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

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NanKate Tue 02-Jun-26 11:04:30

I bought this jacket from East over 40+ years ago and I am still wearing it in the summer. It is 100% cotton, a little faded but I think it will see me out šŸ˜€

What is your oldest item ?

semperfidelis Wed 03-Jun-26 16:53:54

My graduation dress. 1968. I made it myself out of pink embroidered cotton. It was long and 'empire line'. (Think of those dresses in Pride and Prejudice with the seam pushing up the bust!)
I never liked it much -no bust to speak of - and I've never worn it again. It still looks like new.

missdeke Wed 03-Jun-26 16:55:57

On 10th March 1964 I bought my first leather biker jacket, I still have that so that's over 62 years ago. It still fits too.

MaggsMcG Wed 03-Jun-26 17:44:42

Ive got a Winter Coat that I bought so long ago I can't remember. It must be at least 20 years. Its still fine for every day its warm, shower proof, and its still got room for a nice thick jumper under it.

Nannan2 Wed 03-Jun-26 17:58:48

Haha.ive got loads,never like to get rid of anything unless i REALLY have to! šŸ˜† I even have a cool bag for when i foodshop that my DD gave me about 16 or 17 years ago.😁

Musicgirl Wed 03-Jun-26 18:16:32

I like vintage clothes so have quite a few older items. Of my original clothes, I still have a couple of Laura Ashley dresses from the eighties - although I will probably never fit into them again - the same with my wedding dress from 1989, which I still have. I have bought some vintage 1990s St. Michael label clothes - principally knitwear - from eBay and Vinted in my current size and the quality is far superior to present day M and S. My very oldest item is a 1960s navy patent box handbag with the St. Michael label, which I bought from eBay. It is so smart and a classic design. I feel very ladylike when I carry it.

Rocketstop2 Wed 03-Jun-26 18:29:06

Cabbie21

My oldest item of clothing is a handbag which was my mother’s, for her wedding day in 1939. I don’t use it though.

My own items go back many years. I have lost their birth certificates. I have a blouse which makes a nice lightweight jacket, bought from C & A, Sixth Sense, however many years ago that was. I have items too smart for normal wear, going back over 20 years.

They sound gorgeous.

Rocketstop2 Wed 03-Jun-26 18:31:12

LindaPat

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

Was the Department store Atkinsons ?

sunglow12 Wed 03-Jun-26 18:32:23

My dad gave me his lady friend’s blonde mink coat with a receipt dated 1974 when it cost Ā£2,400 . Looked on e bay out of interest and I could get Ā£17 for it now . It fits me but for short arms but how on earth can I wear it now a days? Should I wear it ?

Rocketstop2 Wed 03-Jun-26 18:32:37

AskAlice

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!

Fabulous to have such items.

Rocketstop2 Wed 03-Jun-26 18:38:42

My DH still wears a jacket and a couple of woolly hats that I got him 34 years ago in C and A, honestly they don't look a year old !

icanhandthemback Wed 03-Jun-26 18:40:42

My son is 35 and I still have the jumper I bought from Mothercare whilst pregnant. It was the most expensive jumper I had ever bought but I fell in love with it and when it was reduced in a 20% off sale, I grabbed the last one. I still wear it regularly. There are lots of little snags but every so often I pull them to the back.
I also have a shirt which I have had in my possession for about the same time. It was a crinkle fabric and it hasn't got much crinkle left but that meant that even as I got bigger, I could still wear it. It was my mother's before I borrowed it off her and I have no idea how long she had it. She bought it in Marks and Spencers so it was good quality.

PaperMonster2 Wed 03-Jun-26 18:53:05

A pair of DMs which are about 30 years old. Wear them to work a couple of times a week.

Grandmama Wed 03-Jun-26 18:58:16

I have an A line ball gown that I made in the late 1960s for a college ball. I have a swing coat in wool made from a Vogue pattern and a cheesecloth top that I made in the mid-1970s when I bought my Pfaff sewing machine (I still use it). I occasionally wear the top. In the loft is an A-line ball gown I made in the late 1960s for a college ball and with it my wedding dress I made in 1977. And red leather knee length boots from about 1970. Still wearable.

Pearlsaminger Wed 03-Jun-26 19:53:35

My red leather motorbike jacket. Got it at 18. It saved my skin when I was involved in a motorbike accident the following year. 42 years old now.

Sadly my brand new jeans didn’t make it and were cut from hem to above the knee to assess the damage 🫣

CV2020 Wed 03-Jun-26 20:15:27

I’ve got a fleece I bought in M&S Aberdeen in 1999. It’s been long relegated to a garden fleece for donkeys years! It’s too big really but good enough for the garden.

Donnaree Wed 03-Jun-26 20:49:03

I've got a burgundy corduroy jacket from Galeries Lafayette in Paris which I bought in 1978!

Gelisajams Wed 03-Jun-26 21:31:07

I have a rust coloured pullover which I had at the age of 12. My mother bought me two a green one and a rust coloured one. I didn’t like either but a friend said the rust one really suited me or words to that effect so I wore it and wore it. Being acrylic it grew with every wash and I kept it for 59 years. After a while I couldn’t part with it so it’s worn every time we decorate and it’s covered in paint.

sazz1 Wed 03-Jun-26 21:34:34

A leather thick, white, wide belt I bought when I was 15 to wear with my levi jeans. It's still OK to use

mumstheword86 Wed 03-Jun-26 22:30:37

my brown leather short jacket cant part with it and my wedding dress Hanker chief style from CA oxfordstreet 1978

LindaPat Wed 03-Jun-26 22:57:29

Hi Rocketstop2

The name doesn't ring any bells, but looking at a map it was in the right place, so you are probably right! Thank you!

Were you also in Sheffield at that time?

Milest0ne Thu 04-Jun-26 00:54:54

I have wedding dresses belonging to me, (1963) my mother ( 1941) MiL (1936) Mil was an expert needle woman so have a ā€œNorwegianā€ multi colored sweater knitted for OH when a teenager And a lovely knitted waistcoat covered in a multi coloured flower pattern. Not sure how old it is but she had to stop knitting about 30 years ago.

Allsorts Thu 04-Jun-26 08:16:19

A small silver fabric evening vouch bag embroidered with crystals, it is 65 years old, used it on a cruise about five years ago and do many peope commented on it. The other an Escada two piece about 45 years old if I were a size 10 it would still be in fashion.

Astitchintime Thu 04-Jun-26 08:26:46

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.

Blimey! I have a pair almost identical to those! Bought mine from Matalan too long ago to recall and they’re seemingly indestructible. Faded and getting a bit thin around the derriĆØre they are great for the gardening jobs during the warm weather.

Bassoues Thu 04-Jun-26 08:57:51

A teashirt I wore whilst giving birth to my daughter.. she's 48 now

MissAdventure Thu 04-Jun-26 09:11:00

Ooh, do you think you'll keep it though, Bassoues?