Which is the worst faux pas here?

But if you wear shoes, at least you don't have to look at every single step you take in order to make sure you don't trod on somebody's discarded gum, spit, phlegm, snot, puke, piss, shit, etc., etc., ad nauseum.

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Also,

By whyaduck
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 5:10pm

some folk's feet are just well..not too nice to look at. Ugh.

Labor day

By anon
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 9:12am

The wearing white after labor day thing only applies to shoes. Perhaps that's the faux pas he was trying to avoid by going barefoot?

not according to Emily Post

By Malcolm Tucker
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:22am

It does refer to clothes, according to this:

Then

Back in Emily’s day—the nineteen 00s, 10s and 20s—the summer season was bracketed by Memorial Day and Labor Day. Society flocked en masse from town house to seaside “cottage” or mountain “cabin” to escape the heat. City clothes were left behind in exchange for lighter, whiter, summer outfits. Come fall and the return to the city, summer clothes were put away and more formal city clothes donned once more. It was an age when there was a dress code for practically every occasion, and the signal to mark the change between summer resort clothes and clothing worn for the rest of the year was encapsulated in the dictum “No white after Labor Day.” And it stuck.

Now

Of course you can wear white after Labor Day, and it makes perfect sense to do so in climates where September’s temperatures are hardly fall-like. It’s more about fabric choice today than color. Even in the dead of winter in northern New England the fashionable wear white wools, cashmeres, jeans, and down-filled parkas. The true interpretation is “wear what’s appropriate—for the weather, the season, or the occasion.”

Fashion Has Changed — No, It Hasn't!

By Elmer
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:34am

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I have seen strange things this week...

By whyaduck
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 9:22am

everything from shorts and flip flops to full winter gear (down coat, hat and gloves during this morning's am commute) ...so shoeless? Heck, why not.

Despite what Beverly Sutphin has to say on the subject, the

By MC Slim JB
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 9:24am

rule about "no white after Labor Day" seems pretty dated in 2015. Emily Post has the right take on it, I think. Appropriate fabric weight is more important than color.

Going barefoot on the T, however, is just nasty.

Déjà vu

By baepp
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 9:43am

Adam, has this happened before? I'm experiencing some déjà vu...

Not Barefoot

By John Costello
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 9:50am

That's Beyoncefoot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ9BWndKEgs

An all-white-attire party got dumped on by rain

By MC Slim JB
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 9:53am

a few weeks ago after Labor Day: http://www.universalhub.com/2015/people-white-gett...

You're right

By adamg
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:00am

Even on the Red Line, man with no shoes attracts attention, 4/28/14.

I think it's the same guy!

By Gary C
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:44am

The pants are certainly similar.

I hope that's a shadow around his feet

By Pigeon Bombardier
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 10:01am

...and not a suspicious puddle.

I don't think those pants are white

By Nancy
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 11:08am

I could wrong but think those are what we New Englanders call "khakis."

A white shirt after Labor Day

By Whit
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 11:46am

A white shirt after Labor Day is fine. Anything else is ridiculous. Especially pants and shoes.

Let me guess: but it's fine to wear a tracksuit to church,

By MC Slim JB
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 1:49pm

or baggy chinos and a ratty golf shirt to a funeral, or torn jeans and a t-shirt with a funny saying to a court appearance, as long as they're not white?

What I'm saying is, most Bostonians shouldn't be throwing stones about other people's clothing choices.

No

By MostlyHarmless
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 3:41pm

"Khakis" are these:

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Kwai Chang Caine never wore shoes

By bulgingbuick
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 12:34pm

but white pants....never.

I don't know if this is the

By Zabdiel Boylston
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 12:59pm

I don't know if this is the same person, but there's been a young guy walking around Park Drive towards St. Mary's T stop barefoot lately. Saw him twice as I was walking from Target to the C line — and he also boarded the train. Yuck.

Which is the worst faux pas here?

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