This is irrelavent to wearing someone elses clothes,no doubt the house I'm in has seen some deaths came and gone ie in a 100 years or more its bound to have had some deaths pass through its doors. ;-)
There is a load of Yves St Laurent for sale at the moment in the Paris Oxfam Shop.
Adam
Hardly ever ! Its not cost or time effective . In my experience the clothes will (should) be clean with no marks, stains, smells etc ( except possibly specialist high value outdoor clothing). Charity shops have moved upmarket especially in womens clothing , but there are probably more bargains in the mens clothing. Most will be steamed but only to remove creases . If you stick to "modern" styles and brands - you will reduce the risk of "dead mans clothing" !
Of course you will wash it yourself before wearing it!
Me too, not convinced by the super Marion bit though.
Buy some with knee pad pockets, they are just sooooo good.
Have a look in your local Army surplus. Look for trousers or overalls with "pockets" in the knees. You can insert sponges, leather, kevlar, steel plate as appropriate - make for comfortable and safe crawling! Not sure what the service designation is...
i rememeber reading somewhere that the air we brfeathe has a few molecules which have been breathed by julius caesar, if you're suprestitious about wearing clothes which may have been died in or living in old houses you'd better not breathe in any more...
Carhartt or Tough Duck for me. I havent found a tougher pair of trousers yet. They dont do skirts though :(
Oh, no - they will be bullet holes in those. Could be from dead people as well ...
But, hey - I'm not spooked. In the far past I've had things from the breakers yard (removed bits myself) for my car that had come of other cars that were the obvious scene of .... well ... er, no more .. ;-(
Well, if you're not up for a bit of blood or seared flesh, then DIY probably isn't for you.. the local library should have a copy of the Yellow pages ;-)
Bramble
Whoops. Another giveaway
It'll be in Lidl come the weekend
Well, for now I've got some Asda jeans - 3 quid ! For some reason, they do sizes 31" regular, 33" etc, instead of the usual 32" regular. Anyone guess why this would be ? I'm sure they wouldn't have a consistent supply of rejects to sell. Simon.
So wear overalls over them.
Owain
I'm not keen on clothes shopping so don't buy many, most of what I do buy is from charity shops.
I can't see the problem.
I also wear some clothes of my mothers which I took from her house when she died last year.
We were brought up during the war when money was tight and clothes were on coupons. My mother made a lot for us, often from 'cut down' clothes, others were hand-me-downs (i.e. outgrown from other children) and others from jumble sales. It made sense then and it still does.
Mary
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I know that a baby was still born in this room, it was my cousin's. Very sad at the time but it doesn't affct our lives.
Mary
It's true. They have contracts with dry cleaning companies who doe it either free or at very cheap rates, as their contribution to the charity.
I've never done that and some clothes are only dry-cleanable.
Mary
Well said.
And think of the water we drink ...
Mary
Indeed. Jumble sales on the other hand.... all the quoted problems and worse!
Haven't been to a jumble sale in decades, didn't know they were still going. I used to run them to raise funds for a children's holiday project we ran, it ws a poor area but we had some nice stuff and usually made £15 - 30 a time. In the early seventies that was worthwhile.
We were never given anything dirty or damaged but I did wash anything I bought.
Mary
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First find a "surplus" shop that's selling actual surplus, not just DPM fashion tat from China, same as the rest of the high street. I tend to mail-order much of my surplus these days (or pick it up in Worcester) because there are only a handful of "good" suppliers left and the local shops are too often either tat or the low-grade stuff with dead squaddies in.
As always, buy your surplus from a country with national service. There's a good turnover in year-old lightly-used stock that way.
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