I think it's a dumb tradition. How dare people from the 1800s try to tell ME how to dress myself in the winter?
@The Rhetoric of Life, I just noticed that you haven't voted yet. Have I convinced you that white in winter is okay?
"Hey, you're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day! I'm gonna call the fashion police on you! What's your name, I'm gonna report you right now." (if she resists) "Come on, what's your name? You can't run from the law, sooner or later they'll catch you." (later) Well you better go see the fashion police anyway, you know, do the right thing and turn yourself in. Just don't show up in bell-bottoms, you'll get more charges laid against you."