Never wear white shoes between Labor Day and Memorial Day
By mari61960
@mari61960 (4893)
United States
April 4, 2007 4:35pm CST
I was taught this from basically birth. We were never allowed to wear white shoes, pants or dresses before Memorial Day(5/28/07) or after Labor Day (9/03/07).
The exception was always Easter Sunday. I don't know where this started or why. I can't seem to find much information other than it's a fashion faux pas.
I know not all countries celebrate Memorial Day or Labor Day but do you also have a white clothes or shoes rule? Does anyone follow this "rule" anymore?
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5 responses
@laltu86 (1249)
• India
13 Apr 07
Hello mrs. mari61960,
Its a peculiar but funny ritual i would say , please feel free to enlighten me about the reason for doing such an act.
No in India we dont have such a rule for white dress ,
but surely cannot wear black in a happy occation (though not used now-a-days though).
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
15 Apr 07
Well I would love to tell you where it all began and why....but no one really seems to know... I guess it was an fashion etiquette type rule from years past. Some say it may have come from being a seasonal dress code of sorts, as we have all four seasons in the US but I cannot find the true answer anywhere...lol
@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
12 Apr 07
No, I don't think it really is enforced these days...lol
@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I remember the rule. I seldom had the choice, just wore my school shoes, but then for Easter we got white shoes, wore them Easter and put them away for summer for church. Got black shoes for fall, because I probably had outgrown the white ones. By the time i was a teen colored shoes were popular and cheap and I never had white shoes. Same for white clothes. If you indeed wore something light colored in the winter, it was winter white, aka cream.
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
4 Apr 07
Yup, that's how it was for us..lol I remember when I was about 6 I wore white shoes and my grandmother brought me home to change because it was before memorial day...then blasted my mom for letting me wear them..hehe My how times have changed.
@whiteheather39 (24403)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I was also raised with the same rule but I never pratice it any more. I even wore a lot of white in the winter before it became fashionably acceptable
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
4 Apr 07
I don't practice it myself, now that I'm an adult. But then I don't usually wear white shoes or clothes any more either...lol
@cynddvs (2948)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I don't really pay much attention to this rule anymore. Of course I really don't wear that much white anyways so it doesn't really matter to me. I'm not sure of many people that do follow this rule anymore. I haven't really heard many of my mans say anything about it.
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