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What's the oldest item of clothing/footwear you still wear?
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A Herdwick hand-knitted jumper from a little shop in Machynlleth, which is 46 years old. I have darned the elbows and sewn on suede elbow patches.
I have my Grammar School scarf of course, warm wool, navy, gold and silver. Ut filii lucis fiatis.2 -
When I was at high school I had to wear my mother's old school scarf.Apart from replacing gym slips with skirts they hadn't changed the uniform since she'd been a pupil there.
Uniform was expensive. We had to buy it from one particular shop although we could wear home made gingham dresses in the summer.3 -
I still have my grammar school scarf, but I can't wear it in public because the moths have a right feast of it!1
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Nelliegrace said:A Herdwick hand-knitted jumper from a little shop in Machynlleth, which is 46 years old. I have darned the elbows and sewn on suede elbow patches.
I have my Grammar School scarf of course, warm wool, navy, gold and silver. Ut filii lucis fiatis.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.0 -
I've a dress that i got in 2015 i still wear. Kind of a comfort thing. Been meaning to go to SignatureLabels.co.uk to get Pakistani wedding clothes in uk0
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Rosa_Damascena said:Nelliegrace said:A Herdwick hand-knitted jumper from a little shop in Machynlleth, which is 46 years old. I have darned the elbows and sewn on suede elbow patches.
I have my Grammar School scarf of course, warm wool, navy, gold and silver. Ut filii lucis fiatis.0 -
Rosa_Damascena said:Nelliegrace said:A Herdwick hand-knitted jumper from a little shop in Machynlleth, which is 46 years old. I have darned the elbows and sewn on suede elbow patches.
I have my Grammar School scarf of course, warm wool, navy, gold and silver. Ut filii lucis fiatis.
Navy and yellow stripe ...... Ad Lucem0 -
I still wear regularly an Ore (Norwegian) fisherman style jumper I bought in the 80s; though I do need to do some remedial darning to the elbows which are looking at little thin. (I'm beginning to suspect I lean my elbows on the table!)I have a Le Tricoteur guernsey inherited from MIL and one I bought myself (again 80s) that I wear occasionally.
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My oldest item of clothes I wear much of the time is a sweater I inherited from my father - who died in 2006. He had been wearing it for over 30 years. I wear it fifty to sixty times a year now if not more. I need to repair a bit on one of the sleeves, but it is doing fine. I still have a navy cardigan and a grey skirt I bought in 1965 secondhand that I wear only occasionally. And hidden away, I still have my hatbox containing hats originally from the 1930s I occasionally wear. But they aren't like the sweater, which is my go-to sweater for warming up.1
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