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NEWS ABOUT: snobs

snobs stories: 3 news summaries


 Why Can't You 
 Wear White After 
 Labor Day? 

Time explores the origin of a long-standing faux pas

Sep 8, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Everyone knows the style rule that you're not supposed to wear white after Labor Day. But why? The rule’s origins are surprisingly difficult to pin down, writes Laura Fitzpatrick for Time. The most conventional explanation has it as a practical matter: white fabric was cooler than the relatively heavy... More »

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fashion • vacation • summer • Labor Day • clothing • etiquette • snobs

GLOSSIES

 Kindles, iPods Spell 
 Tragic End to Snobbery 

How can we show off taste when it's onscreen?

Jul 8, 09 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - On the subway or in a cafe, taking a peek at what others are reading has long provided a convenient way to judge them on the spot: a mindless crime-novel fan? A Joyce-toting member of the intellectual elite? But with the Kindle, we’re left guessing, observes James Wolcott in ... More »

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iPod • culture • record • book • Kindle • album • snobs • James Wolcott

(Newser) - No doubt you snobby big-city, coastal types did a double-take last week when Iowa legalized same-sex marriage, but the state has a long tradition of avant-garde social positions, Rex Huppke writes in the Chicago Tribune. Its university was the first to admit women, it allowed mixed-race marriages 100 years before... More »

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Iowa • gay marriage • Midwest • social liberals • New Yorkers • Californians • snobs • East Coast bias

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