Recently, someone posted a thread about how the Millenials and younger are churning through their wardrobes thanks to the rise of Instagram and other social media outlets - because they are photographed in items and sharing those photos, they refresh more freequently.

I was thinking about this today as I read through some of the article archives, and thinking that the nature of sharing and social media means I tend to hold on to things more than I might have in the past.

As I pondered this, I realised that I have a different perspective. While, yes, I want to refresh more rapidly because things become dated so quickly, I also hold on to them, because the quick turn around also means they will come back into style more rapidly than they would've in the past.

I refresh seasonally, as many of us do, I suspect. But I'm acutely aware that just because one style may not be as "current" now, it's likely to circle back around, and probably sooner than later, really. So I hold on to things that I love, even when they're not as "fashionable." Some of it is because I found that it looked better on my body than a previous incarnation (lower rise jeans over long-waisted jeans, for example), sometimes it's merely because I prefered the style to what came later (chunky heels over stilettos). And sometimes, it's just because it's a brand or style that's always been around, but cycles in and out of fashion (Frye Campus boots, dirndl skirts, Doc Martens, classic Levis, biker jackets).

What did you let go of because you felt it looked dated, and later wished you'd held onto?