What is you oldest item of clothing, handbags or shoes ?

I have a beautiful wool wrap that was my mother’s, bought from the charity my mother worked for, before my youngest brother was born so circa 1965?

A long grey coat I bought in Winchester in the 1990s.
It still looks good, but I stopped wearing it when I decided that the high heeled boots I liked to wear with it were no longer a good choice for me.

My sheepskin jacket, over 50 years old and still wearable.

I had a beautiful Janice Wainright blouse which I bought over 50 years ago with some insurance money. I wore it until I got too busty! My daughter didn’t want it so I offered it to the V&A. They weren’t keen either so I offered it to the Museum of Costume in Bath. It is now in their collection.

Not posh or glamorous at all - my kitchen tabard has been in daily use for at least 25 years. I bought it at a craft fair.

My garden smock came from a company in Cornwall. It is made from twill cotton and has seen me through many a bramble and nettle patch. I love it because it is wind proof too. That is about 30 years old now.

Most of my clothes are charity shop purchases so well into their second lease of life already.

My Guernsey jumper. 47 years old. Still looks like new.

A straw boater acquired in 1962 (last used, for punting) in 1965.

A Dannimac from 1992, gifted to me in 1998 by an always glamorous relative. A summer top from 1987. I wore it last summer.

My mum's honeymoon shoes that she wore in 1948. Black suede peep toe with a little platform, still perfectly wearable although I don't wear them as they are too precious!

My wedding dress, Victorian (not repro). I also have a crocodile handbag that belonged to my grandmother, probably over 100 years old.

Bought new, two long sleeve t-shirts 51 years old.

I’ve got two pairs of my mums boots from the late 60s one pair are grey snake skin , not real and the other are tan suede with laces up the front . Mum wore them with mini skirts and dresses . They fit me and I’ve worn them to 60s and 70s parties.
From my wardrobe I’ve got a pair of tan cowboy boots , I bought in the early 80s .
And a T-shirt and vest advertising a waterski school in Greece . It was my first holiday with my now DH and he introduced me to waterskiing. This was 1988 and the items still fit me , both are very soft and faded .

I think lots of us have inherited items.
So lovely that they are still in use.
Some of mine have very happy memories attached to them.
😍

I long charcoal grey winter coat bought from House of Fraser around 1995.

tanith

I took these shorts on holiday to France when my son was 6/7 he’s 50 next week I still wear them in the garden and they fit better now than they did. A bit thin around the backside but still decent enough.

Lucky you to be a bit thin round the backside..........

A wide tartan wool scarf in reds and greens. It was pqrtmofma suit set. The tunic top was all green wool and the short skirt almost mimi was,the same tartan as the scarf. It was by Emcar and I loved the whole outfit. I was 15 and wore it with leather shortish boots to the Boat Show at Earls Court. I went with a boy I sailed with.

The tunic and skirt disappeared off the scene years back but I kept the scarf. Thick wool. Sixty two years old. I wonder what happened to the boy?

A Liberty print smock top and a black cape lined with Kingfisher blue satin, both bought in the Pussycat Boutique, Cambridge in the 1960s.

A Marks and Spencer cotton sweater ( which I still wear) with St Michael on the label. I don' t remember when they stopped using that!

butterandjam

tanith

I took these shorts on holiday to France when my son was 6/7 he’s 50 next week I still wear them in the garden and they fit better now than they did. A bit thin around the backside but still decent enough.

Lucky you to be a bit thin round the backside..........

butterandjam if only I were 😂

I still wear a pair of Scholl sandals - the ones made from wood, with a pale mushroom coloured wide leather strap across the front. They date from the late 60's/early 70's.

I have a shawl belonging to a great aunt that is over a hundred years old. I also have a 1930s fox fur that was my grandmothers. Of my own things I have my wedding and going away dress and a mini dress. Everything is wrapped in special paper and tucked away.

boheminan

I still wear a pair of Scholl sandals - the ones made from wood, with a pale mushroom coloured wide leather strap across the front. They date from the late 60's/early 70's.

I had a pair of those but with a red leather strap in the same time period. Sadly mine are not still with me, don’t know where they went, but I do have a pair of ‘Jesus sandals’ in leather from the early ‘70 now I think about it, I found them when decluttering and they are leather so have aged ok, but me feet haven’t so I doubt I could wear them now

I have a calf length button through denim skirt, bought in 1974 from a denim shop in Sheffield during my first year at Teacher Training College there. I absolutely love it, and having recently lost weight, may wear it again this Autumn. ( The cheesecloth shirt bought with it has long worn out! ).

I also have a strappy vest top, also bought in Sheffield, from a department store on The Moor. Can't remember the name of the place. I had my ears pierced there ( away from home for the first time! ), and almost passed out when the time came to change the studs. I couldn't bear to push the post through my earlobe, and my Mum had to do it for me! What a wuss!

Lovely thread by the way, bringing back lots of memories. Thank you NanKate xxx

I bought the paperback of Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World in 1980 when I was 15 and still have it now! It cost me £4.50 from WH Smith.

I've read it several times over the years, and it's quite tatty, but I love it; it's come with me wherever I've moved too!

I have just cleared that book out of my collection.
It's excellent, isn't it?

A brown tweed coat-my warmest.It dates back to 1980 .
I'm not throwing it out nor donating it as it still gets a lot of wear .
A friend has hinted about having it a couple of times.