One of the oldest fashion rules in the books is that wearing white after Labor Day and before Memorial Day is an absolute no-no.
Why? Where did this rule come from?
Unsurprisingly, old school rich people.
Not to bore you with a history lesson, but basically the rule harkens back to the days when all the rich people would leave the city and go to the sea/the country for the summer, and as a symbol of their vacation, they would put away their city clothes for the season and start wearing their summer clothes, which were predominantly white.
Then, when the summer was over and it was time to return to the city, they said goodbye to their white clothes and went back to wearing their city clothes.
But you know who doesn’t give a sh*t about history?
Celebrities.
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