bijouxbroussard · F
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
hunkalove · 70-79, M
Nope. I became homeless in 2008. All my clothes came from thrift stores after that.
4meAndyou · F
Nope. I purged my closet pretty well. I used to have my old wedding dress...but I wore it for Halloween one year and dressed up as the bride of Frankenstein, and ripped all the lace around the hem...so...out it went!
cherokeepatti · 70-79, F
Teslin · M
Probably something sentimental.
anythingoes477 · M
Jayciedubb · 56-60, M
It's funny you ask. I was just telling him how I've got socks order than him, and I'm looking at them now. I got them at a ski sale in Colorado in, like, 1988? ..'87?
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swirlie · 31-35, F
@Heartlander
Hope chests originally started over 3,700 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia where early versions of the storage trunks were used to hold dower and dowry property. Mesopotamia was a country located north-east of Egypt.
The earliest recorded mentions of storage chests dates back nearly 4,000 years in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, with marriage contracts from Egypt noting dower chests in the fine print!
Wealthy families in Renaissance Italy displayed ornate marriage chests known as 'cassones' during the 15th and 16th centuries to symbolize status and wealth.
German, Italian and Scandinavian cultures of Northern Europe developed the tradition of young women filling "bride chests" or "dowry chests" with handmade linen and embroidery.
My cultural background is Scandinavian and every woman I know in Sweden and Norway has a cedar hope chest locked in their bedrooms, but I never went along with that tradition, but instead use a bank-owned safe deposit box!
Cedar wood was used because cedar naturally produces oils that repel moths, silver fish and other fabric-destroying insects.
The cedar wood kept textiles, blankets and wedding dresses fresh and safe from moisture over many years to follow.
European settlers brought the hope chest tradition TO North America with them in the 18th century, which means the concept didn't originate here.
German immigrants and Amish communities helped establish the woodworking tradition in the United States because none technically existed prior to them immigrating to the USA from Europe.
Companies like the Caswell-Runyan Company in Indiana and later, the Lane Furniture Company of Virginia, mass-produced cedar chests after the skill was brought to the USA from Northern Europe where assembly lines were used, turning cedar chests into popular graduation and engagement gifts in the 20th century.
Hope chests originally started over 3,700 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia where early versions of the storage trunks were used to hold dower and dowry property. Mesopotamia was a country located north-east of Egypt.
The earliest recorded mentions of storage chests dates back nearly 4,000 years in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, with marriage contracts from Egypt noting dower chests in the fine print!
Wealthy families in Renaissance Italy displayed ornate marriage chests known as 'cassones' during the 15th and 16th centuries to symbolize status and wealth.
German, Italian and Scandinavian cultures of Northern Europe developed the tradition of young women filling "bride chests" or "dowry chests" with handmade linen and embroidery.
My cultural background is Scandinavian and every woman I know in Sweden and Norway has a cedar hope chest locked in their bedrooms, but I never went along with that tradition, but instead use a bank-owned safe deposit box!
Cedar wood was used because cedar naturally produces oils that repel moths, silver fish and other fabric-destroying insects.
The cedar wood kept textiles, blankets and wedding dresses fresh and safe from moisture over many years to follow.
European settlers brought the hope chest tradition TO North America with them in the 18th century, which means the concept didn't originate here.
German immigrants and Amish communities helped establish the woodworking tradition in the United States because none technically existed prior to them immigrating to the USA from Europe.
Companies like the Caswell-Runyan Company in Indiana and later, the Lane Furniture Company of Virginia, mass-produced cedar chests after the skill was brought to the USA from Northern Europe where assembly lines were used, turning cedar chests into popular graduation and engagement gifts in the 20th century.
@swirlie
Thanks ...
My mom's wedding dress is still in the Cedar/Hope chest I inherited from her.
Also, growing up, half of our closets were cedar closets. My parents and grandma's closets. For us kids, not so. Kids' clothes were grown out of in a few months or a few years at most, so no need to think of them as investments, not like adult clothes that lasted for a lifetime and had to be cared for.
Thanks ...
My mom's wedding dress is still in the Cedar/Hope chest I inherited from her.
Also, growing up, half of our closets were cedar closets. My parents and grandma's closets. For us kids, not so. Kids' clothes were grown out of in a few months or a few years at most, so no need to think of them as investments, not like adult clothes that lasted for a lifetime and had to be cared for.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@Heartlander
Very interesting story!
If your mom only knew on the day of her wedding that the dress she was wearing would find itself into a cedar chest and remain in the home of her son's, well into his senior years!
She would be so proud of you for taking care of her wedding dress! 🥰
Very interesting story!
If your mom only knew on the day of her wedding that the dress she was wearing would find itself into a cedar chest and remain in the home of her son's, well into his senior years!
She would be so proud of you for taking care of her wedding dress! 🥰
ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M
Probably some socks and a couple of nightshirts.
GoFish ·
idk i was 16 then so probably not
