What to do with your old "saxon" attire?

[James MacMillan]

Ok - After one has come over from the dark side, and you are wearing kilts, all the time..

What do you do with all your old "saxon" clothes

I have closets full of striped dress shirts, hawaiian shirts, striped golf shirts, jeans, (shudder) bermuda shorts (shudder), really loud ties, sport jackets, etc, etc, etc, -that I just don't wear anymore.

Now what?

Sure there is Good Will, the DAV, Salvation Army thrift shop, but my frugalness (cheapness!) won't let me go that route with everything. Oh I can donate some things, but..............

Some of the sport jackets can be converted to kilt jackets, the striped golf shirts can be used to wax the pick-em-up, but those lovely hawaiian prints?

[davedove]

but those lovely hawaiian prints?

Get yourself some solid color kilts so you can wear the patterned shirts again.

[Perldog007]

Navy Relief is a good place to donate, consignment stores can be a lower stress way to sell than the ol'e yard sale. I would see if there are any consignment stores near you. Don't know about that thar coast you live on. Back east they are near most population centers. Also have seen thrift stores that sell second hand items on consignment.

I am actually bifurcated right now. It keeps them guessing and it lets me get some more use out of clothes that are bound for the abyss.

[James MacMillan]

Get yourself some solid color kilts so you can wear the patterned shirts again.

Well of course! Some days, I just forget to engage the brain.......

[Shriner]

James,

Last year before, what the court calls "Dissolution of Marriage" started my weight was 330 Lbs. One year later I am down to 260 lbs. My 22 1/2" neck is down to 18 1/2", I went from XXXL and XXXXL to now L and XL. With that said I had alot of real expensive Suits and Dress Shirt, I just donate them to A men's charity to dress men for job interviews and new jobs. I wanted my good cloth to go to someone who wanted to better myself.

I am also still trying to loss more weight, that one of the reasons I has been buying kilt from Frugal Corner. If I do have another big weight loss, I won't have alot tied up in kilts that don't fit me. And if that happen I will still replace them with FC kilt because of the value and quality.

John

[Kid Cossack]

James,

Last year before, what the court calls "Dissolution of Marriage" started my weight was 330 Lbs. One year later I am down to 260 lbs. My 22 1/2" neck is down to 18 1/2", I went from XXXL and XXXXL to now L and XL. With that said I had alot of real expensive Suits and Dress Shirt, I just donate them to A men's charity to dress men for job interviews and new jobs. I wanted my good cloth to go to someone who wanted to better myself.

I am also still trying to loss more weight, that one of the reasons I has been buying kilt from Frugal Corner. If I do have another big weight loss, I won't have alot tied up in kilts that don't fit me. And if that happen I will still replace them with FC kilt because of the value and quality.

John

John:

That says a lot about you right there. You're a man, sir, a man.

[Hamish]

................................... but those lovely hawaiian prints?

Well James, in my book they would be the first to go. I would not care where they went, just as long as they did. On the other hand, I would not have harboured such things in my wardrobes in the first place, so the problem would never have arisen!

As for everything else, when I took to full-time kilt wearing 8½ years ago, the local charity shops had the benefit of everything that was in good or reasonable condition. The remainder went to the recycling depot. For a couple of years I hung on to my very best business suit - just in case something came up where I felt the kilt would be inappropriate, but it never did so the suit went the way of the rest!

[James MacMillan]

Well James, in my book they would be the first to go. I would not care where they went, just as long as they did. On the other hand, I would not have harboured such things in my wardrobes in the first place, so the problem would never have arisen!

As for everything else, when I took to full-time kilt wearing 8½ years ago, the local charity shops had the benefit of everything that was in good or reasonable condition. The remainder went to the recycling depot. For a couple of years I hung on to my very best business suit - just in case something came up where I felt the kilt would be inappropriate, but it never did so the suit went the way of the rest!

As to the hawaiian prints - remember Hamish - I'm an American

[Jock Scot]

Oh no!Not more of those wretched Hawaiian print things!The planet Mars is still too close for them to be dumped.

[James MacMillan]

James,

Last year before, what the court calls "Dissolution of Marriage" started my weight was 330 Lbs. One year later I am down to 260 lbs. My 22 1/2" neck is down to 18 1/2", I went from XXXL and XXXXL to now L and XL. With that said I had alot of real expensive Suits and Dress Shirt, I just donate them to A men's charity to dress men for job interviews and new jobs. I wanted my good cloth to go to someone who wanted to better myself.

I am also still trying to loss more weight, that one of the reasons I has been buying kilt from Frugal Corner. If I do have another big weight loss, I won't have alot tied up in kilts that don't fit me. And if that happen I will still replace them with FC kilt because of the value and quality.

John

I have never heard of a similar organization out my way. Sounds good, I'll look into it.
Although, to some, wearing a hawaiian print would not better oneself!