Storing graduation regalia

starbright
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:40:37 +0000

Can I ask, without sounding awful, why you want to store it? I’m stupidly sentimental about objects so I can’t believe I’m the one writing this, but I just can’t fathom saving the whole thing in a closet or box. Will it hold sentimental value 10 years and a degree or two later? Or will it ever be used for something?

I like the idea though of putting the symbolic part in a frame of some kind. Or maybe taking pictures of it worn and saving those in a frame instead.

As an aside, my academic regalia (which I have to wear a few times a year for graduate ceremonies, as part of my job) has sat comfortably in a plastic suitbag in my closet for twenty years and is still holding up. But it costs a small fortune, and was probably made of a quality to be worn a lot and last.