[retrocothes]

On longer drives I’ve started having fun with what I wear, and lately I’ve been really into retro clothes instead of just the usual hoodie and joggers. Through a small project connected to The Vintage Arena, I’ve been exploring how classic jackets, retro tees, and old‑school denim can make road trips feel a bit more personal and nostalgic. It’s also a more sustainable way to dress, because reusing quality pieces means buying less fast fashion over time.


I’m curious if anyone here has a “go‑to” road trip style, or favourite retro clothes they like to wear on the road, whether it’s old band shirts, vintage racing jackets, or anything else with a bit of history behind it.

[Rolebama]

I usually wear whatever the weather dictates. Reading this thread though did make me realize that my preferred winter jacket is 40+yrs old now. Does that count? Some of my T-shirts are as old, if not older, which I wear sometimes in the summer.

[NMNeil]

Define retro to a 72 year old 😁

[Lily]

I'd like to get a vintage leather weekender for my short trips. They last forever.
@NMNeil what can I say? Kids these days are calling early 2000s clothes vintage. 😩

[olduser]

The Jacket to my work 'uniform' lasted my working life, of course I didn't work in it!

There was a trailer to an upcoming program about clothes in landfill and the amount that gets thrown away is serious.

My son used to work in the landfill industry and each year at the major cloths seasons change, they would open up a new section of the tip just for out of fashion cloths, straight from the major retailers - selling them off cheap apparently was bad for the image, and bad for next seasons sales.
He said, they don't rot down so there would be cells in the finished tip that will be there for many many generations.
He also commented, the proportion of clothes in domestic waste has increased alarmingly over the last few years making it unlikely any recent tips will ever rot down and become usable land.

Hence the push for incineration but that is only ever clean under very limited conditions so they end up emitting very dangerous gases and dust, the official view appears to be the gases and dust may kill you but don't worry you can't see it!
The resultant birth defects will be a little more difficult!

This would be about 10+ years ago before he left the industry.