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littlebean · Kate Spade

Labor Day Poll: White Jeans after Labor Day?

cahabo · Kate Spade

If I actually found a pair of white pants that I liked, I would wear them with a black top. Anyhow, I really do think that rule about white after labor day is a thing of the past.

Kitty · Hermes

I wear white year round.

exsupahero · Kate Spade

I don't have the body to wear white jeans, but I'd rock 'em if I could. What's the point of this rule anyways? I've always been curious.

atlgirl · Gucci

IMO it hasn't been a traditional no-no for some time now. Lucky even did a small spread on how to wear them with sweaters and boots, several years back.

I have finally found the first pair of white jeans I've liked in a long time, and it's been too hot to wear them now. I plan on wearing them with a lot of things this fall.

Kelly · Hermes

I don't think the white after labor day rule applies, really - although I usually wear creamier off-whites in the winter, as stark whites (like my white jeans) seem too beachy for me. I do think white jeans in the middle of winter are uncommon (I don't know that I care either way about it, I just know that if I wore mine in the winter I'd be alone and maybe looked at strangely), but I think they can rock through fall with jewel tones.

Suasoria · Chanel

LOL. because I'm wearing white slacks today just to be defiant.

I seem to pay attention to rules like this quite a bit, because believe it or not, some of them make sense. White shoes and pants will get dirty in the rain and in mud puddles. That isn't merely tradition; it's a fact.

Having said that, if you live in a warm-weather area like Florida or California, I think you can wear sandals, nice white slacks, or other summer gear until the weather changes (though I'd suggest when daylight savings time ends, it's time to pack it away). Like Ttara said, there are plenty of alternatives for fall/winter, such as ivory.

tina242 · Kate Spade

White pants, yes!

Drew · Gucci

ttara123 wrote:

I don't think the white after labor day rule applies, really - although I usually wear creamier off-whites in the winter, as stark whites (like my white jeans) seem too beachy for me. I do think white jeans in the middle of winter are uncommon (I don't know that I care either way about it, I just know that if I wore mine in the winter I'd be alone and maybe looked at strangely), but I think they can rock through fall with jewel tones.

I agree. I wear the cream whites in the winter and stark whites in spring and summer. I guess I kind of stay away from white in the fall though. I don't wear white jeans in the winter though, just a personal preferance, only pants/slacks.

TheLovelyLady71 · Hermes

I'm pretty much the same way, I never did care for the 'no white after Labor Day' rule.....

Kitty wrote:

I wear white year round.

jettie · Kate Spade

I wear real white in the summer and cream or winter white in the fall/winter. Don't really wear white jeans though but if I did, I suppose I'd only wear them in the summer.

-- Edited by jettie at 09:53, 2007-09-06

bloomie · Marc Jacobs

Absolutely. I am planning on wearing white pants to work next week, and I was born, raised, and live in the deep south of all places.