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Minor badassity: wearing same clothes for years and years

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trix76:
This is minor, but fun: I’ve been noticing that when photos from 5 or 8 years ago pop up in my Facebook feed (I think they call them “Memories”), oftentimes the clothes I’m wearing in the photo are things I still wear. For example, in a photo with my cousins from 7 years ago, I was wearing an H&M tank top that I just wore last week on vacation in Mexico. (And the tank top probably cost $20 in the first place, so I’m thinking I’ve gotten great value out of it!)

I usually buy pretty plain, non-trendy clothes, so I think I can get away with wearing them longer and not looking terribly out of style. Anyway, I’ve gotten a kick out of those Facebook posts just for that reason.


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powskier:
I am 46 and still have and wear some clothes I got when I was 17.
Up until early 20's I still darned my socks because that's what we did growing up, I just toss them in the rag bin now( useful for the bike habit I have...)
A friend pointed out that maybe the most admirable part of this is staying the same size.......

meghan88:
That is badass, both for the frugality and for staying the same size.

I'm with you on this one.  I hate shopping and I mend stuff as much as I can.  Pants are a problem, even jeans, because they wear out on the inner thighs from the bike saddle (I bike a lot).  Once the material gets thin and starts to shred, there's not much I can do.

Bracken_Joy:
Yes! I had a hilarious moment a couple weeks ago when I was with a friend. She showed me her facebook memory from the day, a picture of us when we were in college. I was wearing nearly the EXACT same outfit... same t shirt, same light jacket, same scarf. I think only the jeans and shoes were different? Anyway, we got a laugh out of that one.

Nice from an environmentally friendly view point too, if you aren't buying and throwing away a ton of clothes. Most textiles do not get resold even when they're donated- the vast majority ends up in landfills apparently.

Plus I get to be lazy ;)

Car Jack:

--- Quote from: Bracken_Joy on December 11, 2017, 09:16:35 AM ---
Nice from an environmentally friendly view point too, if you aren't buying and throwing away a ton of clothes. Most textiles do not get resold even when they're donated- the vast majority ends up in landfills apparently.


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After Katrina, one of the news shows was doing a story because so many church groups were renting a truck and driving donations down to New Orleans.  The commentator spoke to someone there who said that almost all of the clothes were sold off as "rag stock".  Very sad.  Well, I'm wearing sneakers that were my dad's years ago.  He passed away over 10 years ago so I know these are in the 15 year old range.

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