What to Wear to a Delta Sigma Theta Regional Conference
A Regional is your region's chapters together between national conventions — a working few days of business, workshops, an awards luncheon and a banquet. The crimson and cream still lead, but you can pack lighter. Here's the capsule that does it.
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Delta Sigma Theta — founded at Howard in 1913 and built on public service — organizes its chapters into regions, and the Regional Conference is where yours does its work between national conventions. It's shorter and more business-minded, but still photographed, and crimson and cream still set the tone.
You're dressing with a house Deltas already choose. Sai Sankoh has made custom crimson-and-cream looks with Delta members at the Dallas showroom, and Deltas including April Ryan, K. Michelle and Pat Smith have worn the label — named Best Resortwear by D Magazine in 2024.
Crimson and cream for a working week
A Regional leans daytime-business, so let cream and ivory do the daytime work and save crimson for the evening. Cream wide-leg trousers with a clean blouse read sharp in a morning session; a crimson-print shirt dress covers the marketplace and the luncheon; then a crimson dress or draped kaftan turns it up for the banquet. One print, two solids, the whole region handled.
What each part of the Regional asks for
Business sessions. Hours of voting and discussion — wide-leg trousers and a clean blouse, or a fluid dress, block heel.
Workshops and committees. A shirt dress or a set you can split.
Awards luncheon. A crimson-print dress that photographs well seated and standing.
Banquet. A long crimson goddess kaftan or gown for the dress-up night.
A Regional capsule
Regionals are short, so pack for restyling: one crimson banquet piece, a cream or printed set you can break apart, a shirt dress for the marketplace, wide-leg trousers with two blouses, a silk scarf. A block heel for day, a dressier sandal for night, a tote and a clutch — the conference from a carry-on, with every piece ready for the next convention and your chapter's events.
Build your Regional wardrobe
- Statement dresses and goddess kaftans — luncheon and banquet.
- Shirt dresses and sets — marketplace and workshops.
- Wide-leg trousers with blouses — business sessions.
- Silk scarves · best sellers · new arrivals.
Keep reading: the Delta National Convention, the Delta State Meeting, and a Divine Nine gala.
Frequently asked questions
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The Delta collection
- Shop the Delta print collection — crimson looks for the conference.
- Plus shirt dresses and sets.
