Wow - I have some old clothes in my closet

[aphex]

Decided today was as good of a day as any to rummage through my closet and pull out all the old stuff I don't wear anymore and donate them to a local Goodwill

Its amazing how old some of the clothes in my closet are, even things that still have the tag on it that were never worn but somehow I decided to keep even through multiple moves.

Its hard to put a date on many of the clothes, but one brand in particular is sticking out to me - Structure. I used to shop there quite a bit before it became Express for Men (and subsequently changed style to something I don't care for). The stores changed back in 2000, but most of these clothes are likely from 1998-99 or even earlier. Insane that I would keep these that long.

Anyway, anyone else have quite a bit of old clothes in their closet?

 

[TallBill]

I have a lot of clothes that are both new and old that simply don't fit anymore. My sizes are increasingly hard to find these days.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I need to do the same. I think I have more clothes than most women.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: aphex
Anyway, anyone else have quite a bit of old clothes in their closet?

Not any more. I did the same thing as you last week - I too gave it to Goodwill. I got rid of nearly half of my clothing. I wore it all (no clothes with tags), I just happened to switch styles over the last few years. My closet is barren now.

 

[jiggahertz]

Structure was great.

 

[ballmode]

They will pull whatever you can put in your car inside their shop. Easy for the lazy or "done with it" mentallity

 

[ChaoZ]

I did that not too long ago. I still had stuff from middle school.

 

[AlienCraft]

Originally posted by: aphex
Decided today was as good of a day as any to rummage through my closet and pull out all the old stuff I don't wear anymore and donate them to a local Goodwill

Its amazing how old some of the clothes in my closet are, even things that still have the tag on it that were never worn but somehow I decided to keep even through multiple moves.

Its hard to put a date on many of the clothes, but one brand in particular is sticking out to me - Structure. I used to shop there quite a bit before it became Express for Men (and subsequently changed style to something I don't care for). The stores changed back in 2000, but most of these clothes are likely from 1998-99 or even earlier. Insane that I would keep these that long.

Anyway, anyone else have quite a bit of old clothes in their closet?

< Raises hand... Hi, I'm Allen and I'm an old clothes horse.... <group> "Hi Allen" </12 step reference>

I started to do that last week a few weeeks ago, and While I managed to shake the dust off a bit, I finally admitted I....
1. have little ability to actually dress myself,
2. it's a miracle I match socks,
3. I was lucky to be associated with women who took pride in how "their man" looked,
Seriously, Men need a "What Not To Wear" as much as any woman with no fashion sense.
I would volunteer, for damn sure.
If it weren't for old gig shirts from all my years of touring, I wouldn't have crap for casual wear.

 

[MichaelD]

:thumbsup:

I did the same thing 6 years ago when I moved; this thread brought back that memory. I literally got rid of four Hefty LAWN & LEAF bags full of clothes. I never knew I had so much crap I didn't wear anymore. Most of that stuff was easily 8-10 years old. You just move stuff from house to house, closet to closet and never really think about it.

I think a lot of my "clothes packrat" mindset stems from the fact that I was pretty financially strapped until about 2000-2001...I didn't throw anything away. I reused aluminum foil. Really.

 

[Lola]

i try to donate a few times a year, clothing wise... too much stuff that i have a hard time throwing away.

 

[lokiju]

I have a closet full of old clothes.

I keep telling my wife we need to go through everything and donate whatever we haven't touched in a years time.

I have some clothes that are easily 15 years old.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: lokiju
I have a closet full of old clothes.

I keep telling my wife we need to go through everything and donate whatever we haven't touched in a years time.

I have some clothes that are easily 15 years old.

Just do it. When I still worked and lived in NYC, I worked down the block from a soup kitchen that also gave out clothing to the homeless. I really felt like I helped when I put my bags into the big, metal donation container.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: lokiju
I have a closet full of old clothes.

I keep telling my wife we need to go through everything and donate whatever we haven't touched in a years time.

I have some clothes that are easily 15 years old.

Hah, I have a 700 sq foot apartment and really barely own anything with my wife compared to a lot of people and I still force us to go through crap almost quarterly to get rid of stuff. We're in the process of doing it again right now. I really hate excess crap, especially stuff that I have not touched in years.

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: TallBill

Originally posted by: lokiju
I have a closet full of old clothes.

I keep telling my wife we need to go through everything and donate whatever we haven't touched in a years time.

I have some clothes that are easily 15 years old.

Hah, I have a 700 sq foot apartment and really barely own anything with my wife compared to a lot of people and I still force us to go through crap almost quarterly to get rid of stuff. We're in the process of doing it again right now. I really hate excess crap, especially stuff that I have not touched in years.

I did that to my cable drawer a few weeks ago, cables I hadn't touched in years. Sure enough earlier this week I realized I needed a cable that I threw out