Here’ s a list of things I learned from time spent searching through my grandmother’ s closet:
1. Never ever get rid of your clothes, if you have space to keep them. If you have limited space definitely keep the highest quality items even if it’ s just a few that you will keep forever. Everything ends up coming back in style at some point, and everyone loves a good vintage piece.
2. When shopping on a budget, start by looking where you may find clothes for free. Along with clothes being passed down from my grandmother, my stepdad’ s sister, Karel let me have some of her old clothes, and different members of my family have jewelry from my mamaw( my dad’ s mom).
3. I learned so much about my grandmother’ s story. From stories about shopping over seas to tales of time spent in bomb shelters during World War II. Using the starting point of her clothes, I found myself learning life lessons and about what it was like to grow up several decades ago.
Thank you, Grandma, for giving me tons of your old clothes! I wear them all the time and they have added character and quantity to my wardrobe that I otherwise couldn’ t afford to have.
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