<p>Always thought the “no white after Labor Day” was ridiculous!</p>
<p>It’s a cool day, yes, and I’m not wearing a white tank top and shorts! But think I look totally right and seasonal in white pants (not capris), black top and dark turquoise short cardigan - and turquoise strappy sandals. </p>
<p>Who else throws this rule and any other “fashion” rules out the door??!</p>
<p>I can wear a white top. I can white or ivory wool = winter white. But I can not wear anything else white after labor day. That is just how I was raised. :)</p>
<p>I wear my white patent leather belt and matching loafers any damn time I want to.</p>
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<p>Alh, I know that is how some people feel! What part of the country were you raised in? I’m wondering is this “rule” is known on the West Coast or if its more of a “right” side of the country thing… :)</p>
<p>I was raised in the deep south a really long time ago. I also have to wear “dark cottons” in Sept and October, no matter where on Earth I am living. Sometimes those dark cottons need to be sleeveless for comfort.</p>
<p>I have managed to grow beyond the rules about wearing linen. But it was really difficult. Patent leather is still an issue. :)</p>
<p>Oh, abasket, you rebel!!! I’m wearing jeans for the first time in 3 months.</p>
<p>I should have put jeans on this morning since it is nice and cool, but I am scared to admit what all those graduation celebrations have done to my waistline.</p>
<p>I refuse to wear white, period, I do not care what weather and what rule. It has to be very special ocasion (once / year) for me to wear white. Take it back, I am not sure if I have white in my closet, but I have to own at least some white, it is eraised from my memory…</p>
<p>Of course, also have to admit that I’m someone who will leave my shorts on as long as possible. Very happy to walk around with a pair of khaki shorts, t-shirt and fleece and my comfy Nikes or Keens. Ahh…love the fall season!!!</p>
<p>Chris Evert is wearing a white sleeveless dress at the US Open. It’s raining and not every warm (68ish) and they are outside on the plaza terrace gabbing. </p>
<p>I’ve already switched to my fall bag (new) and I’ll wear white tee’s but I’m ready to get into my fall colors.</p>
<p>I don’t OWN a pair of white slacks…and never will. Even if I am 10 pounds below my goal for weight (right now I’m 10 pounds ABOVE)…I wouldn’t wear white slacks.</p>
<p>NOW…white shoes…bye bye until next year…after Easter…in the fly over state I was brought up in…white shoes could be worn for Easter and after. It was the shoes that were the issue…not the clothes.</p>
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<p>I can wear white to play tennis year round. The problem there is wearing color.</p>
<p>I was raised with the no white after labor day. I remember as a child going to buy my white patent leather Easter shoes.I also remember my Mom taking out her white handbags.
Today I definitely wear white after labor day. The last few years summer has not arrived in my coastal town till Labor day. Yesterday was the first day in a very longtime that I woke up to sunshine.Though the only white bottoms I wear are my white linen pants. I don’t feel comfortable in white denim or white slacks.
Today I let the weather dictate my wardrobe.</p>
<p>It’s not “no white clothes”, it’s “no white shoes”! (Check out the movie Serial Mom with Kathleen Turner, in case you think I’m wrong on this one.)</p>
<p>Tennis whites are traditional; other colors are considered arriviste and declasse, as long as we’re being judgemental.</p>
<p>Abasket, your outfit sounds lovely.</p>
<p>My mother is rolling over in her grave… The week before labor day was always planned around a trip to Lord and Taylor to buy the new fall clothes in fall colours. You couldn’t think of starting school without them!!?</p>
<p>I hope no one interprets my posts as judgmental. I am making fun of how I was raised. These sorts of rules are clearly nonsensical. But they are sort of ingrained into my very being.</p>
<p>I can comfortably wear shorts after labor day because it never occurred to my mother or grandmothers or aunts or great aunts to tell me not to. :)</p>
<p>I grew up in Miami, but I have always hated white shoes! They always look cheap and cheesy to me. And we wear white nearly all year round down here.</p>
<p>Love this thread. It has been raining non-stop here (Northeast) and I am miserable. I am not big on wearing white (due to the sheer size of me:)) but I love my open-toe white sandals and am having a tough time getting used to regular pumps. I am a sandal gal through and through and hate all this pantyhose/pumps business.</p>
<p>^^went to a fancy high school graduation in the south last spring. Held outside. About 100 degrees. All the women in my family of my generation were debating whether we “had” to wear pantyhose. Our kids’ generation: no discussion :)</p>
<p>edit: My generation got permission to go bare-legged from the one woman of our mothers’ generation in attendance. In my normal life I never wear nude pantyhose. Haven’t for decades.</p>