[Magdalen] The Elephant in the List.

[Ann Markle]

Winter white is a definite “thing,” David, though I can’t say I care much
for the look. Even a (male) clothes horse can’t be expected to be fully in
the know as far as women’s fashion. I’m just not a fan of white clothing,
period; I’ve honestly never seen a woman wear a pair of white pants without
her underwear showing (though I don’t notice much anymore, and now there
are Spanx! And underwear showing through, even nude colored, is so tacky.
My personal rule (it just looks better on me, probably because of my
“classic pear shape”) is to wear darker colors on my bottom half, and if I
wear something lighter, it goes on the top half. These days I wear mostly
leggings and tunic length tops, and nothing that’s fitted tight.
Occasionally a skirt, with tights underneath, and that when I’m
“clergying.” And white on men looks like the Mafia to me, unless it’s the
tropics (shirts excepted, of course).

On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 3:48 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

> Winter white was certainly appropriate for the Russians in WW-2.  It was
> great for the
> Eastern Front.
>
> Back in the day when I was a "clothes-horse," I had a couple of white
> suits I wore to
> church and occasionally to work.  I would never dream of wearing white
> during
> the winter.
>
> The closest I've come to white in the winter was wearing my wool, Hudson's
> Bay
> off-white coat with the stripes.
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> David S.
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> In a message dated 1/31/2018 1:55:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> marionwhitevale at gmail.com writes:
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> Have you never heard of 'winter white'?
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-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com