What is your oldest clothing item

Glad I'm not alone
I finally bought a leather jacket, but brown, not pink - I daren't wear it , it's too trendy. More for spring days though.

Obviously not worn but I still have my first baby nightie which looks highly flammable in a sort of flannel now 78 years old and my wedding dress 57 years old and several sizes too small?

I still have two crocheted ponchos and two crocheted shawls I made in the 1960s. One loosely made poncho makes a lovely scarf in the winter as does one of the shawls and so are occasionally still worn

A size 12 M&S paisley-patterned cotton mini- skirt I used to wear in 1967. I keep it for a laugh because if I drape it round my body now there is a gap of at least 6" between the buttons and button holes. I also have a 1967 coat bought from the now defunct Augusta Fashions in Plymouth for £11.50 in their sale. It's Mornessa brand, blue & green fine wool very stylish and should really be in a costume museum I think. These pieces remind me of myself when I was an idealistic, innocent type, instead of the cynical old hag I am now!

Tricia You must wear your leather jacket - the more often you wear something the less expensive it becomes on a cost per wear basis.
Anyway I am sure you will look fabulous in it. I'm

I have a 7 year old Laura Ashley Navy wool full length coat that is too big for me but I cant bear to part with it as its almost new and such good quality. Other than that nothing older than a couple of years. I keep it minimal and fill the regular charity bags that come through the door.

a beaver lamb fur coat bought for me when I was 21 (in 1951) and which I wear when it snows.

I have a navy trench coat that I bought in 1986 that I still wear.

I still have my wedding dress from 35yrs ago and can still get into it. I knitted a thick wool jacket from scraps of wool 26 yrs ago and wear it most days when dog-walking.

Black velvet wrap belonged to my mum in the 50's. I began wearing it as a scarf in the 70's and still do. It often gets admired.

My oldest item was my M&S Uniform from when I was 16. I will try to attach a photo of me taken some 50 years later while working as a Christmas temp back in M&S wearing the new uniform. I have since donated the old style uniform to their Museum!!!

I have a Jaqumar scarf that belonged to my grandmother and I wear it and think about her when do. It must be 1950s. Also a fabulous silver fox stole that I wore to my youngest daughters wedding two years ago 1930s. And and ermine cape of the same era which was worn by the bride.

I have a Versace copy jacket that I bought in a charity shop in Huddersfield back in 1996. I love it and have had compliments about it from a variety of women of all ages, including one from a tres chic French lady!

The old style uniform did not attach ...here it is now (I hope!)

A pair of dainty cloth shoes. I can still wear them but the soles are slippery.
I've had them for at least 30 years. Also a light weight pin stripe jacket, must have had it for the same amount of time.

My great grandmother's mink opera cape, circa 1900!
I don't know why I keep it, I wouldn't go out wearing it, I'd look daft walking around Aldi in jeans and a mink cape!
It hangs in the back of the wardrobe looking beautiful, that's its role in life!

I still wear a navy top from Etam that my daughter used as her school jumper around 1990

Thanks Janeainsworth - I will when we get a warmer dry day

A blue velvet jacket Reldan bought in 1978 and still worn occasionally, though not for three years. Today I am wearing a M&S skirt with a 1991 label on it, prince of wales check which has been turned up and is warmer than denim.

An Austin Reed black jacket bought in 1985, can get it on by a bit tight, an Aquascutum coat bought in about 1987 - both I can't do up but as I rarely do up coats and jackets it's OK. And a Burberry wool gabardine trench coat, 1988 which I still wear regularly. All the above were expensive but have had massive use and still look perfect, so in fact very thrifty buys! I also have a beautiful chevron pattern cashmere tank top from 1971- I can't wear it but can't bear to give it away.

I have a Liberty woollen woven shawl which I wear nearly every day under my coat. It looks as good as the day I bought it in the early 1980's. I also have my wedding dress (still fits!) which was worn in October 1979.

Hand-crocheted (by me) single ply mohair stole. Took me two weeks to make it, in 1975, working at it every spare minute to have it ready for a special occasion. Come the day, I got flu, couldn't go!

I've got a pair of wellies that I bought just after moving to Bristol in Autumn 1968. They cost me 27/6d and are still in perfect condition and still worn. With pointed toes as well. That is a bargain I reckon

Morland sheepskin boots bought in 1966 and still worn in bad weather. Hot pants from the same era but like the miniskirt just kept for sentimental reasons. Two aran jumpers I knitted in the seventies are still worn regularly. I wonder what will be on this thread in fifty years time?

As a kid my thrifty Aberdonian parents bought expensive clothes from the local snobby department store which I'd "grow into" - I always wanted just one fashionable item of clothing - in turn, a cancan petticoat, a mini skirt, a maxi skirt (midis were the right length for me, but hated them!). Now I buy my own clothes I live in jeans and tees and buy cheap but comfy clothes from Asda, which I wear till they wear out and then they go in the bin with no regrets! I went mad this Christmas - invested in a lovely burgundy dress for Xmas parties and concerts which set me back £45 and then I decided I was sick to death of hand-me-down parkas which I'd been given over the years and all of which let in the rain. So treated myself to a brand new one costing £85, which will probably last me for ever!!! I feel really guilty at wasting such horrendous amounts of money, but if I can't treat myself to something new, what's the point of living?