Do any of you girls remember (guys also perhaps) when fashion dictated? The dictators told you what to 
wear and when.
No white shoes (or white jeans if we'd had any) after Labor Day which was several days ago.
The ladies skirt lengths either went up or down as decided by fashion moguls. (During war they were shorter for some reason.) The skirt might be 3" below the knee, at the kneecap, or above the knee by an inch or two. I remember my mother fretting about what the dress length would be "this year." She probably had to hem my hand-me-downs to be in style.
No pants can be worn to church! Horrors! That would be a sin! My mother-in-law fussed at me about attending church. I replied that if she didn't mind my wearing my nice pant suit to church just as I wore to work I'd attend. She sniffed and declined the proposition.
Black patent leather shoes were for summer, not winter. Seersucker suits were summer suits for men.
For fall there were transition clothes since you could no longer wear your summer stuff.
Believe it or not, it hasn't been many years since JCPenney and banks insisted that women employees wear high heeled shoes to work!! This was told to me over the weekend by an ex-employee of JCPenney. Just think how many ruined feet that caused.
Today is better. We dress in what is comfortable. At least "youth" has contributed to that feeling of dress to please yourself. So it's hot today and white shoes and white pants felt good!!
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