Memories
Why do we keep the first clothes?
There are questions that only arise
after you become a parent.
They're not in the books on motherhood. Nor in the layette lists. One day we look at a piece of clothing that's too small. And we realize we're not ready to let it go yet.
There are memories that still fit
inside a small drawer.
One of them is this:
Why are there such small pieces
that we always end up keeping?
A onesie. A knitted cardigan. Some booties that seem to be outgrown in an instant.
We know they no longer fit them. We know they've grown. Even so, there are items we can't bring ourselves to donate, put away for good, or let go of. Since becoming a mother, I find myself thinking a lot about time. Before, I measured it in days, weeks, or months. Now I recognize it differently: in a first smile, a walk, a piece of clothing that still fit last week and is now too small. Childhood passes quickly, but it leaves us with very concrete memories. Sometimes, all it takes is opening a drawer and finding one of those first outfits to return, for an instant, to the beginning of everything. We remember the first day at home. The first embrace. The baby's scent. That feeling of everything being new and so fragile. The clothes no longer fit, but the moment is still there. Perhaps that's why we keep some items. Not for their material value, but for what they have come to represent. A brief phase of our lives. A time of discoveries, long nights, and a love we didn't even know could exist.
What remains when childhood passes?
We keep the memories we made. The love we shared. And sometimes, we also keep the small pieces we chose to hold onto. It was with this in mind that the desire to create pieces that could last beyond the time they are worn was born. Because sometimes, an outfit is more than just an outfit. It becomes part of a family's history. And some memories can truly be folded, stored, and rediscovered many years later.