It's Legal to Wear White!

[Midnight Cowgirl]

Okay folks -- it's Memorial Day and you can now wear white without being laughed at, scorned, pointed at, etc.

HOWEVER, keep in mind that when Labor Day comes, wearing white after that is a no-no!
:a040:

[bobthegolfer]

My observation is Anything goes in Florida! If I were still in Illinois, No Way would I wear White before Memorial Day or After Labor day. Here, if it's 80 degrees on Christmas, White is perfectly acceptable! Just go with the flow!

[dewilson58]

I wear white underwear year-round.

[BK001]

I think Kathleen Turner knows best:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnGHB-kI2ZM

[justjim]

Anytime the temp is 80 or above, I will wear white and so will the wife. Who cares?

[karostay]

It's america wear what you want . The H with what others think

[DonH57]

Okay folks -- it's Memorial Day and you can now wear white without being laughed at, scorned, pointed at, etc.

HOWEVER, keep in mind that when Labor Day comes, wearing white after that is a no-no!
:a040:

What? In this hot weather white sheets, fan belt, and sandels are the only way to go!:a040:

[billethkid]

The summer/winter what to wear rules are for the Northern parts.
Warmer and tropical like environments are much more casual and have no such guidelines/rules/etc.
Thank GOD!

[tophcfa]

If you really want to see folks wearing white, go by the lawn bowling area at the Rio Grand Rec. facility when the lawn bowling club is doing their thing. Nothing but white, from head to toe.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Most people don't look good in all white anyway. Even tennis players have given that up. It's a very unforgiving non-color.

[Fast Freddy]

It's those white shoes that gets me.....soooooo 80's.

[C4Boston]

I used to wear white when I was shoveling snow so no one could see me :-)

[asianthree]

My grandma used the no white before Labor Day rule, being raised in the south.
White after Labor Day may not come into anyone thoughts under the age of 70. When was the last time you saw white shoes unless they were wedding satin. White sandals are more available, One can find all white shirts, and pants, wearing them together comes few and far between.

[graciegirl]

It's those white shoes that gets me.....soooooo 80's.

On guys? I haven't seen any of those around here since the 80's except white golf shoes.

The uniform here is golf shirts and shorts, both genders. Can be worn to any restaurant or place of worship, for dancing at the squares, usually unironed.

I am even getting used to caps in restaurants. The Villages have redefined style. We are CASUAL here. You can usually tell a newcomer, they have long hair and are wearing heels and are with a guy with no socks and loafers.

[bobthegolfer]

Gracie, your descriptions hit the Mark. I have adapted to some of the new norms here, but still have trouble seeing shorts in Church. I was brought up to wear your "Sunday Best" and ALWAYS a Hat! Now it looks like we're going to a Picnic! Also, the "Unironed" shirts are pretty much what I see in my Grands once they go to College! The Married Granddaughters received Irons as Shower gifts, but I would bet they are still in the Box five years later!

[Chi-Town]

Some people like to party in white.

Nikki Beach Marbella - White Party 2017 - YouTube (https://youtu.be/hpWfghNNPrk)

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[Velvet]

If only the granddaughters get irons, the boys wear wrinkled clothes I guess. I usually buy the iron for the boys, my grandfather was a tailor and he had an iron that had to be warmed up with hot coals. An easy solution now days is steam dry setting on the drier, clothes don’t have sharp ironed edges but they are not wrinkled either.

We could have a White Nights party, looking at art after dark.

[fw102807]

Iron :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[billethkid]

Iron :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Right next to the sewing machine!!!!:1rotfl:

[Fast Freddy]

I see those 80's white walking shoes many places. Various colors have been in style for decades. I know they still sell some whites for court shoes locally.
Guess some people keep buying the same old things over and over, reminds them of the past.

[Velvet]

Yes, I still have an iron and a sewing machine.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Yes, I still have an iron and a sewing machine. And I can and do sew my own curtains, hem pants, add zippers, sew buttons etc. My daughter and her girlfriend can sew their own clothes when they can’t get exactly what they want in the store. My daughter is also an aircraft welder and a wrought iron artist. We just like to dabble in many things, it’s fun!

I rarely use my iron, but there are times when it comes in handy. We have some antique linen items, and real linen gets wrinkled easily.

If you can't patch a hole, replace a button, or hem your own pants and keep at least a decent sewing kit in the house (if not a machine) then someone failed in parenting somewhere along the line.

My mom taught us how to sew our own clothes with Simplicity patterns when we were kids in the 60's and 70's, with the sewing machine. In Girl Scouts we had to sew a few things for our badges, by hand, no machine at all. I tried embroidery, was so-so with it. Crocheting is my sister's forte, not mine. Never had the patience for knitting.

I don't have a sewing machine of my own and probably wouldn't use it if I did. But it's surprising to think that some people wouldn't even know what to do with a thread and needle if put to task.