How old is the oldest thing in your wardrobe?

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I have a dress about 12 years old I really love and may wear again, and a pair of ski trousers I am unlikely to ever wear again (unless I need them because of the gas bill)

This got me thinking as I think of myself as frivolous but maybe not. Just been away and wore a skirt I bought in 2006. My eldest is 11 and I have lots of things that I bought before she was born.

I have a 20 year old denim mini skirt that I still wear. Made by Gas.

I have a dress I bought when I was 16. I'm 37 now 😂😁 Also a waterproof coat from 2004.

I have a few dresses that I've kept with the idea i might wear them again one day (but honestly am unlikely to ever be slim enough). Oldest of these is 24 years old (and still looks perfect). Of things I still wear regularly - probably around 5 years old.

I have a coat from the 1940s which I bought from a vintage shop. I have also inherited some clothes which are from the 60s and 70s (a Frank Usher dress, fur coat and a house dress). When my daughter was born 2 months ago, my mum gave me a bag of baby clothes which I wore as a newborn 35 years ago.

I've got a t-shirt from when I was 11. I still wear it.

I've got various items of vintage clothing. My wedding dress was from the 70s.

I have a t shirt that says I am the real mclovin from
Superbad.

I don't wear it now except for bed as I'm a bit fat and I'm waiting for someone to say you need less of the McDonald's. (Which I don't eat)

About 15 years old or there abouts

About 18 months-I buy second hand and re-donate every 3 months or so
i have some earrings from the 40’s and a necklace from the 50’s
ive had a pair of flip flops I bought 8 years ago but rarely wear them
my dp has clothes he owned aged 7/8 and he’s almost 48-he can’t fit in them now tho!

Ive got a lot of stuff from Uni about 15 years ago, I was going to throw it out / charity shop it but DD claimed most of it.

I have a long satin skirt I bought in Dorothy Perkins Dec 1995 for my school leavers dance. DD has claimed it now as fashion has gone full circle!

A Katherine Hammett dress I bought in 1986.
It was peach and I dyed it black and wore it loads. I can just about still get into it and I'm now 56!

Not exactly in my wardrobe but sitting beside it is my teddy ( 65 years old) wearing the tiny baby cardi I knitted for eldest child now aged 40. Teddy is also wearing Thomas the tank engine socks from child number 3 now 31.
He is wearing them because his feet have started to disintegrate and is a bit threadbare around his tummy but other than that is aging well just like his owner.
40 year old baby knit is in perfect condition as child number 1 was over 9lb and wore it for about 2 weeks only!

A Mary Quant leather jacket I bought myself for Xmas in 1987.

Oldest that was originally mine is a pair of jeans I bought from a market when I was about 14, they still holding together well, if a bit tatty and I wear them for walking in the woods.
Oldest that was someone elses is a dark green dress that was my grandmas in the late 40s I wore it to a vintage themed wedding last year.

I have a couple of dresses that I bought in the 1970s. I also have a couple of dresses that were made for my mother in the 1950s. I can't fit in any of them at the moment, but I'm hopeful!

In terms of things that I still wear, I have a few things, mainly jumpers, that I bought well before my children were born. The oldest (child) is 25.

A t-shirt which was a promotional freebie from 1989.

A fur coat that belonged to my Grandmother and then my mother. It must be 100 years old but still in perfect condition.

I have some silk scarves of a similar age and a cardigan that my grandmother knitted for me in the 1970s.

Of the things I wear, a Jaeger dress from the 1980s made from lawn which still looks great.

I do tend to keep things!

I've got a belt that's 20yrs old, my favourite

Also some vintage stuff from family members: a Burberry Mac that's 1970s and two silk shirts from the late 1980s, wool blazer (sadly too small) that's 1990s.

I wear the belt, mac and shirts all the time.

I have a Levi's sweatshirt that I bought in about 1981. Only stopped wearing it last year as it's almost completely transparent.

Black leather knee high boots that cost me a months wages from my pt uni job in 2001. They have been re-heeled many many times and I still get them out every winter.

A denim jacket from about 1998/1999. It doesn’t fit me too well at the moment but once I’ve lost a bit of weight I’ll be wearing it again.

I have an original Bat out of Hell T-shirt from 1978 and an underskirt petticoat I was bought for my 13th birthday in 1977

I have a really flattering 1920s cut dress that I bought from Dorothy Perkins in 1984.3. It doesn't fit right now.
When I lose 3st I'm getting it out and wearing it with the pvc purple courts I wore back then. As neither item were in period at the time they have made an appearance in the 90s and 00s and looked great.
3 stone and I'll be back in the outfit. Stylised but lovely.

This thread has inspired me to loose my "Covid stone" to get back into my vintage winter wardrobe!

My great great aunt's fluffy wool boa and lace collars from the 1920s :D