what is 1 clothing item from when you were growing up that you wish you still have now?

[raythechay]

can be anything

A black "leather" A-line pinafore dress I had pre-school. This was in the 60s - who was designing back leather clothes for small children?!

Anyway, it would look fab now in adult size.

My sta press 2 tone tonic trousers, loafers and doctors bag
My angel costume my granny made for my nativity play.

I did very much enjoy my reversible 101 Dalmatians sweatshirt. Big dog on one side, 101 small ones on the other. Not sure I’d be so into it now tho.

My Chelsea Girl denim jacket. None since has had such a good shape or been so soft. Or had such adventures.

A leather jacket. I was declutterring and think I accidentally sent it to the charity shop. Devastated

At the moment I’m living in a pair of wide leg dark blue jeans while I wait for it to be cold enough for tights, boots and big jumpers. I’ve been thinking wistfully about the brown velvet jacket I bought from Camden Market in sixth form. In my imagination it would look totally retro and cool with my jeans but I will never get to test this.

A cream angora jumper with gold lurex stripes from Dorothy Perkins circa 1981. I didn’t have many clothes as a teenager but at least I had one pair of dark blue stretch jeans and my special jumper for going to the roller disco.
I loved it so much. I really wish I’d kept it. I did keep my white ra-ra skirt. It was Topshop and a size 10 but seriously looks like a 6. And certainly couldn’t get it past my thighs now!

I sometimes wonder if things like this I once owned still exist somewhere and are still being worn. Or are they at the bottom of landfill somewhere. Or was the wool used to make something else.
I guess I’ll never know!

@tothesea a size 10 but seriously looks like a 6

That would be about right. I've been buying "size 10" clothes recently, but I have a pair of teal cords we found when we were clearing out my dad's loft. They were my sister's when we were teenagers in the mid-80s, and despite fitting me quite well (button is snug but not straining) they gaily proclaim they are a size fourteen.

When I was 22 I had a pair of tan suede ballet flats with a sort of gold strip around the top of them. I got them in Topshop Oxford circus. I still miss that store.Sound weird but they were amazing. I could dress them up or down and they somehow went with everything. I loved them and wore them til they fell apart.

A blue and white striped dress that made a circle when you spun around in it!

Black 1980’s suede pixie boots. I loved them.

I found a blouse circa 1996 in my cupboard. It was my favourite. Dorothy Perkins Size 16. Well. More like a 10. I thought I was fat. Clearly I wasn’t but I am now.

Oh god, I remember when I got back from University in the late 90s and hadn’t unpacked my stuff totally (my fault, I get it). I had a bin bag full of clothes that my Dad assumed was for the charity shop and so I came back one day to half my wardrobe missing! There was a floral Oasis tea dress in there that I loved, a fitted Jeff Banks 80s dress coat, a suede 70s jacket that was my favourite charity shop buy, a great fitted 70s shirt as well. Some really unusual stuff and all gone in the blink of an eye…

A pair of Evans snakeskin boots I lost in flat move!

My grey 80s pixie boots which I absolutely loved and a pink and green skirt and top combo I think my granny brought back from a holiday in Madeira, I wore it all summer long.

I had a lovely cotton t shirt sort of fabric sun dress from cloth kits in the 80’s when I was a new young mum. It was a lovely sunny yellow colour, sleeveless with a dropped waist, which conveniently skimmed past my post baby tum. Wish I’d kept it.

My orange United Colours of Benetton denim jacket from the 90s which I loved but I was only a kid so it would be too small now. More recently my berry colour velvet coat from Monsoon, I got rid of it because the lining was annoying but I still wish I’d kept it.

An SS Uganda cruise ship souvenir tee shirt I bought on a school cruise.

Way too small for me now of course, but what a great memory.

I have fond memories of a nightdress with a donkey on it from when I was about 4.

I had a lovely miss sixty denim jacket, it was a fitted style and cost a fortune (or felt like it at 17). I only got rid of it as I could no longer fit in it. I wish I'd kept it for my DD as she would love it and it'd look great on her!

A little black wrap dress from Miss Selfridge in 1990.

Mind you, I had the figure for it back then which I certainly don't any more.

Sexy longline tailored suit jacket- these days called a blazer. Bra peeping out underneath. I was 18 in 1996, thanks Spice Girls 🙈

Oh and yes my Shell suit from 1990.... mines was nsinky white with lilac and black patches. It was the bolloxs or at least I thought.....😬😂😂😂

Multiple PPs yearning for their 80s suede pixie boots. As am I. Why is nobody making them now?