What is your oldest item of clothing that you still wear?
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Anonymous
I have my Bean boots that I purchased in 1988 and an LLBean pullover fleece from 1994. The fleece still looks great. I have two skirts from Laura Ashley from the late 80s – a kilt and a corduroy skirt, I'm holding on in case I get a tapeworm and can ever fit into them again. |
Anonymous
| A tee shirt from college, from an organization I was involved in. I’m class of ‘00. |
Anonymous
| I have 2 Chaus blouses I bought in 1979. |
Anonymous
| Well my daughter wore my college sweatshirt. I was like, well, everyone knows how old I am now... |
Anonymous
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Kind of funny story about this - I have a Tahari dress I bought almost 15 years ago for my daughter's baptism.
I wore it to an event last week and a woman I met there told me she has the same dress! |
Anonymous
| A Leifsdottir dress I got when they first came out around 2008, I think. |
Anonymous
I’m not that poster but when I was younger I sometimes wore the slip my great aunt wore to my grandmothers wedding in the 1920s (under a dress obviously) as just a slip dress. It was a gorgeous gold silk edged in lace. Their underwear was nicer than our actually stuff. She was a redhead so wanted a deep gold yellow for the dress. I also have a nice suit that was hers from the 1940s that I used to sometimes wear. It’s very Rosalind Russell. She worked in the textile industry so had some nice stuff as she wouldn’t wear cheap textiles. I also have her Harris Tweed coat but I think that one might be from the 50s. I don’t really wear it because it’s so heavy but it’s incredibly well made. I do wear my mom’s wool trench coat from the late 1970s which feels very Faye Dunaway to me. The one thing I have that is really really old that I’ve never worn is some hand made lace collars from the late 19th century that are just incredible handiwork. Occasionally I see something on a star that is similar and I want to think about putting the collar on something but I think I just wouldn’t have anyplace to wear something like that. I should give them to my stylish funky nieces. |
Anonymous
Sadly my 1992 bean boots have now worn out —there’s no tread on the bottom and the store said they can’t retread them. Over 30 years was a good run I guess. The leather part is still so nice—I wish they’d recycle that! |
Anonymous
| A pair of Doc Martens from high school that must be close to 35 years old now and still look and fit great. |
Anonymous
| I have a Perry Ellis sweater that I bought at Saks Jandel in 1980 when I was a teenager. |
Anonymous
| A pair of black bike shorts from 30 years ago, they are so comfortable around the house. |
Anonymous
| Ripped Pearl Jam tee shirt from 1994. |
Anonymous
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Bathrobe from the 80s.
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Anonymous
| I have an LL Bean down vest from 1996 and a few Banana sweaters from the early 2000s. |
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I have a couple of t shirts from high school, mid 90s. And a gorgeous wool coat that my mom bought, I think in the 80s? And handed down to me when she retired. I've had the lining replaced once, otherwise it's still in great shape.
My body changed so much after having kids that I really didn't keep anything from my youth other than those t shirts. |