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What's the longest you've owned an item of clothing/footwear?

  • 14-11-2012 11:20PM
    #1
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭


    I finally had to throw out my Dr Martens this week and when I thought back I've had them since about '98/99. Hated binning them but they were finally fooked... :(
    Anyway, any relics in your wardrobes that ye can't bear to part with it?


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  • #2
    Mickey H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭Mickey H


    Pair of brown boots. 5 years and still perfect.


  • #3
    Where To
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭Where To


    I'm still wearing my first babygrow :)


  • #4
    Pig Benis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 280 ✭✭Pig Benis


    A pair of glittered platforms from 1978


  • #5
    Miss Lockhart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Miss Lockhart


    A pair of wedge sandals from 2001.


  • #6
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    I've got an Offspring t-shirt from a gig in 2003, it's all faded and there's holes in it but I love it still.


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  • #7
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    Have a t shirt from USA '94.
    Have a pyjama top from around the same time, its got a fair few holes at this stage so don't wear it anymore.


  • #8
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Have a tee shirt with a silhouette of Danger Mouse on it, have it for about 7 years or so. Usally gets worn now though under a hoodie or jumper as an extra layer.


  • #9
    twirlagig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭twirlagig


    Schism wrote: »
    I've got an Offspring t-shirt from a gig in 2003, it's all faded and there's holes in it but I love it still.

    Have an AC/DC t-shirt from yonks ago too - faded and full of cigarette burns but I still love it :D


  • #10
    dirtyghettokid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,988 ✭✭✭dirtyghettokid


    i have a charlotte hornets basketball t-shirt from 1992. it still fits me :D don't wear it much though, cos i still love it, and don't want it to disintegrate :p


  • #11
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    A pair of shoes about 18/19 years.
    Still love them and still in good nick :D


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  • #12
    zyanya
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 208 ✭✭zyanya


    Pleeeeeeze. I have 16 year old clothes :) And I still wear stuff that belonged to me mama.


  • #13
    MadsL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭MadsL


    Pair of Zamberlan hillwalking boots I bought almost 30 years ago. Still going strong.


  • #14
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I have a Bench fleece zip up jacket I got in 2002. It's still perfect. Bought it with my first payslip from my job at the time. Ah, nostalgia!


  • #15
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,346 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    I have an ET towel from 1982 (or whenever the film was out), its very faded but still drys you off.


  • #16
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,029 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    A leather belt my folks brought me back from their holidays about ten+ years ago.


  • #17
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    a pair of green o neill shorts from about 14/15 years ago


  • #18
    supernova84
    Closed Accounts Posts: 972 ✭✭✭supernova84


    I've a pair of thomas hillfinger jeans from around 2004 still wear well enough despite a few holes


  • #19
    positron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,598 ✭✭✭positron


    A shirt from 1999/2000. Still in great shape and I wear it to work at least once a week. Still fits me, the material is way better than most of my new shirts, and is still reasonably fashionable (blue and white stripes, you can still buy similar pattern in shops to this day). I remember it cost me about the equivalent of 5 euro back then.


  • #20
    stop animal cruelty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,012 ✭✭✭stop animal cruelty


    l have a tom & jerry belt, had since l was about 4 or 5...15/16years old...l'll never get rid of it!


  • #21
    GrumPy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,566 ✭✭✭GrumPy


    Balck v-neck jumper, 50% acrylic, 50% wool. This thing is bullet proof. Had it 7 years now and still looks just as good as the day I bought it, albeit a fraction smaller.

    A pair of jeans, they weren't even expensive, had since I was 17. I'm 24 now and they still fit. :o


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  • #22
    Vinta81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭Vinta81


    I'm 23 and still fit into a pair of jeans I got when I was 14 :)


  • #23
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    I have a pair of really comfy slip on walking shoes for about 4 years now. The things are absolutely filthy but I don't want to throw them out! I have walked the length and breadth of NY, Paris, London & Dublin in them.

    Good old shoes!


  • #24
    castletownman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,251 ✭✭✭✭castletownman


    I still have a pair of the best sporting equipment ever. Still fit like a glove still (no pun intended)

    http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/c3.0.403.403/p403x403/185003_479081335446254_239621184_n.jpg


  • #25
    danslevent
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭danslevent


    Vinta81 wrote: »
    I'm 23 and still fit into a pair of jeans I got when I was 14 :)
    What?! That's crazy


  • #26
    dilapidating
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭dilapidating


    supernova84 wrote: »
    I've a pair of thomas hillfinger jeans from around 2004 still wear well enough despite a few holes

    Tommy's posh older brother?


  • #27
    FloatingVoter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,133 ✭✭✭FloatingVoter


    Haven't changed my underpants since 1979. Good old Y-.fronts.


  • #28
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    A Jack Daniels belt my folks brought me back for holidays in 1995/6. When i got it i had to cut new holes in it as it was too long, looking at them holes now, i'm a fat bastard:(


  • #29
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    I've had this hoody im wearing right now for 12 years. Still big on me :cool:


  • #30
    JustAThought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,324 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    Ive a pair of lucky trousers ive brrn wearing since 1997 or 8. :0


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  • #31
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,192 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Got an "army jacket" back in 1990 when everyone in school was wearing them, and had it up until last year.


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