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It's the Friday before Labor Day. Do you know what that means? NO MORE WHITE SHOES IN PRECISELY 3 DAYS!!! I've done a little research as to why it's such a forbidden sin, this decadent wearing of the white shoe after Labor Day.Bogus Reason #1:
"Because a white shoe reflects light and heat, wearing white would make you cooler in winter, and thus should be avoided. "
Someone needs to talk to the North Pole people and the South Pole people and a lot of other people in between who live in wintery wonderlands surrounded by white stuff called SNOW. Good thing global warming will take care of this nasty heat-reflecting fashion faux paux. Give North America another few decades and we’ll turn all that darn white snow into nice bluish brownish water for ya with our fossil fuel emissions and greenhouse gases. No problem!
Bogus Reason #2:
"In the late 19th century and the 1950s, more people were entering the middle classes. These nouveau-riche folks were often unaware of the standards of high society, so they were given specific codified rules to follow in order to fit in. "
Helloooo. The nouveau-riche of today are so much sharper than we give them credit for; they’ve made those little white golf shoes acceptable ALL YEAR ROUND. Those smarties. Fortunately, “fitting in” these days is a piece of cake. Buy a McMansion, an SUV or 3, send a kid to private school – bang. You’re in. No need to worry about the complex rules of footwear when you’ve got an au pair and a vacation house in Tahoe.
Bogus Reason #3:
"There's a charming refrain about G.R.I.T.S. -- girls raised in the South. This bit of folklore states, "Southern girls know bad manners when they see them," and a clear sign of bad manners is wearing white shoes before Easter or after Labor Day.”
Interesting. And I am thinking that saccharin fakeness, acrylic nails and permanent lipliner were bad manners. Silly me! Oh, and that whole I’m-going-to-attend-college-just-so-I-can-snare-me-a-husband thing? Well, that’s not crass and shallow, is it? There’s a charming refrain about G.R.I.N.S.— girls raised in the North. This bit of folklore states: “Come up here and we’ll kick your prissy GRITS ass.”
posted by gracegow @ 10:47 AM
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