Your oldest article of clothing still in regular use?

[pseudonarcissus]

It’s a sad day today. Walking the dog this morning my keys fell out of a hole in the pocket of some board shoes I remember buying in Urban Outfitters, of all places, in Houston about 2006. Fortunately the keys fell on a hard surface and jangled and I didn’t lose my AirPods. My other half hated the shorts, hence they were relegated to early morning dog walks..now they are consigned to the bin (the pocket was external and would not have been easy to mend, and the fabric was getting quite thin in the seat area).
We have a heat wave so I grabbed a shortsleeved shirt…by the wonderful Mr. Ben Sherman. I also bought that in Houston, probably early 2000s.
Should I be hanging on to clothes this long? What’s the oldest article of clothing you regularly wear?

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I should add, I do sometimes wear a baby eating anarchist T-shirt..I’m not sure the vintage of that, 2000s as well, I think

 

[danny la rouge]

I should add, I do sometimes wear a baby eating anarchist T-shirt..I’m not sure the vintage of that, 2000s as well, I think

I still have and occasionally wear mine.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I think I have some geeky t-shirt for the early 2000s hanging around somewhere.

Some of my ties are getting quite old now too.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I think I have some geeky t-shirt for the early 2000s hanging around somewhere.

Some of my ties are getting quite old now too.

Shippy…With the greatest respect, I wouldn’t have associated you with “ties” and “in regular use”.

 

[JimW]

Definitely a few items pushing thirty.

 

[RainbowTown]

A fisherman's cap. I've had it for about 19 years but it was owned by my grandad who gave it to me when I was about 16 or 17. So it's pretty old but still in great nick.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

i've got a denim shirt that must date from the early 90s - although it's a bit tight now, so can only wear it open with a t-shirt under it (although not sure it has 'regular use')

also not that regular, but i've got a jumper that's only fit for gardening now, but it's old enough to be from primark and have a 'made in england' label - must date from late 80s

 

[rubbershoes]

I recently wore my wedding suit, 27 years after I first got it. The trousers have definitely shrunk round the waist

 

[cesare]

Mine's probably a Levi denim shirt from the late 80s. Used to be very oversized, nowadays not so much.

 

[nogojones]

I still got a jumper and socks knitted by my aunties back in the mid 80's. Neither get too much wear, but still do get used for hiking and slumping round the house in.

so 40ish years

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

Shippy…With the greatest respect, I wouldn’t have associated you with “ties” and “in regular use”.

You must not do the ugly mug thread much.

Although I was a t-shirt and shorts man for many years at something in the late 2000s I switched to being a shirt and shorts guy.

I have a collection of anime ties


This is from 2011



Me on the left

 

[pseudonarcissus]

Mine's probably a Levi denim shirt from the late 80s. Used to be very oversized, nowadays not so much.

it's a shame when things shrink in the wash, isn't it

 

[Griff]

A cashmere Burberry scarf that makes an appearance most Winters. Liberated from the Gatwick Duty Free shop in August 1983.

 

[MickiQ]

Probably my green dressing gown, I remember Youngest puking on it as a baby and it taking a couple of good washes to get the smell out and it wasn't new then. She is now 21 years old.

 

[Elpenor]

My dads Uni scarf from the 60s

Oldest item of mine originally would be a band t shirt from 1994; but currently too fat for it

 

[cesare]

it's a shame when things shrink in the wash, isn't it

My Barbour bought at the same time got rained on and shrunk

Actually my walking boots from the same era and worn a lot still, seemed to have escaped shrinking

 

[Aladdin]

Red boiled wool duffle type coat by Liz Claiborne. Bought it in 1995.it was big on me. Still able to wear it but not zipped. It comes out for December usually.
I thought it was so cosy and warm back then.but I wore 4 layers then in the winter.
Now I don't find it warm at all.

 

[twistedAM]

I've got one Spiewak jacket and two Spiewak coats I bought around 1992 that still get decent use. And a T-shirt of the first Lollapollooza from the same era.

 

[weltweit]

I have a Barbour like jacket I have probably had since I was 20 so thats 30 odd years, it is falling to bits but I still wear it.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I've got some stuff like jeans that I've had for years, along with quite a few ties that I never wear. But last time I moved I was quite ruthless and took quite a lot of old clothes to the recycling bin - stuff that I was wearing in my twenties so it was definitely past its best.

 

[Sue]

Wearing a top at the moment I bought in 1993. Wouldn't necessarily wear it outside (it's got a couple of holes) but fine for in the house.

Also wearing some trousers I bought early 2000s. A bit faded but otherwise fine.

(Absolutely hate clothes shopping so generally wear stuff until it literally falls apart...)

 

[Pickman's model]

1993 celtic shirt (home)

 

[petee]

as a rule I use a thing until it falls apart. I have a scarf that must be 40 years old (and the refrigerator is surely 55 and the bedroom furniture is older than I am).

 

[Pickman's model]

I have a Barbour like jacket I have probably had since I was 20 so thats 30 odd years, it is falling to bits but I still wear it.

Send my barbour back periodically for repair and rewaxing, had one since 2003 and another since 2005

 

[DotCommunist]

its the dominoes trousers. Workwear from a crap 4 weeks nearly two decades ago. I really should chuck but they still fit and see use as gardening wear.

 

[Sue]

Send my barbour back periodically for repair and rewaxing, had one since 2003 and another since 2005

Wait, what. Surely you're more about tweed jackets with elbow patches...?

 

[kebabking]

An absolutely ancient Barbour Durham wax jacket - found it in a charity shop in 1993. Still going strong, if in need of a little TLC from Barbour when I get round to sending it off - and almost black from rewaxing.

A manky old buffalo special 6 - bought aged 17, it's a bit more snug than it might have been 30 years ago, and a little threadbare in places, but it's an old friend.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

A manky old buffalo special 6 - bought aged 17, it's a bit more snug than it might have been 30 years ago, and a little threadbare in places, but it's an old friend.

Fuck no - I had a knee length wool herringbone coat when I was that age - wouldn't be seen dead in it these days.

 

[Pickman's model]

Wait, what. Surely you're more about tweed jackets with elbow patches...?

The elbows on my tweed jacket haven't needed patches yet, only had that nine years