Wearing White After Labor Day And Its Relationship to Lake Braddock Football

BURKE, VA — Lake Braddock High School's football team rolled to a 63-18 season-opening win Friday night against R.E. Lee-Springfield, and ballyhooed tailbacks Lamont Atkins and Ibrahim Mansaray combined for 361 yards and six touchdowns.

All of which brings us to the ever-perplexing question of whether it's a fashion faux pas to wear white after Labor Day.

The Bruins fans, you see, staged a white-out theme for the home encounter against the Lancers — two days before Labor Day.

Were they to do so again during the season, would Emily Post devotees sniff with disdain?

The Patch archives include many pieces about the seemingly age-old question, and wide-ranging opinions and advice are there for the taking.

Readers Digest’s editors also have opinions on the subject. They advise against white shoes, effective today, but offer tips on how to incorporate white into your post-Labor Day wardrobe.

So what do you think? Is the never-wear-white-after-Labor-Day admonition silly? Antiquated? Snobby? Absolutely correct?

Yeah, yeah, it's a tired topic but nonetheless kind of fun.

Give us your take in the comments section below or on our Facebook page.

Oh, one more thing. Up next for Lake Braddock is a 7 p.m. visit Friday against Annandale. The Bruins are No. 7 in the latest Washington Post rankings.

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