What things are we keeping for our daughters?

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Over the years my mum has often talked about the fashion and things she wished she had kept for when she was younger, i also wish she had kept things for me, her wedding dress for one. She did keep a lipstick and eyeshadow, which i insisted on wearing to parties when younger....she still has them, dont worry i'd never wear them again.

I'm now wondering what to keep for my own daughter....anyone else care to share?

Oh yes, my jewellery - I have one or two really nice pieces that I hope some female relative will want. But not till I'm dead

When I was a student (25 years ago :( ) I bought a black strapless velvet dress from Cosmo that I wore just once. £20. I'll always keep it and hope that one of the dd will wear it.
Just wish I cod squeeze into it one last time!

Also keeping various suits from working days that will be useful for one of them.

Figure I've kept them this long that another 6 years or so doesn't matter!

(and v glad that mil kept her pearls for my wedding day! Suppose I'll have to pass them on one day )

I have 2 DD's and I'm keeping the really good quality things for them, mostly dresses. Also my wedding dress, some jewellery and shoes.

When my sister and I look at old photos of my mum we always ask why she didn't keep any of her beautiful dresses as we would have loved them.

Only thing is that I definitely justify some of my more expensive buys through thinking that I'll be able to pass it on to one of my DD's

I'm keeping the vintage stuff that I picked up at rock bottom prices in jumble sales and secondhand shops in the 80s that sells for a fortune now. There's never going to be a time when a beautiful original fifties or thirties silk cocktail frock won't have some kind of wow factor. Ditto jewellery with real stones, she'll have a use for it some day and some of it came from my grandma and via her from my great grandmother and her mother in turn which makes me very happy.

I'm also keeping my other grandmother's tiny delicate gold watch that she left me in her will. I rarely wear it but it's beautiful and stylish and complements an evening dress in a way that modern watches just don't. And I had it overhauled and sorted out and it keeps perfect time, though I have to wind it a lot. She can do the same in forty years. I'm also keeping a beautiful butter-soft red suede miniskirt, some silk scarves that I inherited from my other grandma, the Zandra Rhodes minidress that my mum got married in, some of my own baby clothes that she wore too (she can give them to her kids if she wants to) and a pair of v expensive and soft leather trousers that don't fit me terribly well any more. And a mad orange Joseph playsuit thing that I can't bear to part with because I loved it so much.

My mother has kept a huge amount of incredible 60s and 70s stuff for me and i LOVE it. Amazing stuff. I wear it all the time. I haven't bought a dress in years. The clothes were so much more outrageous then.

She also kept my baby clothes - little purple flared dungarees with yellow piping and matching jumpers etc. Awesome.

Am keeping as much as I can for my DDs. Old, good style is wonderful. it also seems to be that flattering, outrageously elegant, stunning style never dates, but the stock of flattering, outrageous outfits to buy new now is sadly limited. Its just loads of slavish, follower of fashion, poorly made, mass market clobber.