They had to be kidding
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
January 17, 2021 9:10am CST
Over my lifetime I have heard some interesting fashion rules.
Things like "You do not wear white shoes and clothes before Easter or after Labor Day."
What comes to my mind is hearing my mom and my sister discuss my sister's friend, Elsie. Elsie had red hair. Mom and sis would talk about, Oh No, Elsie must not wear pink--or red-- or orange for fear of clashing with her hair. I guess that was fine for the late fifties, and parts of the sixties, then along came psychedelic colors and combos. Hot pink, in prints with orange and red, etc.
I am a red head, by choice. I am in a hot fuschia top this morning. There is no clash at all. Colors are beautiful.
Oh, and according to my mom, women over twenty-five, if they had long hair, should not wear it down, but should put it up in a chignon or bun. Not a pony tail, Heavens!! Oh,and no sleeveless tops for those "old" women.
I would have been in a lot of trouble, I guess.
Whoever was the fashion police had to be seriously kidding.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
I do not think anyone does anymore.
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@FourWalls (86575)
• United States
17 Jan 21
Anyone who comes over and says something about my white tennis shoes today might find one of those shoes kicking their butt......
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
I wonder if those rules were supposed to apply to tennis shoes. If I remember, that was the main color they came in for girls. Mom did not let me have any, they were not leather.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
17 Jan 21
I had white snow boots when I was 12. What a fashion rebel! 
I also had a white pair in my 30s.
I also had a white pair in my 30s.5 people like this
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
I had white "gogo boots at 12". They were all the trend.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Jan 21
@GardenGerty Yes, they were.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Jan 21
@BarBaraPrz Fashion rules probably did not apply to go go girls.
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@shaggin (74988)
• United States
17 Jan 21
Oh gosh yes I had heard really weird fashion rules from my parents generation. Not wearing yellow after a certain point of the year and not wearing white after a certain part of the year. Craziness.
I remember on Facebook years ago a girl a few years older then me saying no girl should wear yellow. I happen to look good in yellow so a few months later I posted a photo of myself in a yellow tank top and said girls can wear yellow or something like that.
I have red hair and so does my moms he always said red and brown don’t go with red hair. I hate the color red so I don’t wear red clothes but brown I like. Pinks my favorite color by the way. It certainly doesn’t clash with my hair.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
I would think brown would be very rich with red hair. I love red. I guess I just do not think of hair as a color, so to speak. I will say that the video of the church service today does look pretty bright and not very conservative (I was worship leader, song leader and they stream it on FaceBook). I also look like my mom and sister.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Jan 21
@DianneN Good, I am not imagining things!
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
Did you ever hear the one about only 5 pieces of jewelry, but a pair of earrings only counted as one. However glasses counted as one and a watch counted as one. Seriously short on bling. Probably a rule from some Lady's Magazine.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
I can see not wearing red if you have a ruddy complexion or such but I think Elsie had a lovely peaches and cream complexion. Red and pink looked good on her.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
Oh, much of this is from over fifty years ago. We are all much more relaxed now, although I do remember the trend where you chose your color "season" and dressed from that palette. Like if you had white or silver hair you were a "winter" and wore blues and greens, etc.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
18 Jan 21
I too would be banned from any get togethers.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Jan 21
Never heard that one, but we never mixed silver and gold jewelry.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
20 Jan 21
@JudyEv Pretty much by me, to a large degree.
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@JudyEv (381762)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jan 21
@GardenGerty I think that might still be adhered to by some.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
18 Jan 21
Robert night me a white jacket for Christmas 
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
17 Jan 21
@GardenGerty
I have no idea what goes with red hair.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
Whatever clothes I put on in the morning.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
And people color their hair purple and teal. It is fun.
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@UriahAnne (701)
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17 Jan 21
Here in my hometown fashion rules. There's nothing we can do it's millennial time.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
So what are some popular fashion trends for your place?
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Jan 21
@UriahAnne Lots of people with funny colored hair here. I color my hair, otherwise it would have lots of gray streaks. I use herbs--henna, indigo and amla to color my hair. I may let it go this summer though. I bet tribal dress can be lovely.
@UriahAnne (701)
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18 Jan 21
@GardenGerty the coloring of the hair is trending here and all the dress of the Young's are short and sexy.before when I was young we use tribal dress.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
18 Jan 21
I think people with too much time on rheir hands made up those fashion rules.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Jan 21
We all were trying to be fashionable ladies.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
18 Jan 21
Much more modern thinking. I wear what makes me feel good and makes me smile.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
17 Jan 21
My sister and her friend were nine years older than me. I still heard the "No white after Labor Day" but nothing about red hair.
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