Nothing feels better than your favorite old tee. No arguments there. But with all due respect to your glorious childhood, that holey mess (the tee, not your past) should have been retired before the turn of the century.

No need to toss the loving mementos of Al’s Pizza JV Hockey/Camp Wikiwini counselor-in-training/your own bad judgment. Repurposing them may be the ultimate act of love.

Designer Scott Cronick will turn a beloved T-shirt into a pillow, a tote, an iPod case, a wristband, or a chic little clutch. Using heat-setting technology, Cronick fuses the original fabric with a durable material that makes them appropriate for life outside the gym or bedroom.

His recently opened East Village shop, Cronick Valentine (cute name!), is a fashion closet of adaptive reuse. If you don’t want to recycle your own history (tenth grade was bad enough the first time around), you can buy premade wares crafted from an assortment of random tops. (“I Committed Seven Sins at Holiday Inn,” anyone?)

No need to wear your heart on your sleeve anymore.

It looks much better on your bag.

Cronick Valentine, 324 9th Street, between First and Second Avenues (212-228-7767 or cronickvalentine.com).