I’ve heard this rule doesn’t apply anymore. I’m no fashionista, by any means, so you tell me.
I really don’t want to risk a situation like the one in the movie Serial Mom where the Serial Mom (Kathleen Turner) kills Juror #8 (Patty Hearst) for her most heinous crime of wearing white shoes after Labor Day.
I found an article, from 2002, that says this rule originally applied to shoes but the rule seemed to have evolved to include pieces of clothing. The premise is that white keeps you cooler therefore unnecessary for winter.
All this cause due to planning a night out with the girls in D.C. this weekend so we can shake our booties. In trying to decide what to wear or what one should wear I thought of my white jeans. If I wear my white jeans I can be comfortable and any top will work. So if white is not allowed after Labor Day would white jeans be allowed since they are jeans and not just pants? They’re thicker so does that change the rule? I just don’t know.
I can see it now… I'm on the dance floor dropping it like its Hot and my white jeans are illuminating in the neon lights. The fashionistas in the crowd are enraged by my faux pas and jealous of how well I get my Eagle On. They decide they must take matters into their own hands and take a picture with their camera phone and send it into Glamour Magazine to add to the Don’t list.
This white thing has me in a quandary. Maybe I should just wear all black and not worry about it.
Oh, I hope my black pants still fit!
Coming from a guy you may be inclined to discount anything I say, but for me fashion is about having the confidence to wear what you want and not be concerned about someone else's rules. The no white after Labor Day was I believe a reference to shoes and handbags, but I think it was for a time when Leave It To Beaver was cutting edge tv, men wore hats and it was not unusual to see women wearing little white gloves. These days when women wear bras with halter tops without a second thought to bra straps showing, do you seriously think anyone is going to have the fashion police arrest you for the high crime of wearing white after Labor Day?
ReplyDeleteI say give vent to your inner fox in whatever form or color it may take, and like the Jets in West Side Story, walk tall!
Jeremy:I hear ya brotha! I'm just not one to do anything to make me stand out more than I already do due to my red hair and ummm the chest. Because of this I have a tendency to try and hide. lol
ReplyDeleteJohnny: The black pants are tight and they bump up the bootie.
Rules were made for breaking! To be honest I haven't heard mention of this rule for a good 3 or 4 years. I'm not sure it matters much anymore.
ReplyDeleteThe tighter and lower cut that the sweater is the better for the rest of the viewing audience. White jeans? You might as well weara chastity belt too.
ReplyDeleteI-66:Probably doesn't matter so much anymore. A co-worker of mine wore white pants today. We had a nice chuckle over it.
ReplyDeletethoughts from the Y: Behave Brah. I don't want to have a talk with your wife. Hahaha
If you're paying for the wardrobe, you get to wear what you want. When other people pay me to dress, I wear what they tell me.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I like the idea of the tight black pants bumping up the booty. If the fashionistas give you the business, cut 'em.
every magazine I've read says that it's perfectly acceptable to wear white pants and shoes after Labor Day. So go for it!
ReplyDeleteGood point Uncle Keith but no cutting. I'm not violent... usually. Hahaha
ReplyDeleteFinally, a comment from a blogista(blog sista) rather than a blogude(blog dude)! Thanks Dawn, but even shoes are ok? Hmmm interesting.
Very few people can get away with wearing white pants. I say if you have the ass for them, then work them. Forget the "rules."
ReplyDeleteI've never been a fan of white shoes, so I really don't wear them.
ReplyDeleteAs for other articles of clothing- one of my co-workers makes fun of anyone who wears anything white after Labor Day- she won't even wear a white shirt. She's the same way about linen. I say it's bullshit. I wear white shirts year-round, and I think the rule is antiquated.
I'm allergic to white shoes: whenever I see people around me wearing them, they break out in a my-nails-shaped rash. Plus I think the rule is limited to shoes. More on that as events develop.
ReplyDeleteSo that's my stand on shoes.... BUT!
White anything else should be not only fun but definitely hot ;o) I say go for it!
Ladies, your awesome and thanks for your input.
ReplyDeleteWhite shoes have never been my thing. Well, at least since I was in Elementary school and wore white shoes for Easter. I had no choice.
After considering the majority opinions I have to agree. Therefore, I believe I will be wearing the white jeans for my night out.
I always thought the "No white after Labor Day" thing only applied to guys (for shoes & pants).
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