What gives?

-taff

I have and used to wear when it fitted me a skirt made by my mother in 1970. And an astrakhan coat bought in the seventies or late sixties.

Spendless

anonmoose said:

Lol I think Mandy's 29 Yr old dressing wins  can anyone improve on 29yrs??

I can match it. My favourite jumper was bought in 1993. However is is threadbare down the sides so only suitable for wearing in the house. It remains the warmest jumper I own which is why I keep it.

Frugalista

Last year my Mum gave me a large, voluminous, full length winciette nightie that she had kept, carefully wrapped, for many years.  It is really cosy and snug to wear in the winter.  Apparently it was the one she wore in hospital after giving birth to me!!  I was 64 in February!!!

TravellingAbuela

I have a denim jacket with "fur" collar and cuffs that I bought in Debenhams 70% off sale at least 15 years before I retired and I've been retired 17 years. So its older than 32 years.  My youngest DGD has asked if she can have it when she has grown into it! 

Slinky

I've just remembered the sheepskin jacket I've got which I bought with my first salary payment in 1982. It'll be 40 in September.

Ginmonster

I'm very much enjoying the vintage clothes conversation. My two oldest still-worn items are from my teenage years : a band t-shirt my then-boyfriend bought me in 1990 and an addidas t-shirt I bought myself from a second-hand stall in the rag market in Birmingham in 1992 and I have no idea how old it was then so it's at least 30 years and still going strong. 

anonmoose

Me too, very much enjoying hearing about the old but much loved clothes.  Frugalistas 64 year old nightie has got to be the winner 

mandy47

These vintage clothes are the best value for money I've heard about in a long time. I wonder if todays Primarni will be going strong in 30+ years?
I think not.

Paspatur

You never know. I bought a t-shirt in What Every Woman Wants which later became What Everyone Wants. White short sleeved t-shirt with apples on it cost 50 pence in 1980. Wore it every summer but also under sweaters in Spring, Autumn and Winter. 
I finally put my hand right through it tucking it in.In 2008!!! Wish I had bought all their stock of said t-shirt now.

OrkneyStar

mandy47 said:

These vintage clothes are the best value for money I've heard about in a long time. I wonder if todays Primarni will be going strong in 30+ years?
I think not.

Some Primark stuff lasts quite well, I have a few long sleeved tops and also some vests, many of which I bought not that long after my son was born (he's 15 this summer) which are still in great condition! I can generally tell the quality of an item even in some of the 'cheaper' shops. That said, I rarely buy new nowadays. My current oldest clothing item is probably a red wool coat which is about 20 years old, but I have curtains and bedding which is over 30 years old!