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Fashion: White after Labor Day?

Discussion in 'Member Casual Chat' started by ChrisL, Sep 9, 2017.

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Is white okay after Labor Day?

  1. Yes

    7 vote(s)
    58.3%

  2. No

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  3. Depends

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  4. Don't care

    5 vote(s)
    41.7%
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  1. perdidochas

    perdidochas Well-Known Member

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    Only if it's winter white.
     
    perdidochas, Sep 13, 2017
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    Oh wait, now I know, thanks to YouTube, first Monday in September, got it...
     
    The Rhetoric of Life, Sep 13, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    Why?
     
    ChrisL, Sep 13, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    I'm going to wear pure white this winter. Whatcha gonna do about it? :D
     
    ChrisL, Sep 13, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    So far, the only ones against wearing white in the winter are men. Lol. Why? And since when do men care about such things? :D
     
    ChrisL, Sep 13, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    And not one of them has had the courtesy to vote NO on the poll either. Hmm.
     
    ChrisL, Sep 13, 2017
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    Well, you said it yourself. None of us voted 'no' because none of care. Hence, 'Don't care' has the most votes. :D
     
    Ritter, Sep 15, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    Well they and you cared enough to read it and reply to it! ;) So there! You love talking about clothes, and that is final.
     
    ChrisL, Sep 16, 2017
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    You have such nice blue eyes. Thats what I think.

    And about the post,
    [​IMG]
     
    ALFORCE, Sep 16, 2017
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    Certainly not. However, I have very strong opinions about clothes and I am not afraid to voice them. I really don't care. :)
     
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    Yes, it's fine. I think it's just an old wives tale or something.
     
    Wrathful_Buddha, Sep 16, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    You have strong opinions about clothes but yet you don't care. Oh, I see. :p
     
    ChrisL, Sep 16, 2017
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    ChrisL Well-Known Member

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    Thank you! Funny meme. :)
     
    ChrisL, Sep 16, 2017
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    I know what I think looks good and what I don't think looks good. When it comes to fashion I do not give a flying horse about rules like "no white shoes after x o'clock" or "no white after Labour Day". Wear whatever the heck you want.

    I actually hate clothes. Shopping is the most boring activity in the world.
     
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    That's because you've never shopped with me! Now, let's go pick you out a pair of nice white jeans for your birthday! :w00t:
     
    ChrisL, Sep 18, 2017
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    ChrisL, please have some sense of humor.

    [​IMG]

    She also looks a bit like you.
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Does it just mean
    'Don't wear white pants to work?'
     
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    Hence...
    "Don't wear white after labour day"...

    You wear it on your day off?
    IDK.
     
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    I can wear white pants to work. I can't wear regular jeans though.
     
    ChrisL, Sep 18, 2017
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    No it was some rule made up by some rich socialite women back in the 1800s because they felt it was "inappropriate."

    http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/fa...e/news-story/4ce231da7b271ebfdb84832694204613

    But it seems the origins of this fashion crime are rooted in a very different time, beginning in the early 1900s when clothing was more formal and there were strict guidelines regarding what was appropriate to wear as the seasons changed.

    “The post — Labor Day moratorium on white clothing and accessories has long ranked among etiquette hardliners’ most sacred rules,” Time magazine reported in 2009.

    Wearing white not only meant that you were on-trend, but also signified that you were wealthy enough to buy garments that made you sweat as little as possible in the scorching summer sun. Basically, wearing white in the heat (think pre-AC days in 38C temps) meant you could afford to ruin it.

    But wearing white after Labor day (the unofficial end of summer in the US) at that time might make you the talk of the town — and not in a good way. White was a summer-specific social statement, no exceptions.

    Come September, when wealthy individuals typically returned to the city from their holiday houses, their lighter, whiter floaty frocks were stowed away and replaced with their more formal, dark city attire.
     
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    Nowadays we can have white clothes that are made out of heavy material and we have washing machines, so these silly old fashioned rules no longer apply to us.
     
    ChrisL, Sep 18, 2017
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    I gathered/suspected as much.

    Still, neat little tradition to observe I guess.
     
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    lol :)
     
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    Well, they didn't have washing machines back then when these rules applied. This particular rule is no longer relevant to modern society. :)
     
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