When do you stop dressing your boys in jeans?

Gold Member Joined: Jun 20 2004 Posts: 1264

3 or 4. Only put my 4 year old in jeans when he has no clothing left.

my oldest wears jeans every day he will be nineteen in Novemeber G-d willing...
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Um, but he dresses himself.

Platinum Member Joined: Feb 20 2009 Posts: 7672

MommyZ, I've also noticed that the more MO crowd (or whatever they're called in France) can show up in shul on Shabbos in jeans and sneakers, no different from the rest of the week. It's definitely a cultural thing and is quite accepted among certain circles there. I would say, though, that most who come from stronger backgrounds do make a point of dressing up for Shabbos.

I was recently talking to a French guy (who wears jeans btw) who mentioned that it always bothered him as a kid when he saw some of his friends wearing the same shoes on Shabbos as during the week. It was not a money issue, simply lack of understanding what Shabbos is all about.

Platinum Member Joined: May 13 2007 Posts: 8153

I never do (for boys or girls). I figure why should I start it if I won't let later?

You can find women in denim and sneakers in the frummest circles in much of Europe including France. Black jeans and black sneakers on men are accepted also in many charedi circles if they "don't look like" jeans and sneakers... the kollel rue Pav�e tolerates that, for example.

I do see modern charedi men in blue jeans.
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As I am shopping for pants for my almost three year old son I mentioned to my learning husband that Im not getting my son jeans any more. My husband looked at me like I'm crazy and can not understand why... but either way I'm not getting my son denim pants and he is almost three.

Gold Member Joined: Jul 09 2006 Posts: 1940

Nah no way, things aren't so simple in life.

19 years ago no other baby in Israel I saw had name brand jeans that somehow looked exactly like those for a man. I can't begin to describe how cute they were. Maybe I can find an old photo to scan and upload.

And no one I knew here was spending $20 on pants for an infant.
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estibesty, there used to be Israeli factories that produced for gap, and when the merchandise was defective or surplus or whatever, it would end up in flea market type places with a bit of ink "covering" the tag. (I still have a ton of such t-shirts and the ink washed off years ago.) That could explain why in those days Israelis might have had a distinction between "Gap" and "authentic Gap"
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