Is It OK to Wear White After Labor Day?

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Summer isn't over till the 21st besides 'winter white' is always worn.

Who the hell gives a damn? Where whatever you want, whenever you want!

In Texas you can wear white all year round!

I hardly ever wear white because it usually gets stained with my lunch the first time I put it on.

It's ok ....they aren't white anymore by the time labor day rolls around, maybe I should buy more than one pair at at time.

Most of the fashion rules of the past have been tossed out the window. Anything goes, in today's world of style. As long as your entire outfit doesn't look "summery" in the wintertime [e.g., wear a sweater with a pair of white jeans, or wear tights with sandals, etc.], you'll be okay. I've lived in Kentucky my entire life, so we usually have hard winters that require heavy clothing. However, I have what's called a "winter white" coat, ankle boots, pants, etc., that are perfectly acceptable. Could anybody tell me what the fashion rules are in locations that have warmer temperatures all year round, such as Florida and California? I'd imagine that those people wear whatever they want whenever they want! Besides, all this "no white before Memorial Day and after Labor Day" crap is ridiculous, in light of today's dismal economy, when people can't afford to adhere to strict fashion do's and don'ts.

again I hit the wrong button. White is a color ! Who made this rule anyway? It is crazy , and I would wear any color any time.

Technically, EVERY DAY is after Labor day. That's like saying you can't wear white anymore. What carp.

While many think this is some kind of "fashion" thing the facts are this "No white after labor day" has a historical and class (as in the affluent and the working class) beginning.

In the early 20th century, white was the uniform of choice for Americans well-to-do enough to decamp from their city digs to warmer climates for months at a time: light summer clothing provided a pleasing contrast to drabber urban life. If you look at any photograph of any city in America in the 1930s, you'll see people in dark clothes. By contrast, the white linen suits and Panama hats at snooty resorts were a look of leisure.

The idea was that AFTER labor day all Americans would be returning to work. The reason this is no longer the case has little to do with a fashion statement and more to do with the fact few America, even the affluent ones take the entire summer off. Vaccations are no longer a set course for the American worker. Americans work more days and more hours than any other country in pursute of the material things. They place family and family time at the bottom of the list of things to value while other countries still make family the center of their lives and their top obligation...

Perhaps America would be better off if there was still an assumption of "No white after labor day"

It's ok for women to wear anything that turns opaque when it's wet 365 days of the year

Don't let Serial Mom see you!!

This ain't the "roaring 20's"! How about... is it ok to wear shorts around your knees?!

I never really understood the purpose of this saying or why white couldn't be worn after Labor Day. Besides white always seem to represent purity and associated with good, so what could possibly be so bad about wearing this color following Labor Day? Some beliefs are just simply outdated and need not to be practiced any longer.

...but I prefer black...more slimming :P

And no one is going to tell me I can't. One should wear what color they want, no one has the right to say other wise....Fashion police or not. White is good always!

Only the 55 over crowd still follows this rule.

who's gonna stop me the fashion police/ cyber police ?

Why not?
These days the temperature around here in BC is still in the 90s so wearing darker colors in the sunshine is uncomfortable.

I have always had the understanding that it was the shoes not the overall clothing choice. I do not wear white shoes after labor day, not sneakers of course, dress shoes. Its just something I have been taught not to do, but to each their own really:)

Maybe should have chosen no, oh well.

Wearing white right now.

That's an old wise tale. Come on people. Who really cares??

Totally off subject (after a fact), but it is actually "wives tail", if the truth be known. The term was changed by some, to be more politically correct. Isn't it funny how a term "not wearing white after labor day" for instance, can actually become practice. Didn't mean to offend, I just love the English language, and its play on words. By the way. The white rule was, at first anyway, simply an observation of the idea that white will not go well with the changing weather, and the return to the working (school, business etc.) season...Just a thought...

Of course. I've never understood the point of that stupid fashion rule anyway.

Stupidest fashion rule of all time!

This is just a stupid "rule".

That might be considered racist in this day and age. I don't know anymore, everything else is.

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I'll wear white if I want to.

Who cares??? Who decreed that it isn't. Seriously, all this fashion garbage is just that...garbage. It doesn't matter what color you wear.

offcourse should be put

Who the hell cares what people think of me, those people know nothing of me or my life so they can shove it. If they wanna live their lives worrying about what others think of them then it just shows how weak minded they are.

I wear what I want, when I want. I ignore the so called fashion police.

No one should dictate what you want to wear~ Coco Chanel had it down pat, though. Seasonal is B.S.

Ughhhh I never wear white. It's black for me

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