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09-21-2006, 09:34 PM
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I really mean this
White Fashion, should be the title. Sorry.
Where did you learn the "no white below the waist" rule? I'm really curious about sources for the rule.
I don't want to wear white all year or anything, but I was brought up with no white SHOES after Labor Day and before Easter.
When I was in college, I knew people who didn't think you should wear white dresses or all white after Labor Day. (Weirdly, during rush, I wore a white dress, but I didn't wear white shoes with it. And I thought I was being traditional. Doesn't that seem bizarro? I don't even own white shoes now. White leather just doesn't look good to me.)
and your rule says no white below the waist. (One of my friends takes this further and says White Jeans Equals White Trash, no matter what time of year.)
Where are such rules officially recorded? Are there regional guides? (My mom who taught me the no white shoes rule is from New Mexico.)
I also remember reading a story about one member of the British Royal Family catching a lot of grief because she appeared in white shoes after Labor Day. The official response was that they didn't have that rule in England.
So lets compare, if the highjack is okay. Where are you? What rule did you learn? Who was the authority for the rule?
(I live in Georgia. You can have days in the high 80s in October and it's HOT way before Memorial Day.)
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09-21-2006, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
So lets compare, if the highjack is okay. Where are you? What rule did you learn? Who was the authority for the rule?
(I live in Georgia. You can have days in the high 80s in October and it's HOT way before Memorial Day.)
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Are you seriously this interested in this?
Ok, Tennessee. Also, went to Ole Miss. Yes, I know about warm climates.
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09-21-2006, 09:46 PM
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Yes, Seriously interested in White
I've always been vaguely embarrassed about the white dress during rush.
My mom is pretty cultured and well brought up, and she thought it was okay too. We always thought the rules was about shoes.
So, whenever it comes up, I wonder how we missed the memo, and I've always wanted to understand the "rule" better.
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09-21-2006, 10:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Alphagamuga
I also remember reading a story about one member of the British Royal Family catching a lot of grief because she appeared in white shoes after Labor Day. The official response was that they didn't have that rule in England.
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I think that was Fergie. However, in the book "A Southern Belle Primer or Why Princess Margaret will never be a Kappa Kappa Gamma" by Maryln Schwartz, Princess Margaret (1) was an hour late, (2) wore pink chiffon in the middle of the afternoon (to complicate matters, her shoes were a different shade of pink), and (3) walked around the room smoking a cigarette.
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09-21-2006, 10:12 PM
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I guess when you're Princess Margaret, you can do whatever you want.
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I think that was Fergie. However, in the book "A Southern Belle Primer or Why Princess Margaret will never be a Kappa Kappa Gamma" by Maryln Schwartz, Princess Margaret (1) was an hour late, (2) wore pink chiffon in the middle of the afternoon (to complicate matters, her shoes were a different shade of pink), and (3) walked around the room smoking a cigarette.
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I bought and read that book a very long time ago. I think, after spending so much time on Greek Chat, I would enjoy re-reading it.
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09-21-2006, 10:23 PM
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Unfortunately it's out of print.
I had a copy years ago but it was lost years ago in one of our moves.
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09-21-2006, 11:14 PM
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Believe it or not, there's a new edition: "A Southern Belle Primer or Why Paris Hilton will never be a Kappa Kappa Gamma". The inside is practically word for word, but Paris Hilton just doesn't have the cachet of Princess Margaret!
There should actually be a whole separate thread on wearing white out of season, etc!
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09-22-2006, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by honeychile
There should actually be a whole separate thread on wearing white out of season, etc!
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There is somewhere. At least one that I remember, probably more.
ETA:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ighlight=Labor
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ighlight=Labor
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09-22-2006, 08:26 AM
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The inside is practically word for word, but Paris Hilton just doesn't have the cachet of Princess Margaret!
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Nor the class....
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11-04-2006, 03:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by honeychile
Believe it or not, there's a new edition: "A Southern Belle Primer or Why Paris Hilton will never be a Kappa Kappa Gamma". The inside is practically word for word, but Paris Hilton just doesn't have the cachet of Princess Margaret!
There should actually be a whole separate thread on wearing white out of season, etc!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
That book is seriously the Bible Part Deux. I may have to get the new one just to compare editions. Did the silver patterns change?
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