The other night, over dinner with friends, my friend’s wife mentioned something about not wearing white after Labor Day. I have never heard of this before. Who the hell made this rule up? What is the punishment for wearing white after Labor Day? Are ther special fashion police who hand out tickets to violaters? Any help. Thanks
If you’re in a John Waters movie, being bludgeoned to death with a telephone.
I’m in too much of a MPSIMS mood now, better skeedaddle to there.
This is one for Eve. I suspect she knows all such rules for summering at Newport and such…
(For what it’s worth, your wife is right. There is such a “rule,” but these days anything goes, so no one is going to arrest you for violating it. And hey, just tell your wife you’re getting a jump on the winter white season.)
Wearing white after Labor Day has been a big no-no since the dawn of time. Just ask Miss Manners. Cream, off-white, eggshell, pale gray, etc. are OK, and white shoes for nurses and brides are allowed. Once the summer is over and the leaves start turning is time to put on darker clothes, otherwise you would look pretty stupid walking around in white linen duds, as if you were trying to extend the season or something. I don’t know what they do in Florida. Funny, everyone used to know that you never wore white after Labor Day, but that was back when there was real fashion and the stores weren’t clogged with things like green bra straps showing under red leopard print tank tops.
My roommate once swore that the white shoe thing included tennis shoes. Oh come on.
I adhere to the rule otherwise. You can’t wear it again until after labor day, which messes up those plans to wear cute little white patent mary janes on easter when you’re four years old.
These days not even the fashion industry follows the rules that someone set up, like all these later seasons where it’s fashionable to mix patterns together.