Is it too early for white pants?

climbingsingle · April 2014

I have a baby shower to attend on Sunday. It will be 70 degrees. I want to wear these cute white pants I have. Too early in the season?

AprilH81 · April 2014

If you adhere to the old school rule (I believe after Easter and before Labor Day) it is too early.

But this close to Easter I would go for it if the weather is appropriate!

Sugargirl1019 · April 2014

I may or may not have a super cute pair of white jeans and I may or may not have been wearing them for the past couple weeks. But when its 80 degrees outside, its hard to not dress summery and cute.

doeydo · April 2014

This may have made me think of this:

Anyways, it sounds like you are in a warm area and it is already Summery so I think it would be OK.

mellyD2014 · April 2014

I think that rule is pretty outdated. The past 2 winters (at least) every store nearby (NY Metro area) was selling white pants and other white garments. You do you, wear 'em!

climbingsingle · April 2014

Thanks ladies!

loro929 · April 2014

I also have these white pants with like a black squiggle pattern on them. I won't lie, I wore them last week. It was sunny and I love the fit

ElcaB · April 2014

Most people say it's acceptable and that the wearing-white-post-labor-day rule is outdated: [link]

SmileDamnit · April 2014

Rock 'em! I agree with PP...it's an outdated "rule".

theartistformerlyknownas · April 2014

Do it! I'm wearing white/gray/beige floral pants right now. That "rule" is way outdated. That's why there's such a thing as "winter white!"

FiancB · April 2014

I always thought these kinds of rules are incredibly silly unless you live in an area with extremely predictable weather (and I don't really know what that place would be...). If the weather is summer-like, I'm going to wear summer-like clothes and vice versa.

kitty8403 · April 2014

Hahahaha every day is too early for white pants in my world. I could never keep those clean for more than about 5 minutes!

kitty8403 · April 2014

BTW, I was under the impression that was an old laundry rule. You didn't wear white in winter because the sun wasn't strong enough to have a bleaching effect.

climbingsingle · April 2014

kitty8403 said:

Hahahaha every day is too early for white pants in my world. I could never keep those clean for more than about 5 minutes!

I never the leave the house without my Tide pen.

Also, the first time I wore these white pants last year, my girlfriend spilled red wine ALL over them. Thank god I was home and able to wash them right away. They are still perfectly white.

KeptInStitches · April 2014

I personally wouldn't wear white before Easter, but hey, it's arbitrary.

Maggie0829 · April 2014

If I lived in Florida where it is currently 80+ degrees I would be wearing white already. But here in MD, it is just getting to be 70 degrees but still has a slight nip in the air due to the ground still being on the colder side, so I wouldn't be wearing white until mid-late May. But if we had had some crazy weather and it had been 80 degrees for a few weeks, I would rock them.

lc07 · April 2014

I agree with the PPs that said it's an outdated fashion rule. Wear 'em.

CMGragain · April 2014

AprilH81 said:

If you adhere to the old school rule (I believe after Easter and before Labor Day) it is too early.

But this close to Easter I would go for it if the weather is appropriate!

The rule is after Memorial Day until Labor Day. It does not apply in tropical climates like Florida. I don't wear white pants or shoes until then, but you know I'm traditional. Cream or "winter white" is OK, and the rule does not apply to children. On a recent cruise to Hawaii, I only saw one woman wearing white. Don't do it in Europe. I saw nothing but black in Italy, and it was very warm!

RebeccaB88 · April 2014

I was raised with the 'after Easter until Labor Day' rule and I just can't break it. Feels like I'm doing something dirty if I do. Does not apply to kids, athletic shoes, wedding dresses, and 'winter white' clothing items, or when in the tropics, however. I don't really side eye it if someone else breaks the rule, though. Only if they're wearing something completely inappropriate to the weather and/or occasion - like white linen capris when it's 40 degrees out, regardless of the calendar date. I'm not even sure I could break it if I was on a beach in Jamaica in January. It's just ingrained.

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