Do you have "at home" clothes and "going out" clothes? or is that just me.
23 years on a smallholding with animals, gardening and wood fires wouldn't have worked well for 'good clothes' and I still wear old stuff at home and do a quick change for going out for shopping etc. Going out clothes don't get washed every time, if they've only been worn for a couple of hours - they get hung at one end of the wardrobe for next time I need something tidy for just a while.
Some of the older things I wear at home are from charity shops, especially tee-shirts and tunic tops although it gets harder to find things when the economic situation is tight as people tend not to buy so many new things and therefore have less to donate.
I've got a couple of really thick high neck jumpers/sweaters or whatever they are called where you live but rarely wear them now - just too hot. I won't get rid of them because the moment I do will be the winter of a big freeze.
I bought a couple of hoodies a few years back but they're cotton/polyester, and quite thin and not very warm and I needed something between too warm and not warm enough and really prefer cardigans that can be slipped on and off, buttoned up and un buttoned BUT do you know how difficult it is to find something warm with buttons. They are all what are called edge to edge or if they do have buttons they've got a V neck, are very short or a strange old-persons colour (beige!)! I eventually found something at Cotton Traders but I'm sure I had to pay extra for the buttons!
Coats are another problem - too thick for shopping or too thin for a day out in winter. I bought a new zip up warm coat with a hood last year after looking for something warmer than a thin jacket for several years and that has been perfect for many things but still a bit too hot in shops.
The problem is really that I don't like shopping for clothes or spending too much money or travelling miles to find something.
I should really live somewhere where shorts and tee-shirts would be OK all year round.
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Sue
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Heavy rain again and the flood water at the bottom of my road was even worse yesterday than the week before. Most drivers turned round and went back, thankfully. No way in or out of the village in a normal car again for the second time in two weeks, something I was told had never happened before. I didn't go out - glad to be at home safe.
Yes, just like you. I wear old stuff at home and change to go out. Also need waterproof clothes for dog walking but nothing padded as I get so hot walking and cardigans are my best friend. Jumpers take out my hearing aids, glasses and mess my hair. I’ve been lucky and found them in CSHOPS, we have lots here, layers are the way to go I feel. My house is cool so I wear shawls or wraps indoors as well, easy to discard. I have looked at new clothes recently and the prices are eye watering, so 2nd hand it will continue to be. Sarah Browne.
ReplyDeleteI would love to find more in charity shops but rarely see anything.
DeleteYes definitely. Tho when I worked in NYC I had at least three categories: work clothes, going out w kids/ adults in the city clothes [mom clothes, but you know it was NY]/ beach clothes/ at-home work clothes. And a few party / event dresses.
DeleteMy clothes are very like unsuccessful football teams - they gradually get relegated and finally disappear. So going out clothes become at home clothes become walking and birdwatching clothes become gardening clothes become painting and decorating clothes. After that they're no use to anyone and get cut up for rags for when I fix my bicycle.
ReplyDeleteWe've had plenty of rain here but nothing like in some parts of the country.
Relegation is a good word for what happens to my clothes too
DeleteYes - I think it dates back to my childhood, I. The 60s when most people had far fewer clothes. "Sunday Best", for church, funerals and important going out. That became "everyday" and finally was the "Old clothes" for dirty jobs, playing in the garden /woods. And finally rags. No CS back then, so stuff became hand-me-downs for family and neighbours. In 1981 for six months, I had The Church Maternity Coat - a warm brown woollen garment which was passed round the congregation and loaned to any pregnant woman who needed it!
ReplyDeleteHand me downs were the norm in my childhood and although there were no charity shops there were jumble sales.
DeleteNew clothes for Chapel Anniversary in May!
DeleteI was glad of jumble sales when my children were small
Cardigans are difficult because of the buttons. Having to be hand sown on I suppose. Being small I am just happy when retailers have the 'petite' sizes now.
ReplyDeleteBeing bigger I can't find much in charity shops!
DeleteI loathe shopping for clothes! These days it is mostly on line.
ReplyDeleteI'm not fond of online - I like to feel things first
DeleteI hate clothes shopping so I go online if I need anything. I really should thin out my clothes but I keep things 'just in case'.
ReplyDeleteI've got some just in case clothes too - but just in case of what I don't know!
DeleteAs I rarely go out-out these days, my "best" clothes never get worn and I live in my charity shop outfits. Once in a blue moon we may eat out with friends but it is generally not a dressing up event. I have a wardrobe full of pretty things that are feeling very neglected.
ReplyDeleteWould love to find more at charity shops - I look but rarely find
DeleteSounds like a ditch needs digging out at the bottom of that road. I dislike clothes shopping and don't bother much. When I do buy I buy one thing that will last. It is not replaced until it falls apart. I have just replaced a wool jacket with another, the last one had developed holes and my friend Shirley reminded me by saying she had noticed. I thought it must be the time to replace it. My indoor clothes are for warmth and comfort and same everyday. In winter I wear a hat indoors. I have very few best clothes anymore. When I stopped working most of my work suits were finished and went in the fire.
ReplyDeleteI've just been and taken some photos of where the floods were and the amount of stuff in the ditch is silly - no one does any clearing anymore.
DeleteThe trouble is a lot of ditching is done with machinery instead of men with ditching shovels. The machinery cannot reach under culverts.
DeleteCrikey how I hate clothes shopping and as for changing into 'good clothes' have let my standards slide to where I have been seen doing my rounds in the supermarket still in my workaday boiler suit. On the subject of coats - why don't you get one of those that has layers that zip together - light layer for shopping, extra layer for walks in the winter.
ReplyDeleteI'm OK for a coat now for a few years - I make things last as long as possible
DeleteYour description of clothes is mine, home wearing items are not the same as going out, I always remember my mum changing before walking to the village shops or going to town. I am knitting my cardigans, like you the current style is not worthy of the title cardigan. I rather be digging in the garden than shopping for clothes.
ReplyDeleteMy mum was horrified at anyone out looking untidy or in dirty clothes!
DeleteAlmost all my clothes are charity shop bought - I figure if they've lasted long enough to be donated they'll continue to hold together.
ReplyDeleteI wear the same clothes indoor and out - both pretty casual but I do like bright deep colours and steer away from beige, the realm of clothes for my age group, being now well into my seventies.
I've solved the winter coat problem; I have a light summer coat and a thicker warmer autumn coat; I wear both one inside the other when it gets really cold.
Very few of my clothes are fit for much when I've worn them for years, I know charity shops put a lot of donated stuff in a rag bag which they get paid for by weight
DeleteI wear what I call my "half" clothes around the smallholding. A jumper or trousers that I will get another day or two out of them before they get washed.
ReplyDeleteI suppose I do in a way although all my clothes are Matalan/Primark/M&S/Tu type of garments. I can look smart if I need to but it's mostly casual smart.
ReplyDeleteAfter the recent splurge for the Christmas jolly, I really am set for years and years to come now - which is good. xx
I know you have bought a cardigan but have you tried Woolovers. They do sweaters and cardigans in nice colours and at good prices. Christine
ReplyDeleteI forgot to say that I can't wear wool of any sort - even a small % makes me itch and brings a rash
DeleteI don't know if they are available in the UK, but in the US I find the best middleweight button up the front keep warm "over shirt" to be those made of polyester fleece. They even bead up light rain. And don't show wrinkles. I always have one active one all autumn through spring, I own three, one in the wash, one to wear and one in the closet in case I spill something on the one I am wearing. I find the ones designed for men are the best, the ones for women tend to have the buttons farther apart and don't button up all the way to the top of the neck area for when it gets really cold/windy.
ReplyDeleteI'm a lazy dresser these days now that I am retired. Sweatshirts and sweatpants mostly or jeans if I'm going out. I have few dress up clothes and those are saved for funerals or wedding...
ReplyDeleteI converted a couple of too heavy turtleneck sweaters into jackets by cutting down the front and finishing it. I get a lot of use from them now.
ReplyDeleteEdinburgh wool have some button up round necked cardigans most years.
ReplyDeleteYou can stand any amount of cold in a coat with a warm hood.
ReplyDeleteMy wife knits all her winter woollies in the styles she wants, and buys the buttons separately as required.
Most of my cloths are suitable for all occasions. My day-to-day wear is washable and classic. Jeans, black slacks, long sleeve button down collar shirts (flannel for winter and cotton for summer) and T's in many colors. Everything is washable. For winter warmth, I like fleece (zip up or pullover) with a layer underneath on the coldest days. My favorite jacket is a ski jacket that I bought many years ago and had repaired last year. The high tech material is made to be very light weight but also warm when outside in the cold. I bought this at a ski shop.
ReplyDeleteHow funny is your post! I came home the other day and immediately changed my cardigan to an old one that I keeping hanging on a hook and it called to mind being a child and being reminded to change from school clothes to play clothes. It gave me a smile to think I am 66 years old and still putting on my play clothes!
ReplyDeleteFunny you should say how difficult it is to find regular cardigans. I've tried for years and for some reason I looked on Amazon and found some! They button down the front, have pockets and fall a little below the hip. Perfect! I bought several colors as I was afraid they would disappear!
ReplyDeleteYou are so on-the-money about finding tops that are not too hot and not too cold. Also about being able to button, unbutton, zip or unzip, and wanting something that can be closed to keep the neck and upper chest warm. Then there's (not just me, I assume) wanting sleeves that will push up and stay up when one wants to wash hands or rinse an item in the sink. I'm getting fussier, too, as the years pass and I realize how much I like my clothing to be convenient and not get in my way. I could go on, but am sure there's no need. You know exactly what I mean when it comes to comfort.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to my blog - I think you must be new as I've not seen your name or blog before
DeleteThank you! I have a link to your blog on my directory at goldengrainfarm.blogspot.com, so I've visited many times. When you update, your blog link rises to the top of the section I have it in. I don't always comment but some subjects, like the clothing we choose to wear, make an impact on me every day. I'm still learning, at age 64, what I like and don't like. Clothing's colours, for instance, make a difference to how I feel. I've enjoyed seeing what your other readers think about their clothing and what they do about it.
DeleteYou aren't alone. I have at home clothes, gardening clothes, church clothes and fancy going out clothes. I do think that I could get rid of the last ones as fancy does not suit our lifestyle any longer.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I wear comfortable old clothes too, for pottering in the house and garden, and change into better casuals for going anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThere don’t seem to be many cardigans to fit me, I want them longer than current fashions, so I have bought Tu, Asda and Primark men’s thick cotton shirts in the sales instead, in plaid, denim, and needlecord, which I can wear over several layers. They are so comfortable, and easy to button up or take off as my temperature changes.
There was a great Wear and Share event in our town last Saturday. People donated winter clothes and even if you didn't donate you were welcome to come take clothes home. Daughter, son in law and two grandchildren came howe with some great choices. I picked up a black all wool cardigan. I also got two things for daughter in Buffalo. It was a total success with clothes that didn't go home to new owners going to the local thrift shop. They have one in the Spring too and I got several crop pants at that one. Do you have something similar there?
ReplyDeleteIt seems we are all looking for cardigans with buttons-retailers should take note. We garden on 5 acres, after Covid and no going into town I realised all my clothes had turned into gardening clothes.
ReplyDeleteM&S online have 100% cotton cardigans up to age 18 years, at a good price in their school section.
ReplyDeleteI have old clothes for home and better clothes for going places. I can't trust myself to take a walk around the yard and not end up getting into the dirt or cleaning up something. When I was in school, we always had school clothes and when we got home, we changed into old clothes. I don't think a lot of children do that anymore since they don't play outside. They are missing out on so many things we did for fun. Glad I grew up in the 50's and 60's.
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