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This. Unless you live in some strange place where every home and every business burns wood or coal for heat, you can safely wear white without getting soot all over your whites. That was the original purpose.
If you're worried about the rule, these are definitely not white so you're fine. Obviously they are likely to go better with lighter clothes for warmer weather so you probably won't be wearing them Nov.-March - even if just because snow and rain would ruin them!
This. Unless you live in some strange place where every home and every business burns wood or coal for heat, you can safely wear white without getting soot all over your whites. That was the original purpose.
Thanks for bringing logic into the discussion. Repped.
Originally these rules served a purpose and they still do in cold climates with snow, slush, etc. You wouldn't want to wear white shoes there. However in Houston, as in Florida where I live, these rules just don't apply.
Actually, those rules were made for and by people with "old money" to differentiate themselves from poor folks and the nouveau riche.
Wearing white summer or winter was expensive in the days before washing machines and polyester. A garment could only be worn once before it had to be hand washed. So that knocked out the poor folks.
Wearing it only in the summer was originally a "secret" rule that was shared among the in crowd so they could sneer at the outs.
I know the general rules about white shoes, linen, seersucker, etc after Labor Day, but I also know there are exceptions to these rules when in tropical climates.
I have a pair of Bass suede bucks (oxford shoes) in what Bass calls "oyster", which is an off-white, faintly grey color.
Since they aren't exactly white, and since I live in the hot, humid subtropical climate of Houston, might I possibly get away with continuing to wear them until the end of September, or until daily highs dip below 90, whichever comes first?
You can wear what you want anytime now.
That rule has gone by the wayside since about 4 decades ago. Neither does the color of a purse have to match the shoes. I remember this rule from the 50s and 60s. Fashion today is more about putting textures together and pairing a turquoise bag with a burgundy s shoe for example. I am not a fashion expert but do keep up with some things.
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