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What fashion items remind you of your parents?

(9 Posts)
CrazyUSA Wed 08-Jul-26 15:34:16

Jumpers.

LauraNorderr Wed 08-Jul-26 15:36:40

Brooches on coat lapels, reminds me not so much of my mother as my grandmother.

keepcalmandcavachon Wed 08-Jul-26 16:38:06

Not really a fashion item, but my Dad would make the most lovely tall walking sticks. In his later years with his long white beard little children thought he was Gandelfgrin

Judy54 Wed 08-Jul-26 16:43:00

Hats remind me of My Mum, Grandma and aunts. All ladies seemed to wear hats in the 1950's.

vegansrock Wed 08-Jul-26 16:46:23

Men all used to wear hats too. Trilbies, flat caps, bowlers….

Lilypops Wed 08-Jul-26 16:49:44

My Gran always wore a dead fox around her suit. At least it looked like one to me as a 9 year old. She always wore a hat and i always thought that the way she jabbed that hat pin in her hat must surely stick in her head ,

JamesandJon33 Wed 08-Jul-26 16:52:01

My mam was very proud of her grey suit. It had two skirts. One pencil, the other pleated. For years she wore her hair in a ‘victory roll’ .

fancythat Wed 08-Jul-26 16:57:58

Dresses unfortunately.

I didnt wear dresses for about 20 years because of it.

I have now succumbed. But wince when I see a group of older ladies nowadays, all wearing dresses.

TwiceAsNice Wed 08-Jul-26 17:02:19

My mother’s 3 inch stiletto shoes . How she walked on them beats me.

My dad always wore a cardigan when he was relaxing at home