Vintage Items Designers Say You Should Get Rid Of

 

When it comes to trends, I don't pay attention since I am old fashioned.  I love everything vintage since I consider them treasured gifts from the past.  Maybe I was different as a very young becoming adult who had to have all the latest fashion trends.

Although I'm not trendy, I still subscribe to publications that cater to trends.  I do have an open mind to new things.  Having said that, Southern Living is one of those publications and I actually love it.  But that does not mean I agree with everything they write about.

This article is the one I am referring to when it comes to quoted statements.

"They're all for getting rid of anything overly shabby chic. While they had their moment, they can date a space quickly and often clash with today’s cleaner, more streamlined take on vintage."

Shabby chic and everything they are referring to is a part of me and my generation.  While I understand what they are saying, the statement "they had their moment and date a place quickly" disturbs me for some reason.  "A streamlined take on vintage?" 

I have no problem with growing old, but I love the time I grew up and lived in and all the stuff that goes with it.  Maybe that is why I now have a problem with stuff stacked up in boxes all over my house and it is a disorganized mess.  Because I can't get rid of it.  But that is another story.

My interpretation is that they do not like the fact that we don't get rid of our old stuff and influence those younger than us.  They were also raised with us and the designers want to change our vintage influence on them.  Because these designers have new ideas and stuff to sell they hope will become a "trend?"

Anyway, that article bothered me a bit and I just needed to vent.  Maybe I am being overly sensitive.  How are you feeling about this?

Nostalgic items . . . do you collect them?

Do you collect nostalgic items
 from your childhood?

I remember the day my husband proudly announced that he had thrown away all those boxes of junk magazines and "all those 8 tracks that we don't listen to anymore" that were cluttering up the storage shed.

Thank God my 45's and my mom and nana's 78's
 were safe and secure in the house!  I still have them.

I still have my quadrophonic stereo system!
  Music and anything related to music is special to me.

The "junk magazines" were from way back in the day of the British invasion . . . those teen magazines and "special edition magazines" that featured The Beatles, Herman's Hermits all the way through the breakup of The Beatles, tons of those special magazines of The Monkees . . . and on and on and on.  

Then there were the fashion magazines that were the beginning of the supermodels featuring Twiggy . . . OMG . . . you can imagine my horror.  I even had all the magazines that featured Ali McGraw, who started her career as a model . . . she was one of my favorite role models.  I'm a big time pack rat and so nostalgic for things from my past that I loved.

I even saved some of my favorite outfits from way back . . . every once in a while I like to look at them . . . at least the ones that made it through "the cut" . . .

One of the things I love to do is go to antique shops that have the old kitchenware my nana used in our kitchen as I learned to cook by her side.  I have a lot of that stuff and guard them like the treasures they are, but I use them everyday.  In particular, I love those old clay bread bowls.  

Red enamelware is my favorite!

Although practical kitchen stuff is what I love to pick up at flea markets and antique stores, I also collect Disney stuff.  There is something about Tinkerbell that takes me back to my childhood!  I love my collection of Tinkerbell figurines . . . and the Christmas ornaments.

I still have my first dolly . . . and many of the stuffed animals from my childhood.  Yes . . . I am a terrible pack rat!

I can guess that many of you guys still have the comic books from your childhood . . . many of you ladies still have your first Barbie.  If you didn't save them from your childhood and then ended up in the trash like much of my stuff,  have you tried to replace them?

What are some of the
 nostalgic items you still have?

Or wish you still did?