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Can't compete with the cheesecloth top but here are my 2 favourite wardrobe stalwarts:
. They are a better indicator than any pair of scales: if they don't fit I have to stop eating 
. Just starved myself back into them successfully 
A stretchy black top with 3/4 sleeves that I bought in M&S in 1998 when I first moved to the UK... M&S still used the St. Michaels brand name then
And a pair of skinny jeans bought in 2004 when I was at my lowest ever weight due to a cancer scare
I have some lucky pants which must be 25 years old now.
But their powers appear to be fading.
I am not sure whether it is because they are 25 years old or because I am 25 years older.
Lowest ever weight...starved myself back into them...Is that a good thing?
Due to illness I had to chuck my entire wardrobe away in 2005 and start again. I have T shirts from the early 80's that get worn in bed.
My Post Office Jacket from 1983. Dark grey winter jacket, really high quality.
I have a couple of suits, two short pleated skirts and a navy jacket that I know I use to wear before I had my son and he was born in 1994. I must admit I only wear the suits for funerals these days, but the two skirts and navy jacket I still wear each summer.
I have a skirt that my mum bought me for my 21st birthday 5 years ago, that I still wear occasionally, so comes under the honourable mention category.
(Oh ok, 26 years ago)
But I think I may win with the wool jumper I still wear that my mum bought for my dad when he went on a business trip to Switzerland in 1962..........................
You definitely win
You definitely win
Two wins.
I still have a green sweatshirt I bought when I was 17/18. The upside of having always been a bit sporty and male is that unless I decide to give up completely and sit at home eating cake i can't see why that sweatshirt won't still fit me in another 28/29 years.
Oh of course there is always the possibility of death....
As I sit here in my normal 'at home' clothes, I realise that my Imperial College sweatshirt is getting a bit old. Not from my days there but I believe pre-miniwombles, that makes it 1980s. I wear it most days.
I used to go dancing in the late '80s/early '90s every Thursday night (indie night) and Friday night (acid house) at the hacienda in a pair of flares that were my dad's. He worse them to see The Doors on the IoW in 1970. They eventually fell apart...ahhh, happy memories. Funkin has started to wear his "fish jumper" again that he got in 1989. It's vile...Mousie, I'm sure he will model it for you if you are a Good Girl
I have a bowler hat that used to belong to my grandfather, no idea how old it is - could easily be 40 or 50 years.
I don't wear it very often though, I'm not a hipster.
I bow to fellow hoarders! On a slightly different tack...... I did try on the other day my old Brownie uniform from around 1969 that I found in a cupboard.
That was a sight worth seeing but I wouldn't wear it every day.
1989 Arsenal away shirt.
Dressing gown that is about 30 years old.
My blue and yellow football hat was worn this evening and that's definitely from early-mid 80s.
Green Augsburg sweatshirt from the early 80s.