<p>I have my father’s top coat from the late 1930’s. Custom made in New York by Emile Klein who was a custom tailor to Broadway. I have a fur coat from my mother’s yout (the early 40s?) h. I have never tried it on as I won’t wear fur…but it is beautiful.</p>
<p>First, I wish I had kept my Lanz nightgowns from high school. Used to live in those things but then it was ‘uncool’ to have those big flannel nightgowns in college, so out they went.</p>
<p>I have a maternity shirt that my Mother bought in the early 60s that is still in my closet. My Mom was probably one of the first ‘hippies’ and she refused to buy regular maternity clothes when she was pregnant with my little brother. She found this loose style hand-embroidered thing from Mexico and wore it all the time. It probably needs to go.</p>
<p>My husband has his dad’s grey cashmere top coat. It doesn’t get worn often, but it does get used…by both DS and DH.</p>
<p>I have my mom’s ranch mink. I really don’t want it. It’s going this year…hopefully to a home where it will be loved.it is at least 50 years old.</p>
<p>My niece plans to wear my mom’s wedding gown, which dates to 1960. I still have the first piece of clothing I bought with a credit card – a dress from 1984. It almost fits again. I have some of my grandmother’s silk scarves and white gloves from the 1950s. </p>
<p>Most of my old clothes were donated after I lost so much weight. </p>
<p>I tend to get rid of things, but have held on to a formal dress from college bought in 1976 for a fraternity dance. It is black quiana (sp?) knit with a bit of silver thread running through. Halter style, with a little bolero top to go over it. The dress seemed to magically fit everyone and was borrowed a lot. We hemmed it up/down as needed. </p>
<p>That dress went to LOTS of fraternity/sorority dances, homecomings etc. at my school and others. I wish it could talk!</p>
<p>Funny timing. I was wearing a tank top this weekend and asked H if he remembered when I bought it. He had no clue of course, but I bought it 22 years ago 
I have a sweater that I bought 24 years ago when I first moved here and I still use it. In fact, D loves it and has borrowed it several times :)</p>
<p>My D has my sister’s Betsey Johnson sweater from around 1972ish. It is still in great shape and looks adorable on her!</p>
<p>I have three or four sweaters I knit for myself in the late 80s from Italian merino yarn (hand-dyed) that cost a fortune then. The company went out of business but the yarn still shows up on EBay from time to time. The sweaters still still fit, but they’re mostly way too warm for Portland’s climate–they were comfortable in Boston winters. However, every winter I pull them out for the winter dog events I attend–and people are incredulous that I would wear handknit Italian merino sweaters to dog events. But I’m warm and cozy and the sweaters are apparently indestructible. Over time washing has felted them slightly, too, which means that dirt just falls off the surface. </p>
<p>I have a chenille robe that my mom got as a gift when I was born in 1963. </p>
<p>I have a fuzzy pink sweater that my mom used to wear when I was a kid in the 70s. It was 20 plus years old at that time, but it still looks lovely today. Quality and good care are the hallmarks of that era. My new stuff will never last that long, in part due to how much abuse I put the items through. All that drying in the dryer, instead of hanging dry on the clothesline. I’m lazy ;-)</p>
<p>I have my mom’s old tweed riding jacket that she wore when she was a teen.</p>
<p>I had a Burberry kilt that was my mother’s - bought way before Burberry was a “thing” - and I stupidly got rid of it. Though I do think it’s hard to wear these days. </p>
<p>My H has a classic Burberry trench coat from the mid 80s that he never wears. He really should give it to S who could at least get use out of it. </p>
<p>When we were young and flush, DH bought himself a Burberry. Actually, I think he bought it while on a business trip to London. In any event, it was swiped when he went to a big party. Someone took his Burberry and left him with the cheap version.</p>
<p>I have a camel hair coat that was my grandmas, a down vest that was my grandfathers, and some Pendelton wool shirts that were my dads. Those are probably the oldest things, they were worn by the original owners 50-25 years ago.
Both H & I have Patagonia jackets that are 20 years old. Thank goodness the girls grew out of theirs, but H and I still wear ours ( although not at the same time)
A little off topic, anyone have the problem that they have similar clothes to their spouse and inadvertently end up matching, even though they dont want to?
We have similar denim, leather, olive drab, and linen jackets, as well as a few shirts and sweaters that are similar colors and material.
It usually doesnt matter if we are home, but when we were out of town earlier in the week, I only brought a few things, and my only " jacket" was a chambray shirt.( when we left it was in the 90’s) Of course what he brought to wear for the concert, was also a chambray shirt.
So I layered instead. </p>
<p>I also have a ribbed acrylic sweater that I wore in high school. I bought it at Valu-Mart, which was I guess slightly up from K-mart, but it is still is pretty good shape. I have newer acrylic sweaters that I didnt keep half as long.
It also was made in the USA.</p>
<p>I also still have my Burberry that I bought with my first grown up paycheck.
It barely fits, but it looks good.</p>
<p>I love this thread. Of course, I am the person with the circa 1915 sofa. :)</p>
<p>As I type, I am wearing a J Crew polo-fabric T that is at least 20 years old. I have a couple of wool British military tunics that I bought at I Was Lord Kitchener’s Valet on Carnaby Street in London circa 1966. (My S wore one of them in HS to great effect when they had a “dress like the 60s” day.) They date from the WW1 era. Think Beatles Sgt. Pepper. (I also have a pith helmet and a 40s-era WAVES tricorne.)</p>
<p>I wear my father’s Burberry trench coat, although it is one of the newer type. I had one of the classics, but it was stolen on the Metro North commuter train to Wilton. 
I have 30±yr-old Ferragamo shoes I got from my mother. Love them. I have two suits from Perry Ellis’s Croquet Collection, circa 1980. Don’t fit into them at the moment, but hope springs eternal. I have Liberty scarves dating back to the 60s. </p>
<p>I have my old Girl Scout uniform from when I was a teenager, around 1982. Light green plaid button down shirt and light green ugly skirt. I couldn’t bring myself to toss it, but never got around to calling the council office to see if they wanted it. Imagine my surprise when my 18 y,o. daughter found the blouse and added it to her wardrobe. We were so embarrassed to be seen in public in them at that age, so it’s funny to see her wearing it. Same daughter has also appropriated the Christmas sweater I bought to wear the holiday season when she was due to arrive on January 1. She, of course, wears it proudly to ugly Christmas sweater parties, saying that she also “wore” it before she was born!
I do still have my London Fog raincoat that’s close to 25 years old that I still like and wear.</p>
<p>I have a Lacoste “alligator” shirt from the late 80’s that is still in good shape. Even the color is back in style (bright green).
I still have my HS letterman’s jacket. I earned my varsity letter in my freshman year, and that jacket drew a lot of attention from my classmates.</p>
<p>I only have my Girl Scout sash. I’ve got my great-grandmother’s dining room set and a flip-top desk my great-grandfather made himself.</p>
<p>@mathmom, how do you wear a dining room set?</p>
<p>didn’t someone in this thread start talking about old furniture too? In any even I’m a Yankee or a Scot or something because using things until they fall apart is definitely in my blood!</p>