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Same style, but not the exact same clothes. Sheesh, a new t-shirt is only $5 at k-mart. I guess I might have become less of a brand-snob than before... now that I earn a lot more money, I seem to spend a lot less on clothes
I have plenty of clothes that are many decades old. I own (and sometimes wear) coats, jackets, costume jewelry, and plenty of accessories that were made before I was born and may well have been purchased used by me when I was in college. I have Western-style boots that I've owned for 30 years. I have concert T-shirts from the early '80s. I don't wear them very often, but every time I do someone admires them. I often wear a fringed silk scarf that was my grandfather's and loud ties from the 1940s that belonged to my late father.
I have elevated some of my old clothes to the category of home decor. I have framed a couple of my mother's Mod designer scarves from the 1960s and a pair of intricately embroidered and beaded gloves that I love are in a shadow box. I also have a pair of particularly wild platform shoes that I bought in the 1970s and now displayed in a plexiglass box. I don't keep clothing that has a dated cut, shows a lot of wear, or things that have no artistic value, but if something fits me and I still find it attractive, it's age is of no importance to me. How does a brocade vest, a velvet skirt, or a black leather jacket ever go out of style? I take good care of my clothes and have a well-organized closet. My yearly clothing expenses are quite minimal.
I was in college 1975-1979 - and yes, I still have some of my clothes. I have a pair of short shorts that I was wearing when I met my husband. They don't fit now, but I keep them to remind me how small I was. My daughters are in their 20s and can't fit into them. Also have a black dressy pencil skirt that wrapped around and buttoned at the waist. It too is tiny and my daughters can't fit into it, either.
Class of '99, so, some. Most of it is dated...the jeans still fit, but are an unattractive cut/color/wash by today's standards. The basics, like T-shirts and hoodies, haven't really changed, nor has my classic Levi's denim jacket, which has been the same cut/style for damn near a century. I still wear that, along with classic, hand-loomed woolen fisherman sweaters I got during study abroad in Ireland. That stuff is timeless.
My mom once said, jokingly, to always keep all your old clothes because the styles come back around. The problem is, the next time around, they don't fit you anymore.
I still have my high school letter sweater from my soph. year in 1965. Nope, can't fit into it, but I am the same size I was in college. I don't think I have any clothes from there, but do have several shirts that are more than 20 years old.
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