Galveston, Oh Galveston
Manolo says, Huzzah! The Manolo the Shoeblogger he has been quoted in the Galveston County Daily News. Finally, the influence of the Manolo is being felt in the heartland!
As the end of summer approaches, the question looms: Can you wear white shoes after Labor Day?
This question raises as much passionate debate as politics and religion — especially among Southern women.
The traditional rule says you put away your white shoes on Labor Day and don’t take them out until Easter.
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There are dissenters.
“Fashion rules were made to be broken,” said Patricia McCune, who tracks trends for J.C. Penney Co. “Actually, the way that fashion is going now, the big thing is for everyone to express their individuality. So I say whatever expresses your individuality, go for it.”
Last year, Manolo’s Shoe Blog (http://shoeblogs.com) offered the same advice.
“The correct rule is always appropriateness,” Manolo wrote. “It is indeed not appropriate to wear the flip flops to meet the Mr. President. However, it is most appropriate to wear the super fantastic white shoes anytime the weather it is clement.”
It is that time of the year again, time for the annual arguement about the wearing of the white shoes after the Day of Labor.
Soon, like the Punxsutawney Phil on the Day of the Groundhog, the Manolo will emerge from his lair to make is annual official pronouncement on this matter.
August 21st, 2006 at 4:17 pm
White shoes + me = not a good idea. I get black shoes dirty, so white? Uh-uh.
August 22nd, 2006 at 5:48 am
Surely you cannot possibly suggest such a thing.
It would be like a sign of the apocalypse.
August 22nd, 2006 at 8:45 am
Quoting this blog in a news story is great, because–presuming many Galvestonians are unfortuntaely ignorant of the shoe blogs–the average reader will not have a clue what is going on with your style. “Meet the Mr. President”!
August 22nd, 2006 at 1:59 pm
I’m not a fan of white shoes (except for the occasional strappy sandal) - not before Labor Day, after Labor Day or ever. Maybe they seem too nurse-y, maybe they call too much attention to my large feet, I just don’t like them.
August 22nd, 2006 at 5:02 pm
Congrats on making the paper!
As a southern and religious gal, I must say that if I attempt to wear white shoes after Labor Day or before Easter I run the risk of not only becoming a social outcast but my Southern Belle Grandmother might roll over in her pink casket!
I agree with Gigi - white shoes are for nurses!
August 22nd, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Manolo will you wear a top hat? I loe the Victorian top hats those guys wear every year when they drag Phil out of his hole…
August 22nd, 2006 at 10:08 pm
I have a pair of spectator pumps that I just adore, but I always thought they follow the white-shoe “rule.” Can I wear them outside the “proper” time?
August 24th, 2006 at 12:36 am
I’m with you, Manolo. A fashionista can wear white after Labor Day if it appropriate - because if you really think about it, every day after Labor Day is a day after Labor Day! Get it?
August 27th, 2006 at 10:27 pm
In my youth I wore white shoes in 80-plus degree weather to an informal cocktail party of comprised of people in my profession, and their spouses. It was in early September around 5pm- still very bright out in my northern clime. I wanted to make a good impression, rather early in my career. Not only does the embarassment of that event still haunt me, I won’t even wear white shoes after five o-clock p.m. in August.
So I would say this- if you are dressing to impress, put the white shoes away from Labor Day to Easter. If you really don’t care, then wear them when you wish. It may be a silly rule, but if the people that follow said rules matter to you, then be prepared to follow them, as well.
August 27th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Tara, I have often wondered the same thing about spectators. I think they can be worn “any time the weather is clement,” as the Manolo said about white shoes. Spectators are so superfantastic, they shouldn’t be consigned to the proper time of year or hour of the day. Though I’d stick with daylight- but I have a scarred shoe history, as noted above. It may have affected my thinking.
August 28th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Perhaps it stems from my formative years spent in the fashion-horror 1980s, but I cannot abide by the white shoes at any time of the year. Acid wash jeans with white pointy ballet flats, anyone?
Spectators, though, are superfantastic and should be trotted out when ensemble-appropriate.