Never wear white shoes between Labor Day and Memorial Day  |
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|  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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1.  GardenGerty (35345)
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5 years ago
| |  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 (3313)
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5 years ago
| | 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. | | | |
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2.  whiteheather39 (15574)
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5 years ago
| |  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 (3313)
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5 years ago
| | 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 | | | |
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| 3. cynddvs (2284)
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5 years ago
| |  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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| 4. AskAlly (2978)
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5 years ago
| |  I don't think the white shoe thing is enforced by the fashion police anymore. I still go to what they call "winter white". Also I noticed on What Not To Wear that there is a sign that says "white shoes permitted after Labour Day"
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| mari61960 (3313)
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5 years ago
| | No, I don't think it really is enforced these days...lol | | | |
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5. crazynurse (5813)
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5 years ago
| |  Yes, the same was drilled into my head too! If one wanted to wear white skirt, slacks or dress after Labor day, it had to be 'winter white' (which was basically a cream color) White shoes couldn't be worn after Labor day either, just cream. I'm not sure if it is still a 'rule' or not. I watch that show 'What Not to Wear' on the TLC television station. There is a sign prominently displayed that says, 'White permitted after Labor Day.' However, even if it has changed, it will be so hard for me to wear white after Labor day, old habits die hard. Also, it just looks funny to me, as I didn't grow up seeing it! When I'm out and see someone in the dead of winter with white shoes on, it seems the shoes have blinking neon and are screaming, "Look at me." Ha!
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| mari61960 (3313)
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5 years ago
| | I tried to wear a white skirt once in the late fall and just couldn't do it. I kept hearing my Grandmother saying "your not leaving the house dressed like that"...lol You're right..old habits die hard...if they die...lol | | | |
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| 6. laltu86 (1304)
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5 years ago
| |  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 (3313)
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5 years ago
| | 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 | | | |
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