Re: Could You Wear Dead People's Clothes?

I've just realised my mum's nightie is over twenty years old, she died in '96, it's still going strong!

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Then well done you Tess, you have obviously looked after it well.
To me clothes are clothes, no matter who originally bought them. I would always wash them to make sure they were clean, but I currently wear some cardigans and sweaters that belonged to my older sister, who died 2 years ago. In a silly way, I am comforted to think that the money she spent on them wasn't wasted, and I know she would be happy that I appreciated her choice.

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Yes Twink it's nice to have a connection to someone.
I have locks of hair from my mum and dad, I know I can touch part of them if I want to, I don't but, it's comforting to know I can. Clothes can be like that too.
A nice idea I've seen is turning bits of their favourite clothes into a quilt or keepsake.

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My mother also died in 1996! I still have her purse, it still has receipts in there and a piece of straw from the nativity stable in the church. She always said, if you kept a piece of straw from the stable in your purse, you would never be broke!
The purse also smells of her! Nice not horrid!!

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Just a thought, I wonder if one of my kids will wear my googles?!

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What a lovely idea!

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I like to mix high street fashion with one or two expensive buys and a few vintage pieces thrown in too

So the answer has to be yes

Coats and jackets are especially good..
So cheap in comparison to shops and they can turn a boring autumn/winter outfit in to something amazing.

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Sometimes needs must. My daughter and I had to live with 2nd hand clothes for a good few years, until finances picked up. Whether they were from people who had gone to a better place, I don't know. But I always washed them.

We progressed from charity shops, to a dress agency that sold used clothes (better quality ) and then on to new clothes - woohoo!

Actually, I got some great clothes for her over the years.

Now I look like I only wear charity clothes

I would never get shoes or handbags and never 2nd hand underwear, not that I saw underwear in the shops. I've passed new underwear from deceased folk to the local hospitals in the past, also Social Work Depts of hospitals - they used to keep a store of good used clothing. I suppose they don't do that now though.