Since white best reflects heat from the sun, it can be said that white is a symbol of the summer (along with beaches, burning school textbooks, outdoor music festivals, drinking on weeknights, fifteen layers of sweat, A/C, etc.). It’s a light color with light attributes: dark colors are more associated with heavier clothing; hence the white tee and anything and everything made by Hanes. With Labor Day as a mark of summer’s end, that would mean that all of the season’s symbols must go into hibern
