Can you fit into clothes you bought 10 years ago?

**Nick the DSM** · 2nd February 12, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by Alan H

Category C for you!

Woo!

I can fit into clothes from 5-7 years though.

**LitTrog** · 2nd February 12, 06:00 PM

10 is a yes. 12 starts to get iffy. 15 is no. My late teens and early twenties saw a lot more lifting, a lot less running. I was a wheezing, burly tank. No notable fluctuations in the past decade.

Now, if I could only find those grunge-era flannels, belled corduroy pants and clove cigarettes, I would be set!

**ForresterModern** · 2nd February 12, 06:10 PM

Originally Posted by Alan H

--However, for about 45% of the people polled, the axiom of "buy quality, irregardless of expense, because quality clothing will last your lifetime" may not make sense, and for 8/30 or about 27% of the people polled, because their body type changes so much, it makes no sense at all because they know full well that they won't be able to wear it for more than a couple of years.

Alan

I am going to challenge your conclusion stated above. It is my opinion that you should buy quality regardless of whether or not you are sure that you will be able to wear it in the future. If it is truly quality it should maintain a significant portion of its original value, so you should be able to recoup at least part of your initial outlay in the current (or future) resale market, something you would not be able to do if you bought inferior quality goods which would lose value in greater proportion and more rapidly yielding little if any opportunity to recoup any significant portion of your initial outlay. This would be particularly true with regards to quality highlandwear, which seems to have a particularly keen market these days.

Okay, call me a rabble rouser. Bring it on.

jeff

**chrisupyonder** · 2nd February 12, 06:59 PM

The only thing that has changed is my shoe size. When I started wearing thick kilt hose I upped my shoe size from UK 8 to 9. From about 30 years ago I have been 36" waist, before that I was 34".

I still have a tweed sports coat (non kilt) from 30 years ago which still fits me.

My secret, small breakfast, light lunch, large dinner, no snackettes in between.

Chris.

**MacMillans son** · 2nd February 12, 07:07 PM

Originally Posted by Joshua

10 years ago I was 430lbs, so yes, I, and most of my family members can all fit in them at the same time.

I apologize for the slight derail, but that is a great line Joshua and an incredible accomplishment. Way to go!

In regards to the OP, no, I'm about 10-15 pounds to the large these days.

**xman** · 2nd February 12, 07:35 PM

10 years ago? yeah I still fit.
20 years ago? I don't have much left, but the pants would be a little snug in the waist.
30 years ago? I was 15. No those clothes don't fit.

**Tobus** · 3rd February 12, 05:39 AM

--However, for about 45% of the people polled, the axiom of "buy quality, irregardless of expense, because quality clothing will last your lifetime" may not make sense, and for 8/30 or about 27% of the people polled, because their body type changes so much, it makes no sense at all because they know full well that they won't be able to wear it for more than a couple of years.

But do they really know that?

There may be some people who have a known condition, or are on a health program, and can predict that their body is going to greatly inflate (or deflate) in the next couple of years. And we do indeed see that all the time, where someone says he's on a diet, and is looking for an interim kilt until he reaches his ideal weight.

But for the majority of people, I'd bet, they don't know whether their body is going to change shape in the next few years. It's not like they plan for it to. Nobody sits down and says, "I'm going to just let myself go, and intentionally outgrow all my clothes." And indeed, buying high-dollar, well-fitting, quality garments would be a good motivation for maintaining one's weight!

**Lyle1** · 3rd February 12, 06:02 AM

Yes, I can wear clothes that I wore 10 years ago, because almost 40 years ago, I decided that I would not buy pants beyond a certain waist size. When things get tight, I concentrate on losing the weight. I am presently working at losing a few pounds, and it is happening!

I try to buy decent quality clothing, BECAUSE THAT"S WHAT I LIKE! That said, my tastes and needs change, and, aside from some dress clothes, there are few articles of clothing that I want to wear after 10 years. Since retiring, I have been constantly weeding my wardrobe, donating serviceable pieces, particularly suites, to charities while they are still worth wearing. Now that I don't wear a suite every day, it kills me to see the constant buy-one-get-one-free sales.

**GMan** · 3rd February 12, 06:18 AM

Well it was about 10 years ago I started to don the Kilt. So I guess one could say yes, yet I do still have a pair of blue jeans from that era just for grins. I did put them on and found them a bit too big for me.

**OC Richard** · 3rd February 12, 06:33 AM

I couple years ago I lost 50 pounds (then gained back around 10) so yes I can fit into clothes from 10 (and 20) years ago.

Truth is, since around 1990 my weight has tended to fluctuate somewhat so I have two pairs of black pants and two pairs of khaki pants which have served me over the last 20 years (I don't wear long pants much!)

LIkewise I've been able to wear the same shirts during that period, though I've had a couple of heavier spells when I've had to go up a shirt size.

I've been able to wear the same kilts all that time, by adjusting the buckles every now and then. But at my slimmest periods there's quite a bit of fabric going across underneath! For some reason my latest two kilts have been made a couple inches larger than I specified, and neither has ever been worn at the original buckle positions. In other words, when the kilts came I had to move the buckles a couple inches tighter. (Dangerous, because I have plenty of "expansion" room!)