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Why We Stopped Wearing White After Labor Day and How It Began

Author Joel Katz
September 5th, 2022 3:37 AM
LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 20: Actress Betty White attends The Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association's (GLAZA) 45th Annual Beastly Ball at the Los Angeles Zoo on June 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/WireImage)

At the Jersey shore and throughout Central Jersey Labor Day signals the unofficial end of summer (The official end is September 22) and the day we are supposed to stop wearing white.

Chances are you might not know the reason why we do this. Vogue‘s senior lifestyle writer, Elise Taylor, told ABC about when the fashion idea started.

Vanna White

Vanna White during Vanna White Honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Her Achievements in Television at Walk Of Fame in Hollywood, California, United States. (Photo by Jason Merritt/FilmMagic)

Taylor said, “I can trace it back to essentially the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era. So that’s the late 1890 to 1900s. And, like so many trends, they began in the elite circles in New York City.” She added that those elite city-dwellers had the money to vacation at the beaches all summer long.

But they didn’t have shorts or tank tops to beat the heat, so they would wear white clothes to stay cool. Once vacation was over, they returned to wearing darker attire in the city because the dirt and grime would stain their white clothes. Wearing white was also a status symbol and because the wealthy put away these clothes, those not of their class took notice and began doing the same.

“It snowballed into this edict of style when it was always one about practicality,” said Taylor. “If you look back at publications at the time, there was no official edict. There was no official statement saying, “Do not wear white after Labor Day.”

Barry White

LONDON – OCTOBER 26: Soul singer Barry White poses for a portrait on October 26, 1987, at the Inn On The Park in London, England. (Photo by David Corio/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty Images)

Still, this idea persisted and fashion influencers say this tradition has long overstayed its welcome. Lifestyle and etiquette expert Elaine Swann says, on the basis of etiquette rules, this notion to stop wearing white after Labor Day “does not have a place in the 21st century.”

She suggests that you, “Wear white, have fun with it. Select the color that works best for your skin tone and even for your environment.” She says that she wears her white skinny jeans and other white clothes year round, and highly recommends that you do as well.

Listen to Joel Katz and Maryann Morgan every weekday morning from 6 to 10 AM for everything you need to get your workday moving in the right direction.

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Today's Top 10 Highest Paid Movie Actors

According to a report by the Daily Mail these are the highest paid movie stars based on their latest movie or a new movie that their starring in.

Just to give you an idea of the crazy amounts of money that celebrities are making now, here are the salaries of some of the actors on this list for movies they previously starred in. Tom Cruise made a mere 2 million dollars for starring in the original Top Gun, he now makes more than double that…much more than double that amount. Will Smith was also paid 2 million bucks for his role in Bad Boys. Leonardo DiCaprio’s base salary for Titanic was 2.5 million. For his role in nineteen ninety one’s Thelma and Louise, Brad Pitt earned just 6 thousand dollars. You read correctly, Brad Pitt got just six grand! How about Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? In his debut movie role he took in 5.5 million, which is considered pretty high because it was his first starring role. How about this? Ryan Reynolds made just a hundred and fifty dollars a day for his very first acting gig. How ridiculous is this one, Chris Hemsworth earned a paltry one hundred and fifty thousand for his very first Thor movie. For his first Fast and Furious movie Vin Diesel obtained 2 million clams. For an entire season on Saturday Night Live Will Ferrell made just three hundred and fifty thousand bucks. For his role in Quills in 2000, Joaquin Phoenix collected three hundred seventy five thousand greenbacks. Denzel Washington is getting 20 million for Equalizer 3, but only received a tiny fraction of that for his first role in the TV show St. Elsewhere. Jason Momoa took in a million bucks per episode for Game of Thrones.

Now let’s find out what these actors are making for their acting talents in their latest movie or a new movie that they’re starring in 2022.

  • 10. Joaquin Phoenix - $20M - Joker 2

  • 9. Tom Hardy - $20M - Venom 3

  • 8. Vin Diesel - $20M - Fast X

  • 7. Chris Hemsworth - $20M - Extraction 2

  • 6. Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds - $20M - Spirited

  • 5. Dwayne Johnson - $22.5 - Black Adam

  • 4. Brad Pitt - $30M - Formula 1 Drama

  • 3. Leonardo DiCaprio - $30M - Killers of the Flower Moon

  • 2. Will Smith - $35M - Emancipation

  • 1. Tom Cruise - $100M - Top Gun: Maverick

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