https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 19 Apr 2026 22:05:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone/page/2#post-2156211 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:29:26 +0000 Elle 2156211@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such an interesting thread.&nbsp; I've held onto my wedding dress - a tea length lace flapper style that I thought I'd wear again but never have. I also have my grandmother's wedding dress (white but not a traditional style) which, when I used to fit into it, I wore to fancy parties. Nothing else...sigh.&nbsp; I wish I had a reminder of my mom but she was the opposite of a hoarder. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone/page/2#post-2156170 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:00:23 +0000 Anonymous 2156170@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My wedding dress- which I could wear for any formal occasion if needed. </p> <p>Also- guess I don't have pics in here yet, a skirt I sewed myself and a silver and opal bracelet I bought for my 40th. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone/page/2#post-2156127 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 04:27:58 +0000 Sal 2156127@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Congratulations to your daughter.....&nbsp; exciting!</p> <p>The last paragraph made me laugh a little.&nbsp; And it sounds like if you had to choose the husband was a better one to keep than the dress!!</p> <p> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone/page/2#post-2156107 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 03:21:02 +0000 shiny 2156107@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I do not feel sentimental at all about my first wedding to my first husband that ended poorly. My mom feels sentimental about it because she bought me the dress, then had it put in a huge archival box. It's been ...um.. 30 years now and I've been remarried for 15 and she STILL has that giant archival box because "maybe it'll mean something to your kids."</p> <p>Maybe it will, my first got engaged tonight. But I don't think she will fit in it, neither will my second, they are both 4 inches taller than me. Am I glad my mom had the space to store my dress until now? Yes! I didn't.&nbsp;</p> <p>I do not have the dress I got married in the second time. I decluttered it awhile ago. I guess I am not sentimental. I still have the second husband, and that's all that matters to me! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone/page/2#post-2156099 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 02:45:59 +0000 Sal 2156099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh that is an interesting one Brooklyn.</p> <p>You could do a Trinny and try it backwards?&nbsp; And make it a top.</p> <p>I think the gold one will get another wear because it is timeless.&nbsp; I need a garden party or wedding to go too (I have nothing like that on the horizon).&nbsp; The blue one feels a bit dated as it is sort of a bandage dress style.&nbsp; Maybe I should try it with different shoes (I always used to wear with heels) and see if I can feel a bit more modern in it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156092 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 01:22:59 +0000 Brooklyn 2156092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love the blue dress and the gold dress on you Sally. I hope you get to wear them again.</p> <p>I have my wedding dress and a few other inherited items. Some knitwear my mum made me that I don’t like (sssh!) Plus a few holiday purchases.</p> <p>I also have a Missoni dress that I purchased when I got my first big promotion at work. It’s too short for me, and a deep v neck, so I don’t wear it. This post has started me thinking about adapting it. Maybe into a skirt. It’s beautiful and I don’t want to part with it. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156084 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:02:55 +0000 Sal 2156084@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love all the different views here. It is what makes things fun. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156077 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:33:23 +0000 Anonymous 2156077@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ha! I’m so unsentimental ( protective and preemptive strikes against being hurt and disappointed ) that the only things I have kept are the special baby things I either made or bought for my daughter . My favourite is a Sherpa fleece little bunting bag I designed and made with embroidered winter themed stars and snowflakes etc . I was so proud of the work I put into that thing ! I held onto my wedding dress ( also something I designed , sewed and beaded myself ) until our move 2 years ago . I don’t miss it -and why hang on to it ? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156071 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:15:37 +0000 Sal 2156071@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That sounds like a fun but not simple project Minaminu.&nbsp; But a great one. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156061 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 22:11:40 +0000 Minaminu 2156061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sal, I had a preloved midi dress in cream and blush. I have to take it in and was thinking of altering the circle skirt into a simple a-line and use the material for short sleeves. One day! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156053 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 21:21:23 +0000 Sal 2156053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fashintern - Yes - I think sentimental pieces can have very mixed emotions.&nbsp; I do have one or two pieces that I used to love that no longer for various reasons.&nbsp; And wedding dresses after a divorce are really complex.</p> <p>Cardiff Girl - I know exactly what you mean re tall children!!&nbsp; Fur is not common here - partly because it is not cold enough - but it was popular for evening wear from the 40s-80s.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Lyn - I think I was misleading re the wedding dresses!&nbsp; I have four dresses - all different.&nbsp; My Great Grandmother (1910s) , my Grandmother (1930s), My Mothers (1969) and my own (1998).&nbsp; The first two are very very delicate and unwearable.&nbsp; My Mums is definitely wearable by someone petite.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Lynne - quilting sentimental pieces is such a good idea.&nbsp; Practical and sentimental!!</p> <p>Minaminu - that would be a fun project.&nbsp; Is it white or off white, or coloured?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Jenni - the baby things are so special aren't they.&nbsp; And yes keep them if you can.&nbsp;</p> <p>Jane - oh yes, the bags are wonderful.&nbsp; I have a couple too!!&nbsp; Such a lovely memento and easy to store.&nbsp; The gold dress is a favourite of mine.&nbsp; It was fun to wear as a wedding guest after wearing as a bridesmaid.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Joy - I can understand that too.&nbsp; My family has a mix of people who don't like to hoard older pieces and those that do.&nbsp; I am somewhere in the middle!!</p> <p>Cat2 - the kimono sounds gorgeous.&nbsp; And photos are easier to store than clothes!</p> <p>Bijou - how cute!!&nbsp; I have a Harrods apron given as a gift - I think a popular thing for people to bring back from the UK was a Harrods souvenir.</p> <p>Deborah - how nice to see you!!&nbsp; The photo is my Mum actually (1969) and I realise my writing was a bit misleading.&nbsp; It is a stunning dress (but has been too small for me since I was 13!)&nbsp; I am four - five inches taller than my Mum and have my Dad's broader shoulders and frame.</p> <p>NemosMom - you were a ballerina!!&nbsp; How wonderful to have these mementos.&nbsp; The blue dress was worn for my 40th, two other weddings, and at least one other 40th.&nbsp; It still fits but feels a bit dated.&nbsp; But I could and might wear it again for the right occasion or even the wrong occasion!!</p> <p>Unfrumped - scarves and bags and jewelry are great for the fit issue.&nbsp; Lovely to have.&nbsp; And I don't think there is one way to treasure memories either.</p> <p>Shevia - a rented wedding dress is a smart idea.&nbsp; The other good one is selling them immediately and getting good money for them.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156047 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 20:20:58 +0000 Stagiaire Fash 2156047@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>For years I kept the matching Ghanaian outfits my son’s uncle sent for his first birthday. He wore his; I did not wear mine. I was actually glad when a friend who has become quite serious about drumming set up a workshop with many percussion instruments, and decorated by hanging West African outfits similar to ours in the rafters. I popped ours in the mail and believe they spark joy where they are. </p> <p>I brought two sentimental pieces with me on the move—a shirt from a dance costume my son wore when he was about 8 and a faux leather jacket with shearling fleece trim his aunt sent him from Italy when he was 1. We recently realized we somehow also have his dance tights from that costume. They barely fit around his arms now! </p> <p>My own most sentimental pieces would be what I wore on my wedding day and for the reception a few months later. I’m honestly not sure what happened to them—always so awkward to encounter after the divorce, because they represented a happier time, but it was clearly over. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2156032 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 19:33:46 +0000 Cardiff girl 2156032@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>You look lovely in all your finery.l agree with your decision about the fur.<br />l have my wedding dress and some of my daughters baby clothes mainly to remind me how small she used to be which is ever so easy to forget now she is towering over me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155947 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:33:49 +0000 lyn67 2155947@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow I can 100% relate keeping! How gorgeous you look in bright red, cobalt and white! And you are a grecian godess! I knew about you FIL's shirt he wore to the Olympics, but tWOW for the 3 generation wedding dress, the Mom's fur coat and that&nbsp; family fur cape from the 1940's??? These are really really&nbsp; stunning!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155886 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:29:57 +0000 Lynne 2155886@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Beautiful, Sal, I can totally see why you treasure these! </p> <p>Angie, I can't believe that happened to your wedding dress! How awful!</p> <p>My friend had quilts made with her daughters cotton sundresses, they a beautiful collection of colours and prints. </p> <p>I've kept dome things, and I occasionally wash or dry clean them in the hope that they'll survive without developing storage stains. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155884 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 11:13:57 +0000 Minaminu 2155884@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The only thing that is on my holding zone and has a sentimental value is my wedding dress. I was planning to alter it and use it as a cocktail dress, but that's a project that I might do once the ups and downs of 2020 have gone... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155867 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 08:05:16 +0000 Jenni NZ 2155867@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a heap of stuff. Baby and children’s clothes is several bags full, including several tiny dresses that I wore as a baby or toddler and then my girls wore 30 years later. I am not yet a grandmother but surely with one daughter married and the other in a serious relationship I may as well keep them for now. It must be closer than it has ever been since I have had my own children!<br /> I also have a small number of my mother’s clothes and soft sleeveless knitted vests of Dad’s. And my own wedding dress plus several other things.<br /> This is all after major purging 2 years ago! I used to have more. I suppose I must cling onto good memories. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155859 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 06:57:43 +0000 Jane 2155859@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gorgeous photos Sal. They make me smile just looking at them. The beach photo exudes love! </p> <p>I have very limited items - my Karen Millen wedding suit, and various small evening bags from my aunt when she used to cruise around the world in the ‘20s. Nice to have and I do use them for evening dinners. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155852 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:36:12 +0000 Anonymous 2155852@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I con’t have a sentimental holding zone. Moving I was even motivated to get rid of my wedding dress. Before that I got rid of bridesmaid dresses. Grandmothers dresses were used by first cousins. Maybe they will be used again by their daughters or nieces. I have very little room for holding anything that is not currently being worn. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155849 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:12:41 +0000 cat2 2155849@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t have anything like this other than an antique kimono and a silk shawl from the Gold Rush era. The pictures from events mean much more to me than the garments. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155841 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 04:25:13 +0000 Bijou 2155841@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My favourite sentimental keep is my sons first big boy shoes worn when he was 1 years old. My stash of baby stuff is kept in this Harrods bag bought for me by my Mum, so also a precious keepsake. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155840 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 04:24:34 +0000 Deborah 2155840@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don’t really have a sentimental holding zone but I do have my wedding dress :). Your grandmother’s wedding dress is just beautiful. &nbsp;The detail and design is quite special x </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155829 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 03:55:46 +0000 nemosmom 2155829@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Such lovely pieces, Sal! That blue dress is absolutely stunning!!</p> <p>My sentimental holding zone has a couple of my boys’ baby outfits and their first pair of shoes. I also have two pairs of pointe shoes from my ballet days - one from my first solo and one from my final performance before “retiring” at age 21. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155815 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 03:09:26 +0000 unfrumped 2155815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have few sentimental items.<br /> A type of shawl or wrap my mother made for me in HS from a silky polyester fabric to go with a fab jumpsuit she also sewed for me- jumpsuit is long gone but I keep the wrap. Some handbags also that were hers.<br /> I have my MOB dress from 7 years ago that no longer fits. Interestingly I am not that committed to keeping it — it has great memories, was the nicest dress I’d ever bought, a lucky find for the occasion- DH drove us to a city a few hours away to shop for it- but I’m ok that that was then, but I feel some kind of guilt about giving it away. Like I’m not sentimental enough! When actually it bothers me more to have something that no longer fits. ( scarves and handbags don’t have that problem!) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155814 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 03:08:10 +0000 Jaime 2155814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Love the pictures - you look grand in all of them! I have very few sentimental clothing items - wedding dress was rented for example. I did not keep old band tees, mostly Grateful Dead anyway, which is a shame . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155804 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 02:46:05 +0000 Sal 2155804@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Interesting cjh that your sentimental items are all hand made - I wonder if that is why?</p> <p>La Pedestrienne - I had a project pile but I don't any longer - that does not suit my personality!!&nbsp; My friend dressed her child in clothes from her childhood (1970s).&nbsp; It was fun!!&nbsp; I don't have much from my childhood as I had two younger sisters that got my handmedowns.....&nbsp; I hope the graphic tees get to be reworn by your son.</p> <p>The gold dress has had a few wears - first to the wedding where I was a bridesmaid, to two 40ths, to another wedding (this one pictured - which was on the beach hence the photo), to an art gallery launch (I was overdressed), to a 50th tea party, and to a party to watch Harry and Meghan get married...So at least seven wears.&nbsp; To me it suits outdoor occasions more than evening occasions. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155791 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:06:05 +0000 LaPed 2155791@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>That gold dress, especially against the beachy backdrop, is sublime. :)&nbsp;</p> <p>I have a handful of DS's baby clothes I've kept -- mostly handknits from my mom. And I also have some old stuff from my own childhood and teen years that DS may be interested in some day. I was a jeans-and-tees tomboy, so if the graphics on the tees appeal to him, or if the cut of jackets/pants cycles back around to the 90s/00s by the time he's the right size for them, it might be fun for him to go through the box. I remember my cousins having really some really cool 1970s punk tees that they'd scrounged from the back of my aunt's closet. I was pretty jealous. :D&nbsp;</p> <p>Besides that, I have a couple "project" pieces that I keep saying I'll repair but haven't gotten around to, and a bunch of nostalgic fabric scraps that could eventually get turned into patches or a quilt, but for now they're just sitting gathering dust... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155790 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 01:04:04 +0000 cjh 2155790@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Like Carla, my sentimental items are from my daughters’ childhood years. A couple of newborn outfits made by me,&nbsp;with crocheted blankets by grandmas, a sweet blue and white striped sailor-collar dress I made for first daughter’s Easter at age 2, and several garments made by the girls for 4-H projects. I have kept no sentimental clothing of my own.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155789 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:45:34 +0000 Sal 2155789@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha Carla!!&nbsp; I do have a small amount of baby clothes too (I think 4 pieces in total).&nbsp; And this dress still fits nicely but I don't have many occasions to wear it.&nbsp; It was a bridesmaid dress for my sister's wedding (my other sister wore the same dress in silver).</p> <p>Irina - having a small number make them more special.</p> <p>MollyMac - yes exactly!!&nbsp; I do have a few baby things too which I didn't list.</p> <p>Thanks Angie - it is fun to look at them.&nbsp; The 1969 wedding dress is gorgeous but my Mum was 4 inches shorter than me and a smaller frame.&nbsp; The grecian dress fits well still, the red one has some small marks and it is snug around the waist....</p> <p>Nuancedream - I have friends like that too.&nbsp; No need to keep things when you have memories and photos. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/the-sentimental-holding-zone#post-2155783 Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:14:35 +0000 Carla 2155783@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Haha! 3 items in my sentimental holding zone are onesies! &nbsp;The outfits my babies wore when I brought them home from the hospital, and the competition suit I wore when I participated in my last triathlon. &nbsp;</p> <div><br /></div><div>My black ball skirt lives in the back of my closet, and a very worn neoprene suit for open water swimming has pride of place in seasonal storage.</p> <p>@Sal - that pale gold Grecian style dress is gorgeous! &nbsp;I hope you get to wear it again.</div></p>