Sentimental attachment to clothes

[Kitty]

So, i'm going through everything I own and throwing a bunch of stuff away before the move.

I have a whole bunch of clothing items that I cannot just seem to get rid of even though they don't even fit me anymore, and I dont' even think I would ever wear them.

To name a few:

Graduation dress I wore in college
this red dress I wore to a swing dance class w/ the ex-bf (good memories)
Fleece from college that reminds me of good times

You get the idea. Is this weird? I feel kind of odd for hanging on to these items.

[Taza Tikha]

I understand completely. I have a hard time getting rid of clothes that people gave me as gifts. I feel like I'm disrespecting them. I also have a hard time getting rid of clothes I paid a lot of money for. In my infinite wisdom (read: ignorance of proper business attire), I bought a suit from The Limited when I first entered the work world. It was borderline too small when I bought it, but the sales girl convinced me that the next size up (it's a stretch material) would be too baggy. Now the pants pull across my ass and stop about two inches above my ankles. It no longer looks as nice as I thought it did, either--too trendy and cheap. But still it hangs in my closet, because I paid over $200 for it. Ugh.

I also bought a dress from Benetton that didn't fit. I thought I would make it fit better by getting it altered. It didn't work. Dress + alterations was almost $100. That dress will hang in my closet, unworn, for years.

[Kitty]

I have a BR velvet-like jacket that I bought about a year ago (also when I first entered the workworld) that I feel SO BAD for throwing away because it was like $180 and I've only worn it once :(

[shimmer728]

I don't think I have any real sentimental attachments to clothes, though definitely jewelry, of course. I do have this really old (I've had it since I was 16) peach-and-white striped T-shirt from the Limited Too. Yes, really. I still wear it--I love it! My mom calls it my "crusty" shirt.

[mishl982]

I have a an earring that I keep. It's just cubic zirconia stud, but I had these earrings on the night I lost "it" and later on lost one of the earrings. Actually I lost both and managed to find one. I never threw it away or got rid of it because it's the only physical thing I could hold on to to remember that night (much better than keeping a condom wrapper, right? :p) Hehe so now I joke around saying my earring wasn't the only thing I lost that night! :twisted: :p

As far as clothes I don't really have anything I am really attached to. Just going-out tops that I hope one day I can fit into comfortably again.

[wordsmith]

I have a few items that I keep for sentimental value:

* a tee shirt from the acting school I went to in Ireland when I was a college student. It's the softest ever.

* My senior prom dress; although it's classically styled and will never be dated, it's worn out. I got my money's worth out of it...it went to several black tie weddings, besides prom, and several college formals between my friends and I.

* a thrift store grey cardigan that was a college staple. It was in my car when my car went through a tornado, and survived. I didn't think the glass shards would come out, but they did.

*The pair of jeans I was wearing when I lost my virginity (shut up).

[lawyer2be]

I still have my prom dress, a sequined top i would NEVER wear now but I can't bring myself to throw it out because I wore it a lot when i studied abroad, and this mini-skirt from high school I'm also attached to (though it's like 10 years old now and also will never be worn again!)

[winneythepooh7]

3/4 of my closet is like this. I hold on to the rationale that one day I am going to wear this stuff. I did manage to bag up a ton of stuff to go to the thrift store, but those bags I stuffed back into my closet and are still waiting..........;).

[pisces2473]

I love to clean closets...I should do this for a living. :huge:

[Kitty]

I love to clean closets...I should do this for a living. :huge:

Moving and cleaning closets? You are officially insane ;)

[midtwenty]

I have a ton of clothes that I hang onto for no other reason than sentimentality. I have:

~both my prom dresses (junior and senior proms)

~a t-shirt from third grade (my elementary school had a tradition called "Little Olympics." Basically the whole school would spend a day at the football field competing in track and field events and we would get ribbons. We got special t-shirts with our names on the back, but in third grade I had "She-Ra" put on mine. I love that shirt.)

~my brother's high school graduation shirt, almost 20 years old; I always loved it and he gave it to me years ago

~my own high school graduation shirt, now 10 years old

~my black cowboy boots that I wore every day of my life for 3 years, but haven't touched in at least a dozen years; easily the most comfortable footwear I've ever owned

~about half a dozen dresses I wore as a baby that my mom saved

~a t-shirt from a family trip to Mt. Rushmore when I was 13

~a set of pajamas I got for Christmas when I was 13

Actually, if I sat here long enough and thought about it, I could probably come up with a list as long as my arm. I'm pretty bad about associating clothing with sentimentality.

[capella]

I'm not sure this would count as sentimental value but I have a TON of clothes that used to fit me but now don't anymore. *sigh* I keep thinking someday..... those size 7 pants that made my butt look great will zip again!!

I still have both of my graduation gowns, a jacket from Japan that my granma bought me when I was a year old and probably never wore, and my prom dress that I will never wear again. I guess that one isn't really sentimental as much as I just haven't given it away yet.

[wordsmith]

I have a shitload of those kid and teen tee shirts from places I was, activities I did. My mom is having them made into a quilt by a neighbor lady who does stuff like that.

I'm also working on a quilt out of old denim, and you'd best believe the aforementioned jeans are going in it.

[coll214]

I've gotten a bit better about getting rid of everyday stuff i don't wear anymore, but there are a few things i'll never get rid of.

- My t-shirt w/ Droopy on it holding a sign that says I'm so Happy in the upper right corner. I have had this since middle school.

- My HS and college sweatshirts, in addition to my MS and HS t-shirts we got when graduating. the HS i'll never wear again but yet i keep it anyway.

- My concert t-shirts. When i first started going to concerts, I always bought a t-shirt. Now i have at least 2 boxes of them and i can't throw them away, i spent way too much money on them.

[Tayl405]

I have a couple tshirts I'm attached to, but I guess that's about it. I got them both in Hawaii in the 10th grade and still wear them all the time. I don't know how they've held up!

[paiger81]

I have my prom dress
I have my graduation cap & gowns from both HS & College
I have a Batman-tshirt that was Kirks when he was 10, I can only wear it at home cause it's so worn you can see my nipples :redface:

[wordsmith]

I have not only my own college graduatin gown and mortarboard, but that of my ex-boyfriend, who graduated a year before me. He gave it to me instead of take it with him on his cross country move, because, according to him, two days after graduation, he was "so over college and all it represents." Okay. I think he was the one who confirmed that I can't tolerate being around unsentimental people.

[Kitty]

I have this one purple dress that I wore right after I broke up w/ my ex-bf. I had been looking especially dumpy infront of him because I knew we were going to break up, and it was just too sad to get all dressed up and look nice. I just couldn't stand to hear him say I looked pretty or whatever.

So, it was the day or so after we broke up and I wore that dress and he said something like, "Thanks for getting so dressed up for me one last time...you look beautiful."

I still keep that dress. It's not even a good memory. It makes me sad. Ugh, i'm so weird!!