Summer White

I read a cool article a while back that told the story of where we get the whole “no white after labor day” thing and I thought I’d share it here. Around the turn of the century, cities were dirty, disgusting places to live, so you could not wear light colors because they would instantly get riddled with mud, poop, and other vile things the second you stepped foot into the street. Luckily, the rich could escape the dirty, sweltering, smelly cities during the summer for the comfort of their country homes, where they could don their white and light colored clothing without worry. Hence the term “summer whites”. But you had to put your white clothing away again...