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"By now you dolls probably know that the old &amp;quot;no white after Labor Day&amp;quot; rule is exactly that--old!--and that the hot hue is big news for the spring 2011 season. Leighton Meester got a jump start by wearing all white to Derek Lam&amp;#x27;s show last week (in the middle of September!), and we&amp;#x27;re taking a few cues from her on how to work it once summer ends. #1: You must, must keep your fabrics chilly-weather appropriate. Now is not the time to bust out anything that&amp;#x27;s white linen, lace, or lighter-than-air cotton. Instead, opt for materials that let people know that you know it ain&amp;#x27;t summer anymore. The chunky knits we&amp;#x27;re about to be seeing a lot of are a great way to test out white in early fall. Wool, cashmere, velvet and suede will all give you a similar effect--and you don&amp;#x27;t have to go overboard! Leighton wisely went for long knit sleeves to keep cozy but kept things September-appropriate by showing a little leg. More Old Navy... Sign up for our style newsletter and get the best of our fashion blog, delivered straight to your inbox! #2: Mix up your colors a bit. Head-to-toe pure white will make you look like a bride (or a nurse) every single time, which is fine if you&amp;#x27;re, um, a bride or a nurse! But in the real world, white needs to be mixed with varying shades in the same family. Cream, ivory, even tones with a gray-ish cast to them (like main part of Leighton&amp;#x27;s skirt and the cross-body bag she&amp;#x27;s accessorizing with) will all help soften white&amp;#x27;s sometimes-antiseptic feeling. More Rag and Bone... #3: Add some edge with accessories. Nothing screams summer quite like a white dress with turquoise jewelry and a soft leather handbag, right? So go for the total opposite and accessorize with tough stuff, like Leighton did. Her wrists full of silver bracelets and rock &amp;#x27;n roll black ankle boots look like they&amp;#x27;re made for just about anything but sipping iced tea on the porch or heading to a beach barbecue. More Forever 21... What do you dolls think of these tips and tricks for pulling off white clothes after Labor Day? Have you been wearing white (or cream, or ivory) in the past couple of weeks? How do you do it? Share! More Ways to Get Glamour: Got a fashion Q? Glamour stylists answer your fashion questions at WhatToWear.com Show your love: Get our very own &amp;quot;xox&amp;quot; ring set, $12 at shopglamour.com Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Hysterical things are happening right now in the fashion world. Follow us on Twitter and find out for yourself! (You won&amp;#x27;t regret it, we pinky-swear!) Photo: Michael Buckner/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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