What's the oldest thing in your wardrobe?

[MrsMarigold]

Not vintage just something you've had for years.
I have a jumper I had at school and it still has a name tape sewn - it's 23 years old and worn regularly. It's a plain red hand knitted cotton jumper.
I also have two navy blue t-shirts that I've had for at least 25 years - I wore one the first time I kissed a boy - they are just thick cotton but amazing quality and have a very flattering sleeve length and hold their shape. I wore one yesterday. No idea what brand they were.

I also chucked some socks two years ago that my mother and I had both worn regularly - I nicked them off her - she bought them in Argentina in 1978.

I still have the dress I wore to my mum's funeral in 1990. I also wore it to my dad's funeral in 2002 (I do have plenty of other black clothes. My entire wardrobe almost is black). And my MIL's funeral last year. I guess it's my funeral dress now.

Re the sizing thing - it's a Next dress, size 8. It's noticeably smaller than size 6 Next dresses from last summer. And it hasn't shrunk - it's dry clean only. I know people don't like it when those of us with memories and/or clthes from way back when to actually physically check say this, but sizes have clearly changed A LOT over the years.

I still have the claret coloured silk nightie that I wore as an evening dress to a university ball 25 years ago. It's size 8 and very low cut so I didn't wear a bra. Post-children I am size 12 with 32FF norks, so won't be wearing it again! I also still have a tiny black lace and sequin waistcoat from my teenage goth days. My 9 year old daughter now has it in her dressing up box.

A navy blue jumper that my nan made for my first Guide camp in 1984. I wear it for gardening now.

I have a cropped jumper my other half bought me off his own doing not long after we started going out - it'll be 24yrs old - I keep it cos it's something that's never been repeated!!

I also have my pram outfit from when I was a few months old! 40+ years ago!

Until recently I had a jumper and skirt I bought about 28 years ago.
But still have a tunic I bought in Morocco 23 years ago. I almost never wear it.
A wooly wrap skirt and a wooly jumper, about 25 years old.
And a silk kimono robe that belonged to my mother. No idea how old. Possibly as old as me, in its 40s. I don't wear it, though.
I really should declutter.

I've not kept many old things, but I do have a black pencil skirt which DM made for me when I went to university, in 1985. So it's 31 years old.

I can just about get into it, but the waist is much too tight on my post-3-DCs tummy. I'll hang onto it for a while, though.

I have a blue and white stripy tshirt that I bought from M&S when I was 14, it's perfectly wearable still (am 42 now)

The oldest thing I wear regularly is Gap raincoat from 2002

I've got a Topshop black silk jacket embroidered with white Oriental patterns that is about 13 years old. I have a children's t-shirt which I have had for nearly 25 years (it's a Disney) and it became a pyjama top some years back. It's rather short and all its glittery bits have gone. I'm 32.

Pretty ruthless here.

90% of my wardrobe is under 2 years old.

I have a 6 year old 'occasion' dress which I know I will probably never wear again, but it was expensive and I only wore it twice and can't bear to give it up yet.

I dont have a thing from my youth. I was two dress sizes smaller then anyway, so good job

I'm pretty ruthless too, but I have got some favourites from years ago. I have some 501s from the early 90s that I have kept. A velvet jacket that was my mum's, so 70s or 80s, a Spanish shawl that was my grandma's which is probably 50s. I have a Guess leather jacket from the late 90s too.

It kind of balances out all the new stuff .

Yy to changing sizes, I have a topshop skirt from the late 80s that is a size 12, I am now modern size 10/12 but there's no way I could get into it now... it's probably a modern day size 8 or 6!

I have a 21 year old dress which I wore to a gig recently and one of the guitarists in the band told me they liked me dress. Don't think she was taking tne piss, she asked where it was from!

My funeral skirt, which is a lovely black wool Jaeger pencil skirt from the 60s that my mum handed down. Size 12 and thus barely fits me as I am a modern 10.

a thermal vest, bought from Mothercare in 1985, girls size 140cm, white with a tiny pink flower on each strap. It has a tiny hole in it but still fits perfectly and I plan on keeping it forever.

mckenzie I had a wonderful thermal vest (damart. Good proper stuff) purchased in 1979 which sadly DD1 stole a couple of years ago. She still wears it regularly. I am hoping she leaves it behind when she goes to college so I can nick it back. I have a PLAN.

Oldest is probably a pair of yellow kickers which are 34 years old
I have a navy velvet coat which is always admired probably 26 years old
Some faux fur coats which were vintage when I bought them over 20 years ago
A Levi's denim shirt in a peach colour 25 years old and a Lee blue one similar age
I've kept a few classic straight jeans from 20 years ago in case I ever get that size again
Totally agree about sizing I kept a denim dress which is labelled size 14, DD who is a size 8 and occasionally size 6 tried it and can't fasten it!!!!

My wedding dress which is 14yrs old and my 30yr old wooly hat that I wore when my parents brought me home from the hospital, and I brought my 3DC home in it too

A puffball dress from about 1984. NB I don't wear it! A black velvet boned dress from Laura Ashley from the same era. It's a size 12 and my DD wore it to her prom. She's a size 6/8!

A pencil skirt from Warehouse that I bought when I was 14. I was wearing it when I first kissed my DH at 23. I'm 31 now, so I guess it's 17y old.

I also wear a wide red waist belt that I stole from my mum's wardrobe in 2001 and it had probably been there at least 20y at that point!

Short tight black denim skirt from Warehouse bought in 1986.

I changed the button - it was orange & I didn't like it - now black.

I dye it black when it fades.

Size 10 - still fits me although I'm currently a size 6-8 in moderntight denim skirts except the waist is still too big

I also have a pair of pale blue denim Wrangler drainpipe jeans circa 1986, that are dragged out for rock concerts only - I'm worried I'll spoil them

An a-line French Connection dress with a pussy-bow neck I bought in 2006, and paid a lot of money for. I wear it (now relegated to work wear) about once a fortnight. I long to find another keeper like that.

A black sheer shirt from Morgan ( remember Morgan!!!) that I bought in 1997. It was tiny and very tight! I met my DH around that time when I was about 26. Even that long ago I remember it being about fifty quid I'm sure.

I've hung onto it, I wore it unbuttoned whilst pregnant in 1998 a la All Saints :) . It wouldn't go near me for many years but due to developing a love for the gym it fits as well as it did all those years ago and I have worn it a couple of times this year :) My husband recognised it all these years later!

My dad's overcoat bought in 1961. It's very comfy. And my granddad's gloves c1980.
Bought new? My favourite shirt dates from 1992. My decorating jumper is from 1985. Rugby shirts from 1983. I have my white and gold scarf form the early 80s.

A fringed black rebozo (long shawl/wrap) a friend gave me nearly 50 years ago that she brought back to me from a trip to Mexico when we were in high school. I still wear it on a fairly regular basis.

I have a proper Breton top from Brittany that must be 20+ years old and I still wear regularly

Last year I threw out a pair of Calvin Klein undies that were about 24 years old 😳 They had started to fade a few years back but the elastic started to go so I had to get rid. They really really don't make them like that anymore