https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1 Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:12:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2336121 Thu, 24 Aug 2023 04:25:10 +0000 Carol 2336121@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I remember my mother about died when I read a wedding etiquette book that told me I had (three months? a year?) to send thank yous for wedding gifts. Sometimes you have to question the etiquette, and send the notes when it's decent (one month).&nbsp;</p> <p>I am nostalgic for a world with more rules. No white shoes after labor day. Sugar in the sugar bowl. Men take hats off indoors. But I suppose there's no real reason for banning white shoes after Labor Day.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2336054 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 18:31:05 +0000 Mainelady 2336054@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dear Miss Manners,<br />&nbsp;For decades I followed the rules and only wore white between Memorial Day and Labor Day and absolutely adhered to wearing a slip under every dress and skirt. It can be helpful to listen to opinions and it can also be important to consider options. I’m going to allow you to do you while I do me. I no longer own a slip and white has become a year round favorite.<br />&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2336039 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 16:45:21 +0000 Echo 2336039@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Jenni, I suppose legs shouldn't be that scandalous, but by the same logic, I'd never go out in body paint without clothing, either. I mean, both technically cover the skin, so why not? Half the population has breasts, as well, and we all have bums, but we don't walk around exposing those, either.&nbsp;</p> <p>While I hate them myself (I always add a slip that's closer to the length of the actual skirt), even those short built-in slips in midi or longer length skirts are better than nothing! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335987 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:08:35 +0000 Star (Lise) 2335987@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear a short full slip with some of my dress for various reasons.&nbsp; Sometimes because the dress is a bit see through but often because the dress is clingy or static and this sorts it out.&nbsp; Mine is actually a white satin-y chemise for sleeping but it does the trick.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335986 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 09:00:06 +0000 Jenni NZ 2335986@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Echo, I learned in about 1980 not to do that after those famous photos of Princess Diana (when still Lady Diana Spencer) with the sun shining through her skirt! But I also read (not sure if then or since) that after all what was so terrible about that? What did it show? She had legs? So do we all?<br /> These days I don’t buy sheer summer skirts or dresses. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335969 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 03:38:00 +0000 Echo 2335969@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes to whatever shoes someone wants to wear, and YES to slips. I know I am old fashioned, but it seems indecent to be able to see the clear outline of one's body/legs through a skirt or dress and even worse to be able to see underwear. Then again, I don't understand wearing a black bra with a white shirt, either. Both would have been considered scadalous when I was growing up, and while I understand that norms change, I still can't figure out why someone would want to wear a dress or skirt that turns essentially transparent in the sunlight with no slip.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335955 Wed, 23 Aug 2023 01:25:50 +0000 Jaime 2335955@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:) . At least back in the day, Miss Manners was a champion of polite and civil behavior, often delivered with a bit of an edge. I remember enjoying her books!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335941 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:49:39 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2335941@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I think Miss Manners is largely s champion of decent and proper behavior, but not of dated rules. </p> <p>So, no to white shoe rules, yes to calling people what they want to be called on formal invitations. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335929 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 22:09:29 +0000 Indigoprint 2335929@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've always thought she was good at pointing out the ridiculous things while still a good resource about what really mattered. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335922 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 21:05:38 +0000 Angie 2335922@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks, <b>UmmLila</b>.</p> <p>Soooooo, is Miss Manners serious, or making fun of the whole thing? I don't get it :(&nbsp;</p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335919 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:52:27 +0000 Anonymous 2335919@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear slips under frocks, but it is getting harder to find them. &nbsp;Most of mine are polyester because they are easier to find. I find most things are somewhat see thru without a slip.<br />I also wear white all year, including white snow boots. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335918 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:44:47 +0000 Kate 2335918@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Re slips—I haven't worn a slip in decades, but I still have a few, and don't plan to get rid of them. You never know when you really might need one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335917 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 19:34:32 +0000 Suz 2335917@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I didn't know Mss Manners was still around! She goes way back to the 80s I believe...I always found her responses funny.&nbsp;</p> <p>On the subject of slips -- maybe they went the way of white cotton gloves in sprng/ /summer for most people.&nbsp; I still have some, too -- all borrowed and then inherited from my mother. But I rarely wear them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335907 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:26:35 +0000 cat2 2335907@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>UmmLila: Fun thread, I grew up with all the rules. Let’s see, no white shoes or patent leather shoes except in Summer, no leather shoes in evening, no brown shoes in town…. Did I miss any? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335906 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:23:16 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2335906@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Miss Manners is an American advice column that focuses on questions of behavior and etiquette, often in a tongue in cheek manner. There was once a woman who called herself Miss Manners but I think the column has been taken on by her younger relations.</p> <p>&lt;<a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.missmanners.com/uexpress-2/">https://www.missmanners.com/uexpress-2/</a>&gt; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335904 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 17:10:29 +0000 RobinF 2335904@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I gave up on slips a long time ago - never the right length, tended to creep up, just too annoying. I do wear slip shorts though, does that count?</p> <p>Good point Helena!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335900 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:55:37 +0000 Helena 2335900@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>WHY DO WE AS WOMEN FEEL THE URGE TO ASK PERMISSION TO WEAR SOMETHING AS INNOCUOUS AS WHITE SHOES!?!?!?</p> <p>[saying this knowing i am the biggest rule follower going]</p> <p>/rantover </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335896 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:20:28 +0000 Angie 2335896@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I wear white everything year round! :)</p> <p>As a non-American living in the US, I am not familiar with Miss Manners. Who is she? And what is this all about? It's so very foreign to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335893 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:07:34 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2335893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I like slips. They add some warmth and smoothness. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335886 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:40:04 +0000 Indigoprint 2335886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;Gotta love Miss Manners!<br />Several years ago, when I was looking for a half-slip, I was educated by a clerk in our local department store "No one wears slips anymore so we no longer carry them". I was surprised; however, she spoke the truth as the store had none. I ended up asking my mom for one of hers. I wear slips all the time. I especially find them useful with a tunic sweater and leggings.<br />I wear my white tennies year-round, however I also have black grey, and blue that I rely on. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335885 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 13:22:25 +0000 LJP 2335885@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lol - is that E Jean Carroll? &nbsp;I just ordered a pair of white jeans with the intent to wear them with a toast-camel sweater into Sept and October ! &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335881 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:28:30 +0000 Janet 2335881@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>LOL </p> <p>I always think of Kathleen Turner… </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335876 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:08:46 +0000 Ginger 2335876@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hurrah for slips! I feel ancient for saying so, but it sure feels that younger generations have never heard of them. It's pretty clear with the number of thongs and other underwear I've seen clearly outlined as the dress catches and rides up. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335867 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:24:59 +0000 Anonymous 2335867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>:) at Miss Manners!<br /> I'm on team slips under dresses, and on team no white shoes ever! They're fine on others, but too high contrast with my skin. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/white-shoes-1#post-2335865 Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:18:43 +0000 UmmLila (Lisa) 2335865@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I thought this was funny as it came up on the same day as the white sneaker poll by Angie. (FWIW i wear white shoes all year round.)</p> <p>DEAR MISS MANNERS: Is there still a certain time frame for when you can and cannot wear white? Also, do folks still wear slips under dresses?</p> <p>GENTLE READER: Now! You can wear white now!</p> <p>And don't waste another minute, because the time frame is Memorial Day to Labor Day, so you can only do so for two more weeks.</p> <p>No, Miss Manners is not deluded enough to think that anyone waited for her permission on such a crucial manner. The truth is that she relishes seeing people work themselves into a froth over this. No rule of etiquette, no matter how strict, annoys people more than the one that reserves white shoes for the summer months.</p> <p>Why it upsets them, she cannot imagine, considering how easily they all get away with ignoring it.</p> <p>Still less is Miss Manners able to see, much less judge, whether folks are still wearing slips.</p> </p>