Oldest article of clothing/footwear you possess and still wear

[Aerows]

I just realized that my "go to" sandals are 17 years old. They are leather fisherman type ones, but they really don't look or wear any differently than they did when I bought them.

What is your article that hangs around and you find yourself grabbing it because it's an old friend of clothing/footwear ?

[Solly Mack]

1. Sperry Top Siders, 23 years old.

[fizzgig]

2. i have a pair of carolina work boots i bought for 70 bucks in 97

tread is still good as new and they always get me through the winter. got my winter parka in 98. every few years i can fit into the dresses i wore to homecoming my sophomore and junior years (96 and 97). i've had my birks since 98, but they are in severe need of new soles.

i got 12 years out of my "magic shoes" (life extended by a significant rebuild). they were a pair of silver converse purchased in 2002. they were the only pair on the shelf in a discount shoe shop in amsterdam and i bought them because fuck it, i was in amsterdam. my life was literally changed by those 40 euro shoes.

[Aerows]

14. "because fuck it, i was in amsterdam"

Priceless

[csziggy]

3. I have a lightweight wool cloak that I wear sometimes

I made it sometime in the mid-1970s as part of my SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) costume. But it's a classic style cloak, goes to about mid-calf on me, and is a good weight for slightly chilly days.

Pretty much any other clothes or shoes I had from years ago would no longer fit or I wore it until them wore out. I've had a number of caps that I loved that I wore until they fell apart - they'd have been the only things that would still fit.

After I got my knees replaced the doctor told me to throw out my old shoes. As part of putting in the new joints he corrected my bow legs and my feet no longer turn out. My old shoes were worn on the outside of the heels because of that and would have stressed my new knees and old ankles.

[NV Whino]

24. OMG, I have not one but two cloaks

I don't wear them any more, but they're too good to get rid of. And who would want them other than me… or you?

[csziggy]

25. Well, I have a gray cloak I never finished making

That I've been thinking about completing. I'll have to get the box down from the attic but I think all that needs to be done is to fasten the lining into the outer shell.

The blue cloak now has some moth holes so the gray one would be a dressier version. And I'm now old enough to wear eccentric clothes, so why not?

I like the cloak for outer wear but when I was mostly working with the horses, it simply was not practical. Now that I am getting tempted to start sewing my own clothes and move away from jeans and tee shirts to more exotic outfits a cloak would be perfect!

[LiberalElite]

4. A light spring

coat that I know for sure is at least 20 years old. Getting kinda threadbare though.

[malthaussen]

5. Well, I have a pair of Acmes I bought in '74

I still wear them in the snow.

I still have the field jacket I was issued in '73, but I've sort of outgrown it.

-- Mal

[underahedgerow]

6. I have several pieces from when I collected antique and vintage clothing that I still trot out on

occasion. One is a large square black wool scarf from the turn of the last century, the early 1900's. I also have a lovely green velvet small opera neck scarf trimmed with la coque feathers from the 1930's.

I have bought and sold hundreds of vintage an antique clothing items over the years, some real treasures that ended up in important collections and at some really cool events. The stuff out there isn't like it used to be. Now vintage couture is very trendy, the stuff from the 60's and 70's... that's not my kind of thing although I appreciate it.

[Xyzse]

7. I rarely do, but I have these stretchy cotton T-shirts from grade school

I could wear it and make it look like a muscle shirt.


It was back from the early 80s.

[shenmue]

8. My running pants are at least ten years old

Falling apart.

[Skittles]

9. I have a sweatshirt with a cardinal on it that is over 30 years old

the cardinal is still the same vivid red velvet it has always been and his plastic eye has stayed put.

it's a running joke because Missouri folk say GO CARDINALS and I'm like HEY, this is just a cardinal - he's not a team bird -he's sitting on a branch, not a baseball bat....... YOU ST. LOUIS FOLK DO NOT OWN ALL CARDINALS!!! There's a guy at work who yells TEAM BIRD! every time he sees me wearing that sweatshirt.

[LynneSin]

10. After the weight loss I pulled out an old Banana Republic skirt circa 1997 and wore that to work

I looked great in that skirt. Paired it with a tank I got from BR sales rack a month ago and a Magaschoni gold cardigan I found at the Last Call clearance rack for like 85% off the original price.

Yes losing 110lbs has been fun and so has been shopping since I do love fashion. I found a few great Ebay dealers of used high end fashion that are very reputable.

[Scuba]

11. Maico racing jersey, circa 1974.

I don't wear it often, but I still trot it out once in a while. Cool gold and blue.

[haele]

12. A pair of team socks from when I was on the Varsity Soccer Team....from 1976.

A long tailed multi-color knit stocking hat from around the same era that I could both wear and use as a scarf.

My grandmother's kicking burgundy 3" leather pumps with "cut out" trims. from the 1940's - that I can't wear anymore due to back and knee injury. Still in good shape. (so long as you don't let the leather dry out, they're great.) I'm saving them for my grand-daughter.

Haele

[mnhtnbb]

13. Nothing more than 7 years old thanks to a house fire

that destroyed everything.

But I do still have things I bought right after the fire that I wear. And I do still
have the pajamas I was wearing when we escaped the fire that morning, although
I've never worn them since then. Wonder why I still have them???

Up until the fire, though, I still had my cheerleading sweater from 1968-69 and I
had worn it for Halloween events.

[HeiressofBickworth]

16. I have a shirt

I particularly like it because no matter what, it doesn't wrinkle. I can wear it over-night on the train when I travel and it looks fresh when I get off the train. I recently went to Sacramento (from Seattle) to visit a friend. I told her that I definitely wouldn't be wearing that shirt AGAIN as I just found a picture of myself wearing that shirt holding my new-born grand daughter who is now 20 years old.

Note: I didn't say I would be getting rid of the shirt, just that I wouldn't be wearing it to my friend's house this time.

I suspect my winter coat is quite old. I bought it at a thrift store for $4 sometime around 1995, but it's definitely older than that. Perhaps the 1950's. Classic style which never goes out of fashion. Must be old, says Made in USA on the label.

[Aerows]

17. I absolutely mourn the loss of my favorite shirt

to this day. It was a long sleeved striped thermal number that was about two sizes to big, but it was COMFORTABLE as all get out.

It bit the dust in the great washing machine disaster of '04. There were other casualties as well, including destroyed bras and undies, but the shirt was the worst.

[Hula Popper]

18. Goose Down

I have an Eddie Bauer Goose Down Storm coat I purchased in '92....

when they sold winter clothes......

[frogmarch]

19. My 1983 leather boots

I have other boots, but my old almost-to-the knee black leather boots are still my favorite ones.

[hay rick]

20. The condom in my wallet...well, I haven't actually worn it yet.

Actually, I have a singlet from my road-racing days in the late 1980s. It's looking kind of moth-eaten though and I expect the wife will make it disappear in the near future.

[Cheese Sandwich]

21. I've got a union made CWA "Jobs With Justice" tee-shirt from 1999

Slept in it many times, worn it outside, inside, abused it, worn to protests.

Not one rip or tear. It's like new. The lettering is starting to wear off just a little but that's it.

I can't even believe it. This shirt is indestructible.

That's my oldest clothes.

[NV Whino]

22. A hand knitted sweater

50 years old. Knitted for me when I was in Scotland as a young whippersnapper. Been too warm to wear it in recent years, but it's still there, waiting for the cold weather.

[steve2470]

23. I think I still have my Hard Rock Cafe polo shirt from Los Angeles, circa 1990

sooo 25 years. I don't wear it very often, gotten a bit ratty as they say.

[Throd]

26. The boots my uncle wore in WWII.

Still in great shape.

[OriginalGeek]

27. 1995 Morbid Angel concert T-shirt

Already 9 years married in 95 so that must have been when I started getting larger as this shirt, while snug, still fits. All my concert shirts from before then are smalls and mediums so they are just taking up space in storage (but I'm not giving them up! Robert Plant's first solo tours, Jimmy Page with the Firm, Rush Grace Under Pressure tour, Iron Maiden/Judas Priest etc from when they were good and dozens more)

I remember the Domination tour because the opening band was At The Gates and now I wish I had bought their shirt too. Never heard them before that show but they are one of my favorite bands now while that album/tour was the last time Morbid Angel was any good*. ATG has only done shows in the US less than a handful of times since then and the band members seem to be in a perpetual state of kinda back together but mostly working on other projects. I think they've been here once in the last 10 years or so and that was up in Maryland and I couldn't go.


*To be fair, in 95 ATG had already released 4 albums and didn't release another one until last year. MA continued to release an album every couple of years but maybe they should have just not done so because they weren't any good.