Labor Day is many things; a day for most working folks to take a break and have a beer, a day of union protests (in Europe anyway), and oddly enough an arbitrary day separating when it's ok to wear what. The company where I work has what is called summer hours and summer wear which basically means we can wear jeans and sneakers all week long and leave early on Fridays. This "benefit" is set to expire after Labor Day.
I never understood the selection of Labor Day as being the demarcation line of fashion do's and don'ts. White pants? Before Labor Day sure why not, but after, hell no. Jeans and tee shirts at work? Before Labor Day are we really seen as a casual company with a laidback attitude, but after serious and businesslike? What's going on here? Is Labor Day really the division between white, casual, and free and black, business suits, and serious?
It seems like an odd day for that change if it does indeed change. Here you go have a day off day off for being a good little worker, but when you come back you best not have white on or else your ass is mine. If there are going to be arbitrary days like this that divide clothing acceptability can there also a point during the year when it becomes unacceptable to wear sweat pants out in public at all times unless the person in question is doing something athletic and is already in shape?
Or maybe a day when mesh shirts and acid washed jeans become unacceptable? That's just everyday in my opinion, but if I had to choose a particularly arbitrary day for that change to take place nationally it would have to be President's Day. This way we can celebrate the hard work of our country's forefathers with a elementary school musical followed by the reciting of the pledge of allegiance, and then officially and judiciously shun Right Said Fred and his followers, whoever those two guys are.
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