Thursday, July 11, 2013

LET'S LOVE LONG: ODE TO A DENIM JACKET




Don’t you love it when you find that you still own a jacket, pair of pants, or ____________ (fill in appropriate item of clothing) from over eight years ago, and it still fits?  Personally, this never happens with my pants because I always seem to gain enough extra flubber around my midsection to make said pants sit somewhere around my thighs.  On the torso end of the spectrum, however, I’ve had great luck in the form of an Old Navy denim jacket.  The purchase occurred in the in the fifth grade, making my jacket an 11 year old relic which I once wore with the purpose of hiding my mosquito bite breasts before wearing a bra became a necessity.

Moving onward.  How in the world does it still fit?  I’ve come up with two reasons:  1. The jacket is a testament to my old insistence of buying everything one size up in the fear that I would outgrown it the next season.  2. Such miracles should not be over-ridden with thought.

Your turn.  Any clothing from your past you want to share?

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