Can you fit into clothes you bought 10 years ago?

**wepollard** · 2nd February 12, 11:09 AM

Can you fit into the clothes you bought 10 years ago? If your are a twenty to forty year old who is active the answer if most likely yea. If you are a retired gentleman who is less active the answer is definitely no. I started wearing kilts about two years ago. The ones I bought with buckle and strap are out the very last hole. The ones with snaps-forget them I must use a belt and then the small aprons usually found on contemporaty (modern whatever) kilts doesn't leave much ovelap. I like the velcro fasteners. The ones I bought from Rocky are almost at the end of the velcro. However, no problem, I can always sew on more velcro. I am making a concerted effort to reduce my waistline or at least stop the expansion and I plan to visit Rocky again in the near future for more of his fine csual kilts.

**Alan H** · 2nd February 12, 11:10 AM

I have to qualify my answer by saying that I can still fit into my High School Lettermans jacket, which is the only thing I still have from High school...well, besides my boy scout merit badge sash.

However, that thing was VOLUMINOUS in HS. I lettered in wrestling, my Jr. year, wrestled at 198 in 1974 and 1975.

I actually still have a completely polyester "leisure suit" from college, folded away in a trunk. Think "disco"...as in Saturday Night Fever, which was *BIG* when I was in college at UC Santa Barbara. Unfortunately the gaudy shirt that went with it, melted down in a radioactive fit of self-immolation about 20 years ago. The leisure suit still survives. The notion of fitting into it now is just laughable.

BTW, when we get to about 40 respondants, I'm going to manually tot this up...

A. those who can wear clothes for 10 years or more
B. those whose body changes/changed drastically enough that they can't wear clothes for anywhere near that long
C. in between...like "jackets fit, pants don't"....or .... "I can wear clothes I bought three years ago , but not ten years ago" and so on.

It will be interesting to see how many folks fit int

**Macman** · 2nd February 12, 11:11 AM

My weight hasn't fluctuated more than about 8 pounds in 35 years, so clothes fit me for a long time. I typically wear all my clothes out, and I'm wearing jeans I bought 15 years ago, so I'm usually way out of style.

**Red Stag** · 2nd February 12, 11:12 AM

I've lost 40lbs in the last three months so I probably could fit into clothes from 10 years ago although I don't think that I have many left to test that out on. My first Utilikilt isn't quite so tight anymore. I got that in 2001.

**GoodGirlGonePlaid** · 2nd February 12, 11:16 AM

Originally Posted by Alan H

I lettered in wrestling, my Jr. year, wrestled at 198 in 1974 and 1975.

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...I weighed 8-22 lbs. in 1974-1975....
My onesies don't fit anymore.

**Dale Seago** · 2nd February 12, 11:22 AM

20+ years? Yes.

**Bob C** · 2nd February 12, 11:36 AM

No. And, because this messageboard software requires responses of at least five characters, I say again - no.

**warrior** · 2nd February 12, 11:51 AM

Ten years ago yes, fifteen barely and twenty no.

**Emmet** · 2nd February 12, 11:59 AM

Yes yes I can but ten years ago I was wearing super baggy teenager attire so I have alot of growing to do to out grow them. I still have sweater that both Me and my Gf can get comfortably into at th same time.