t made sense for generations. They are the irregular verbs of modern life. Interestingly, marriages and funerals often have a religious element, and religion itself is conservative—but graduation doesn’t have that excuse.

    • Can you? I mean, you _can_ but you really can't. Showing up at a marriage or funeral in one would be... weird to say the least.

Wouldn't the purchase option be priced at a multiple to the rental?

  • OP paid $94 to rent their gown. I'm pretty sure I paid less than that (if not a comparable price) to buy mine. Thank god it wasn't multiple more, I only wore it for 5 minutes for a picture, since I graduated during Covid.