It’s Labor Day, the end of summer, and the last day to wear white bucks. Unless, of course, you’re Pat Boone, whose perennial collection is seen here in 1959.
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The question is: When do you have to stop wearing dirty bucks
The answer is:one doesn’t have to….
You’ve had some great posts recently-great to see. Hope you had a smashing weekend!
Thanks. I thought it was five posts in a row, but it was seven. Time to slow things down, I think.
Believe me, this would be the funnest full-time job in the world if it were possible.
The white bucks have been put away now until spring. They got a lot of wear over the summer, and I always received positive comments. The tan or “dirty” bucks I willcontinue to wear late into the fall. Though there is no rule, I do not wear them in the dead of winter.
Though I am not Pat Boone, I will be wearing white after Labor Day—in moderation. Wearing white bucs like you would any other shoe can work if you get your head out of the way.
Nobody with a shred of taste wears white bucks brand-spanking white; so nobody with a shred of style yields to some middle-class notion of seasonal propriety. Period.