Graduation Gowns

Graduate School
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<p>Not sure where to post this, but here's the situation:</p>

<p>A family member of mine is a college professor. The college is now requiring that professors attend graduation wearing academic regalia. So this person needs to buy a graduation gown, preferably in the correct color and style for the university where she got her PhD.</p>

<p>Her university bookstore wants something like $800 for the proper gown etc. But it seems to me there must be a cheaper way to get a reasonable facsimile of the proper graduation gear.</p>

<p>Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!!</p>

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<p>There is no cheaper alternative that I know of. You must buy the regalia from your university, and it always costs a fortune. The good news is that you only have to buy one for a lifetime of use. I suppose that there may be a rental source, but I’ve never heard of anyone doing this.</p>

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<p>She doesn’t have the gown from her Ph.D hooding?</p>

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<p>Why doesn’t she contact her Ph.D institution rather than her current university bookstore?</p>

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<p>There are lots of places to buy regalia, and you need not buy it from the university bookstore. </p>

<p>Oak Hall
Caps N Gowns 4 Less
Artneedle
Jostens
Herff Jones
Academic Apparel
Simply Academic
Saxon
capgown.com (only for MIT, University of California, and Stanford)</p>

<p>One may also rent regalia. That is usually done through a campus bookstore.</p>