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I didn't save any of my clothes, and it's just as well, since none of my sons would have wanted to wear Mom's old stuff. We do have a family heirloom christening gown from my husband's side. Two of the boys wore it, the third was too tiny. I doubt any future grandchild will be christened, but I've still held onto it.
I do have the outfits each baby wore home from the hospital after birth.
We also have all their toys and school papers. Every year each child was given a empty copy paper box to put their items (papers, projects, artwork... etc.) in.
I have all this ^^^.
But saving childhood mementos is different. And the OP asked if you saved YOUR clothing from YOUR childhood for your children to wear.
My sons wanted nothing to do with my Shaun Cassidy shirt and Forenza sweaters.
But saving childhood mementos is different. And the OP asked if you saved YOUR clothing from YOUR childhood for your children to wear.
My sons wanted nothing to do with my Shaun Cassidy shirt and Forenza sweaters.
.......and the answer to that would be yes. My mother passed on to us the finer items we wore from the 60's. Dresses, sweaters, coats w/matching hats, etc. and yes, my kids wore many of the items we wore. Interestingly enough those items she saved for us were still being manufactured and sold when I had kids......just at a much higher price. Even now those same kinds of items are still being made and sold.
Now my kids who adults and professionals really want all our old t-shirts. Whether destination t-shirts or music groups. My husband brought me home some dresses from Greece 35+ years ago that they fight to borrow.
I've never heard of keeping clothes for your children like that, but my parents did save some books and toys from our childhood. Some of it went to my brother's kids, but a lot of it just didn't age well in the attic. Some of it was given to neighborhood kids and some had to be trashed.
I saved some things and my kids had a ball mining it for play around the house and Halloween costumes as teen-agers. One time we were sitting in the living room and fifteen-year old son came down from the attic in Dad's Disco polyester pantsuit with vest, bell bottoms and matching elevated saddle shoes. He'd found a short wig of mine to complement it in the long-haired style of the day. Thought we'd die watching him do a John Travolta imitation for us. Daughter made a fetching gypsy costume from my old hippie clothes one year.
The Prom dresses and wedding dress daughter wasn't interested in. A big problem was size. I was slim and tall and daughter was short and sturdy.
I still have my grandmother's Edwardian handmade crochet wedding dress. Only an anorexic could wear it. She was corseted and had a sixteen inch waist. But it's a lovely piece of art.
I'm glad it was saved and will someday donate it to an appropriate historical society.
It's a real pain as things accumulate but also good that some do collect so that others can afford to declutter. I remember my other grandmother had steamer trunks in her attic full of velvets, satins, furs, hats with ostrich plumes. What a thrill that was to be allowed the rare occasion to rummage through her "treasures."
I think it's a neat idea...but my mom had 5 kids...all of us close in age...and I'm the oldest, so my clothes got passed down to my sisters.
And then I grew up and gave birth to boys...so no one to give my old clothes to anyway.
Looking back, I can remember 2 items of clothing that I would've liked to have, for nostalgic reasons. When I was a toddler...like 1ish and 2ish, I had a pair of blue corduroy pants that had my name embroidered on one leg. I was very fond of those pants.
And I used to have a plaid little jumper when I was 4ish - 5ish. Where I lived, there was a Catholic school nearby, and I'd see the kids walking home from school, and I always thought "That's what kids wear to school".
I was quite excited about school, and being old enough for school FINALLY, and I wanted to wear that little jumper because it looked like a Catholic School uniform...but alas, I had outgrown it. I was REALLY disappointed at the time.
P.S., I'm not Catholic, and at the time, didn't realize that the plaid uniforms were a Catholic thing. I thought it was a 'school' thing.
I saved some things and my kids had a ball mining it for play around the house and Halloween costumes as teen-agers. One time we were sitting in the living room and fifteen-year old son came down from the attic in Dad's Disco polyester pantsuit with vest, bell bottoms and matching elevated saddle shoes. He'd found a short wig of mine to complement it in the long-haired style of the day. Thought we'd die watching him do a John Travolta imitation for us. Daughter made a fetching gypsy costume from my old hippie clothes one year.
The Prom dresses and wedding dress daughter wasn't interested in. A big problem was size. I was slim and tall and daughter was short and sturdy.
I still have my grandmother's Edwardian handmade crochet wedding dress. Only an anorexic could wear it. She was corseted and had a sixteen inch waist. But it's a lovely piece of art.
I'm glad it was saved and will someday donate it to an appropriate historical society.
It's a real pain as things accumulate but also good that some do collect so that others can afford to declutter. I remember my other grandmother had steamer trunks in her attic full of velvets, satins, furs, hats with ostrich plumes. What a thrill that was to be allowed the rare occasion to rummage through her "treasures."
My grandma had a walk-in closet that was FILLED with wonderful stuff. I bet she had at least 12 hat boxes filled with old-fashion hats, some formals, an old fur stole. My sisters and I would play for hours in that closet. lol
I wonder if it's a commonplace to keep your stuffs for your future children? I've got lots of awesome dresses, t-shirts, shoes and others which still look brand-new ones that my parents used to buy me. So now I dress my girl in it and she looks like a tiny copy of me
Yuck...parents in general who want their kids to be a copy of them have problems and will make problems for their kids as soon as they start to show signs of independence and "differentness".
Also, one they're a bit older they won't want your old clothes regardless of whether they look new. What's also weird is that YOUR parents apparently kept theses clothes with the expectation you'd use them with your own kids? Did you wear your parents clothes?
I used to wear some of my mom's clothes...when we were the same size. Actually, a lot of teenage girls raid their mother's closets.
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We do have a family heirloom christening gown from my husband's side. Two of the boys wore it, the third was too tiny. I doubt any future grandchild will be christened, but I've still held onto it.
