2024 Fashion On The Ration Challenge

moginstein

maryb said:

I wanted a shirt with a mandarin collar and another with a frilled collar, the sort we wore in the late 80s which seem to be back in style - Kate Middleton wears them a lot.  But they are not styles that Land End does.  And I haven’t had any luck finding them in High Street shops.    Two white shirts in my size from Vinted came up yesterday and my trusty seam ripper will come out.  I’ll take the collar off one and just sew the collar band up to make the mandarin collar on one of them and I’ll sew a frill to insert in the open seam of the other collar band

Thank you for mentioning this. My other half has collars that are getting a bit straggly. I've previously "turned" one, which was a bit fiddly but looked good when done, but he also has a few mandarin style, so that is a really good idea as an alternative. 

PollyWollyDoodle

Today I am mostly wearing … M&S jeans (second hand) and a Fat Face loose top also second-hand.  I was volunteering this morning and I’ve just got out of my uniform shirt. We wear our own black trousers which are sadly much tighter than they used to be - I either need to make a concerted effort to stop eating snacks, or buy some bigger trousers. 

moginstein

Today I'm mostly wearing m&s navy and white long sleeve stripy top (charity shop).
Grey lounge pants from George (charity shop) that I had to redo the waist elastic as it too was tight. I cursed them as the elastic was sewn on, not in a channel, but as they were 99p and had pockets I figured it was a challenge for me and a donation for the charity. I think they are a bit too loungy (I.e. look like pyjamas) to go outside in, but I do go as far as the recycling bins! I guess that's the problem when you buy from a charity shop, you don't know whether you're wearing pyjamas out and about, I've done the same with a t-shirt too that I decided since it said 2 part set on the label was probably officially sleepwear,  but once I'd taken the silly bow of the pocket I can't think that anyone would know.
Oh and a grey fleece hoodie ( also charity shop) which I  ummed and ahhed about, debobbled a little (but other half said it wasn't really noticeable) but love its comfort and feel like I nearly live in it when it's chilly.

CapricornLass

Two outfits today.  One was for sorting out rubbish for the dump, a pair of jeans that  is over 15 years old, much patched and mended, but otherwise still going strong, a charity walk t-shirt from 2010.  Other outfit was going to see my mum - denim leggings, red t-shirt and another sweatshirt.  The leggings are probably the youngest in that they are pre-covid but probably around 2028-2019, but the other items are older, probably 2010-2012 ish.  

On the shoe front, I tend to wear flat shoes.  I'd probably turn my ankle if I tried to walk in high heels.....

MrsCD

Today I'm wearing a navy skirt, about 6,7 years old, a fairly new M&S t-shirt, Clark's flat 'walking' sandals, and a long navy cardigan as a jacket for a quick trip to the shops.

Gem-gem

Today, I am wearing: a pair of JL navy trousers - a couple of years old; a navy vest top and a purple and navy WS blouse - around 8-10 years old. All bought new. 

Old R&B flat sandals wearing as slippers rather than buying a new pair of summer slippers.

Nelliegrace

@PipneyJane, I can match that with two packs of C&A cotton knickers, bought in the closing down sale in 2002.
They are magic. They were my size when I bought them, but they must have shrunk, but now they have gone back up in size after long years stored away, and they fit. 

I am still wearing my M&S navy cotton uniform cardigan which I bought in 1980 for work. It has had a lot of washing and wear, been leant out many times, and turned up in the coffee room weeks later. I was very glad of it when an ambulance broke down on the motorway one cold night, after transferring a patient. It is faded, but has all of the buttons, no holes, and still had my name in it. 

I have my Brownie badge from over 60 years ago. 

thriftwizard

I have my Brownie uniform still, of similar vintage, including my "old-style" clasp belt with clips at the side - which I used to wear over long shirts, as a student in the frozen north! Strangely, I can't do it up now...

Missed out on what we were wearing yesterday, but I'm wearing it again today; it didn't get dirty as I went down with a streaming cold on Sunday evening & wasn't up to very much exertion, just minor domestic pottering in between rest-breaks. Cut-off jeans (M&S) bought second-hand (and full-length back then) about 8 years ago, and a t-shirt I made myself a year or two ago.  The "underthings" are an M&S "comfort" bra bought as part of a pair a couple of years ago and one of the pairs of knicks I made from off-cuts from the t-shirt fabric. Barefoot except for trips into the garden to hang washing, etc. or up to the plot on our road, for which I will wear my cloggies. My wedge-shaped feet always thank me for some barefoot time!

I've just tidied our room & am washing a huge armful of excess clothing - admittedly half of it dance gear - which will be moving on in one direction or another shortly, so that I can actually store the clothes I own, actually wear, & love properly. 

PipneyJane

Hi All.

 Had my first follow-up appointment today, with the consultant.  Good news and bad news. The good news is that the doctors are really happy with my condition.  The bad news is that, because I was so sick, they want to give me two more rounds of a special chemotherapy, which involves being an inpatient for 5 days, each time. That’ll start at the end of July. It’s prophylaxis.

- Pip (I need a cup of tea.  Is there any in the pot?)

maryb

Good that the bad news is shortish term and the future looks much more promising but I'm sorry you have to face that

You definitely need tea and comfort cake!