Custom Big-Little Reveal Shirts for Sorority Chapters

Big-little reveal shirts are one of the most personal items in sorority apparel. The big designs and orders a shirt for her little, often in coordinated colors and matching artwork. Bear Grips Pro Shops prints big-little reveal shirts with no minimum, which is exactly what this category needs: an individual big ordering one or two shirts for her specific little, not a chapter-wide bulk order.

Common Big-Little Shirt Design Formats

Big-little reveal shirts come in three primary formats:

• Matching pair. The big and little wear the same shirt design. Simplest format. Often the chapter letter tee or a 'BIG' / 'LITTLE' word-treated tee.
• Complementary pair. Two different shirts that work together. Big wears 'BIG' and little wears 'LITTLE.' Or one shirt says 'You're stuck with me' and the other says 'I'm stuck with you.' Each shirt stands alone but pairs visually with the other.
• Family lineage design. A multi-generation design that includes gbig, big, little, and gli on the same shirt. Often a 'family tree' visual that lists each member's name. Worn by all members of the family line at reveal and family events.

The chapter's culture usually dictates which format is standard. Some chapters do all three formats for different members and events.

Best Shirt Styles for Big-Little Reveal

Big-little reveals happen across the calendar year, so shirt selection follows the season:

• Performance Workout Tank (Bella+Canvas), $19.88 VIP base. Tank tops are the most-requested big-little reveal style for spring and warm-weather reveals.
• Women's Mid Length Racer Tank (Bella+Canvas), $29.88 VIP base. Slightly more substantial tank with a racerback cut.
• Oversized Boxy Crop Tee (Comfort Colors), $24.88 VIP base. The boxy crop fit is a top reveal shirt request from the current generation.
• Women's Premium Cropped Sweatshirt (Bella+Canvas), $44.88 VIP base. Fall and winter big-little gifts that work as everyday wear past reveal.
• Comfort Soft Hoodie (Bear Grips), $36.88 VIP base. Family-lineage hoodies with multiple names on the back.
• Women's Wave Wash Sweatpants (Independent Trading Co.), $39.88 VIP base. Big-to-little gift staple for chapter pajama parties.

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Designing Big-Little Family Tree Apparel

Family tree shirts list a multi-generation lineage on a single garment. Design considerations:

• Lineage order. Top-down or oldest-to-newest is the standard. Gbig at top, big underneath, little next, and gli at bottom if present.
• Names with chapter year. Each name is paired with the member's pledge year or graduation year for context.
• Visual family-tree element. A simple tree, vertical line, or chapter-letter connector ties the names together visually.
• Chapter letters at the top. The family lineage is always anchored to the chapter. The greek letters appear above or beside the family list.

Family tree designs are most often printed on hoodies and crewnecks where the back-print area accommodates multiple names. The Comfort Soft Hoodie and Champion Crewneck both have full back-print real estate.

Personalizing Big-Little Shirts at Bear Grips

Bear Grips supports per-product personalization, which is what big-little shirts need:

• Name personalization. Each shirt has a name field that the buyer enters at checkout. The big enters her name and her little's name when ordering both shirts.
• Year or class personalization. Each shirt can include the member's pledge year or class year as a separate field.
• Position personalization. 'BIG' / 'LITTLE' word tags can be set up so each buyer picks which version of the design they want.

The chapter only sets up the design once. Each big enters her own personalization at checkout. No chapter-coordinated spreadsheet of names and details.

How to Order Big-Little Reveal Shirts

Most big-little shirts are ordered by the individual big, not the chapter as a bulk order:

1. The chapter sets up a few big-little design templates in the chapter shop at shops.beargrips.com/for/greek-life.
2. Each big orders her pair from the shop link. Big enters her name and her little's name during checkout.
3. The shirts ship to the big's address (or directly to the little's if she wants to surprise her at reveal).

Single-pair orders work the same way as chapter-wide orders. No minimum penalty for a 2-shirt order. This is the format big-little shirts have always needed and that Bear Grips' no-minimum model handles natively.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a single big order one big-little shirt pair?

Yes. Bear Grips has no minimum on any product. One big ordering two shirts (one for her, one for her little) is the same per-unit price as a chapter-wide order of 50 pairs.

Can family lineage shirts include four or five names?

Yes. Family tree designs can include gbig, big, little, gli, and ggli or more. The Comfort Soft Hoodie and Champion Crewneck have enough back-print real estate to fit multi-generation family lineages.

Are tank tops available for spring big-little reveals?

Yes. The Performance Workout Tank and Women's Mid Length Racer Tank are common big-little reveal styles for spring and warm-weather chapters. Both are available with custom big-little designs.

Can the chapter set up big-little personalization so each big enters her own little's name?

Yes. Personalization fields are set up per product in the chapter shop. Each big orders independently and enters her own and her little's name at checkout. The chapter does not collect or distribute names.