<p>My mom used to call the white things we wore in winter “winter white.” Have even had white wool winter coats.</p>
<p>Common sense dictates that I wouldn’t wear thin white things if I was going to be cold.</p>
<p>My upper half is just too large for white. Can manage on lower but usually don’t.</p>
<p>However, who are we allowing to dictate to us? I would never listen to a rule. My mom is very into this rules and gets very angry when I tell her that many of them were made up by people with less upstairs than she has.</p>
<p>I am an English professor, and I can’t tell you how silly most of the rules high school English teachers pass down about writing. I have to tell students to throw out all rules.</p>
<p>Vive la liberte. Where white. End a sentence with a proposition. Enjoy!</p>
<p>I’ve lived my entire life and consider myself fairly worldly yet and have never heard of this ‘not wearing white’ rule until this thread (but then - I’m a male). Who made up the rule? It sounds silly.</p>
<p>I’ve put away the seersucker (although it’s still plenty hot enough to wear it) and my white shorts, but will keep my white jeans out a while longer - they’re heavy weight and I don’t think they scream “summer.”</p>
<p>I always thought the rule chiefly applied to white shoes.</p>
<p>Oh dear. I just bought white silk shirt at Banana Republic today, to wear tomorrow. Its the new fall line. Something very classic about white with dark pants. However, shoes will match the pants. Maybe my pearls???</p>
<p>If I stain it, then it will be my last white top. </p>
<p>Mythmom, I too had a winter white coat. It was a nice change from navy Burberry.</p>
<p>Winter white isn’t true white, though. It’s a very pale cream color.</p>
<p>And the old “no white after labor day” had to do with pants and shoes, not with shirts. White shirts were / are always appropriate year round - that was never in question.</p>
<p>When my D went off to school in the SE she told us of a fashion rule in the sororities that was news to us; “no Lilly (Pulitzer) after Labor day”…that one still makes me laugh.</p>
<p>I don’t get that either. I have a linen dress (not white!) that I wore to work once this summer, and by the time I got to the office after 40 minutes on the subway, it was so wrinkled that it looked like I’d slept in it. I have a little garment steamer in my desk drawer, and used it a couple of times that day. Mostly, though, I hid in my office with the door closed.</p>
<p>I don’t think I’d ever worn something made of linen in my entire life prior to that day. It looked nice in the store. Who knew? What, I have to Google everything I buy ahead of time?</p>
<p>DonnaL,
I bought a linen pants suit, and had same problem with pants. Living in the south, I do have a few linen tops. The 3 best came from J Jill (go figure). </p>
<p>I can’t shop in Neiman Marcus, but went there with my friend yesterday to find a few light weight sweaters to draw attention away from recent masectomy. In the cashmere section, found a purple/black caftan and a leaopard sweater that fit the need perfectly. To see the smile on her face was priceless.</p>
<p>I only wear white at the beach. I never wear white shoes. I don’t know why.</p>
<p>Rules handed down from my southern mama: No white after Labor Day. No linen after Labor Day. Black linen funeral suit for summer. After labor day black tropical wool funeral suit. After labor day only “dark cottons” – frequently sleeveless dark cotton dresses, but definitely no Lilly Pulitzer LOL</p>
<p>re. linen. If you like it, why not try some lines that are meant to be worn a little bit wrinkled: flax, cynthia ashby, etc. I wear linen (sometimes even after labor day!) but nothing that has to be ironed. But maybe your work environment needs something more professional looking. Does anyone understand why it is that some linens like some cottons don’t really wrinkle much? Is it the fabric itself or some kind of treatment? </p>
<p>ps no straw bags after labor day. Winter white wasn’t too popular in the south, though I did have a lovely white wool dress as a newly-wed after leaving “home”.</p>
<p>I’ve never heard that one…too funny! Of course, down here in South Texas I see a lot of Lilly all “winter.” Maybe the motto here would be “All Lilly, All Year!”</p>
<p>I’ve noticed linen items which are lined don’t seem to wrinkle as much. I have a pair of wide-legged lined linen pants that hang nicely and the lining helps keep their shape.</p>