Wearing White
I am 65. I heard that rule for shoes only - not clothes - when I was age 6, and followed it until white tennis shoes were popular for all. I don't know if people in the hotter South ever had such a rule for clothes. If they did, it is gone.
Yes, I know white clothes help the wearer feel cooler than dark ones would. But south of a certain latitude it is quite hot until well into Autumn.
Also, we had what we called "winter white". No one avoided wearing, for instance, a white sweater. I think that is well known, even by those much older than myself.
I have heard of women being condemned by other women for wearing white shoes to a non-summer job interview, as late as the early 2000s. I think that is sad.
Hey, if a person is covering up the squiggly and hairy bits, I have no complaints about their attire.
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