Oh hey everybody Labor Day is coming up in a few days which means it's time to gather
up all of your white clothes and burn them! No white after Labor Day. That was weird.
Your questions after this.
So I took a week off from Ask Cristen so that I could get out of town for a couple of days
but now I'm back. I wanted to thank everybody for the super duper kind comments that you
put on the Chinspiration video in which I was talking about my chin and talking about
uh, people being mean on the internet and was like y'all be nice. And y'all were so
very nice. I appreciate it and my love back to you. Lets get to this week's questions
because we have a pressing issue at hand which is Labor Day. @Tara Dean wants to know something.
'Why is it not okay to wear white after Labor Day and when is it okay again to wear white?'
This whole idea of not wearing white after Labor Day is totally fiction. I mean yeah,
there is this rule but the rule is actually not a rule and no one knows where this rule
came from and for people who have no idea what I'm talking about, there is this knee-jerk,
fashion rule that says you can't wear white after Labor Day until Memorial Day. Over at
Mentalfloss.com, the suggest that it came up in the 1800s when these snooty, rich white
women were like we only wear white clothes during the summertime and you, you shall all
only wear white clothes during the summertime. Thus that idea that white is the summer uniform
might have been symbolic of this demarcation between upper classes and lower classes. In
the 1950s it kind of became codified into our fashion culture in the United States from
you know, 'Ladies Home Journal' and whomever else saying, 'Remember no whites after Labor
Day,' and apparently that's how all women spoke in the 1950s. People like Coco Chanel
who were always like, 'Your ideas for wearing the white is stupid,' that was a horrible
Coco Chanel. All of this to say, uh, can you wear white after Labor Day. Yes. Wear white
whenever you want to Tara. The other question for this week comes from @Bud7h357ud. 'Hey
Cristen,' hello Bud, 'I am an introvert in college.' I was once one too. 'How do I find
girlfriends?' Now I'm going to go ahead and assume that maybe you're in a smaller college
town, otherwise if you're in a big city, going to school at a place like New York, San Francisco,
Chicago, something like that, I would say hey, Bud why don't you try online dating?
Not to brush off, like just get on the internet and go find somebody, but seriously online
dating is a great resource if you're at a large place. Now if you are though in a smaller
college town, totally understand, it might be a little more challenging to find a girlfriend
whether you're an introvert or not. Now another reason I wanted to answer this question is
just to have an opportunity to take a moment and remind everybody that introversion is
not a bad thing. I am definitely an introvert. And there's a book that I would recommend
you check out by Susan Kane, it's called 'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't
Stop Talking' and the book got a lot of press when it came out because Kane uncovered all
of this research on how there are actually a lot of benefits to introversion. As far
as dating goes, I would encourage you to maybe seek out student groups. That could be an
easy way not so much just to make girlfriends, but just to make friends in general because
I feel like in college and outside of college as well, one of the most common ways that
you're going to meet people that you're interested in is through mutual friends. From one introvert
to another, I hope that that's helpful, but really try maybe shifting your focus from
just wanting to go and like meet a girl who will be your girlfriend to just meeting people
who can be your friends. Thumbs up to all of the other introverts out there, I'm curious
to know from viewers: Would you label yourself as an introvert or an extrovert and if you
are an introvert, what would you say is the biggest benefit of being an introvert. And
speaking of introversion and extroversion how about that for next week's Ask Cristen
prompt, if you have any introvert/extrovert questions to ask or any questions in general,
type 'em below in the comments, you know what to do and everybody have a great Labor Day
holiday and wear that white. Keep being terrific everybody. See you next week.