Summer clothes after Labor Day?

[aportnoy]

It's September 9th in NY and I'm wearing Bermuda shorts and a coral pique shirt, so I guess the calendar doesn't matter all that much.

 

[texas_jack]

I wore an orange cotton jacket and white pants yesterday.

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Manton

I used to wear suede shoes in the summer without hesitation. I don't think I did this summer. Then I wore some the day after Labor day. Getting more orthodox (anal?) as I get older.

I will admit to being anal about underwear. I never wear underwear in the summer but the minute after Labor day, I automatically start wearing underwear again, regardless of weather.

 

[Manton]

Originally Posted by edmorel

I will admit to being anal about underwear. I never wear underwear in the summer but the minute after Labor day, I automatically start wearing underwear again, regardless of weather.

We all have our quirks. It's a year round thing for me.

 

[hchamp]

Originally Posted by Manton

I could do this and not even violate the cannon, as lightweight flannel was a classic summer suit. I would wear (say) an 11 ounce dove gray or cream flannel in SF in July. Should be warm enough.

This is what I mean. You can wear colors that work for the season, but choose fabrics to suit the temperature. You can have your cake and eat it too.

 

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by Manton

We all have our quirks. It's a year round thing for me.

I couldn't go underwearless for the whole year but if it works for you.

 

[Dewey]

I grew up spending time each summer in a resort town, so I've always assumed those "rules" were a bit like the country / city rules of the British. Some of what we regard as classic summer clothing - seersucker, white bucks - I see as resort-town clothes. The traditional holidays bookending the summer - Memorial Day and Labor Day - are huge in the resort areas I have frequented. They mark large changes in rental rates, for example, and some stores and services catering to summer guests are only available between those holiday weekends.

So, for me at least, the "rules" are not just about the calendar and the weather, but also about the location.

 

[hchamp]

Originally Posted by edmorel

I wear suede in the summer, white/pink/orange in the winter. You have to be pretty anal to stop wearing an item because of a day in the calender. It feels like it's 100 degrees here in NY today so I'm wearing summer clothes after Labor Day

There are winter and summer shades of these colors. Would you wear a winter shade in summer, and vice versa?

Labor Day isn't an arbitrary date. It marks the last day of summer vacation. Life changes after this day - kids go back to school, tv and radio begin their new seasons, people return from vacations, etc. There is a noticeable change in the "air", a different feeling - summer is over, time to get back to work. Wearing clothes that still says, "summertime, and the livin is easy" just has the wrong vibe. So it's not just the color of the leaves or the temperature. It's also the social environment.

 

[Cantabrigian]

Originally Posted by edmorel

Originally Posted by Manton

We all have our quirks. It's a year round thing for me.
I couldn't go underwearless for the whole year but if it works for you.

 

[gorgekko]

Originally Posted by hchamp

Labor Day isn't an arbitrary date. It marks the last day of summer vacation. Life changes after this day - kids go back to school, tv and radio begin their new seasons, people return from vacations, etc. There is a noticeable change in the "air", a different feeling - summer is over, time to get back to work. Wearing clothes that still says, "summertime, and the livin is easy" just has the wrong vibe. So it's not just the color of the leaves or the temperature. It's also the social environment.

I have to agree with this. As much as I may want to wear a tan suit I would feel odd. It doesn't hurt that it's going to be pretty cool up here in northern Canada the next week or so...

 

[hchamp]

The other and more personal reason I'm inclined to change over is that Labor Day has always been a sad time because of the end of summer and the beginning of school. It's been a long time since I stepped in a classroom, but I did it for so many years that the feeling has never left me. So darker fall colors are a way to express this feeling of yet another summer ended.