{Romper: YA Los Angeles Floral Printed Jumpsuit ($27.99) from Shoptiques | Bag: Henri Bendel Beekman Satchel, Shoes: Stuart Weitzman Seeall Clear Heel Sandal (similar)}

Whether you’re one for tradition or not, Memorial Day unofficially marks the beginning of white season. Now the fashion industry and whole ‘winter whites’ rivals this whole theme that began sometime in the late 1800s/early 1900s (no one really knows). The connotation being that white was for leisure, while dark clothing was for working people. The shade would dominate through Labor Day when it was then a faux pas to wear white after. Or so the socialites of that time would have you think — not Coco Chanel, she famously wore white year round. Although we all know she was ahead of her time.