# What's Your Oldest Article of Clothing That You Actually Still Wear? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2002, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903 "2002-10-04T22:32:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/41 "2002-10-07T13:54:45Z")
I still wear my dad’s old USAF fatigue jacket (from back before they were BDU’s) - the manufacturer’s stamp says it was made in 1953. I have a black US Navy trenchcoat that dates from some time in the mid-70s - still looks sharp, although the belt is missing now. I’ve got a pair of black leather gloves I bought around 1988 that I still wear every winter - AF issue “gloves, leather, black” that are nice and warm and fit like…well, better than any gloves I’ve ever worn. I can write while wearing them. Other than that, I’m too hard on clothes for them to last very long. I have a shirt that has faded to a greenish-grey color (used to be sage green) that’s probably 10 years old, and a couple of other shirts that are 8 years old. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/42 "2002-10-07T17:36:39Z")
I still have a pair of shorts I wear from '77 when I was 3. Very tight. And my voice is pretty shrill these days. 🙂 Hm. Seriously, I have a few shirts from '90 or so that I wear regularly. Probably some underwear and socks from farther back. I like to think I rotate out anything that old, but my housekeeping skills are occasionally questionable when it comes to things like that… ---
**Author:** ![skot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@skot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skot)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/43 "2002-10-07T21:53:47Z")
I have an old pair of Greb “Kodiak” work boots from high-school, they must be going on 20 years old now. I wear them around the house for yard work, they feel like slippers. I also have a Minnesota Vikings T-shirt from 1990 which is about 3 washes away from disintegrating. My wife bought me a new one 2 years ago, but it doesn’t have the same feel… ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/44 "2002-10-08T00:07:42Z")
A sweatshirt from my highschool days. It says Grad of '85, so it’s not only old but says so right on it. I also wear a beautiful crocheted dress that my grandmother made for my mom before I was born (1967). ---
**Author:** ![sorrel554](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@sorrel554](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sorrel554)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/45 "2002-10-08T00:10:46Z")
I have a dark green pullover sweater that my dad got when he went to college in the fall of 1966. I wear it a lot in the winter. I also occasionally wear a green military-style jacket that I guess he probably got when he was in the Air Force. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/46 "2002-10-08T02:07:54Z")
I’ve got a tee shirt with a smiling moon on it that says “Be Gay” from 1975, Hawaiian shirt from 1978, a team bowling shirt “Doris Daze” from 1983. I could wear them all, but the fit would be a little tight. OK, a lot tight. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/47 "2002-10-08T02:10:52Z")
My sainted Grand-Dad’s big lumberjack shirt which I inherited. Its plaid stripes are red, yellow, orange, red-orange, and white. Dates back to mid-century, I guess, but the colors are still bright as daylight. ---
**Author:** ![zen101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c68b51/32.png) [@zen101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zen101)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/48 "2002-10-08T05:02:58Z")
Leather jacket 13 years Jump boots 13 years 20 eye Docs 12 years puffy shirt 11 years too oldand fat to fit into any of my old pants. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2002, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903/49 "2002-10-08T06:26:26Z")
I’m praying that it isn’t a pair of my BVDs. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-oldest-article-of-clothing-that-you-actually-still-wear/130903.md?page=2)