Distressed jeans with frayed hems - for a 5 year old - chavvy or no ?

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I have never bought ds any jeans with already fraying hems as I can't see the point, they'll just deteriorate pretty quickly to looking really scruffy won't they ?

Surely he can do casual without resorting to this.

He has just received some of these distressed look jeans as a birthday present from my close friend who dresses her twin daughters very nicely (no distressed look clothes or frayed hems on jeans for them). I always buy them pretty stuff of fairly good quality and would be worried about buying anything remotely chavvy.

I think I'm being a bit precious but they've even got a deliberate rip in them already and I can just see the grandparents faces if he wears them when they are around.

Am I missing something here, I thought distressed look denim was rather passe (can't do accents) ?

Your opinions welcome.......

Ah sling them on him. He's a little boy, he won't care. You're right, my DS's do distressed to non distressed jeans very well on their own!!

Yuck, I dont like ripped/distressed clothes on kids, too much of an attempt at fashion statement.

Don't get me wrong I'm not too precious about what he wears, we buy used stuff from ebay sometimes but I always ask if the hems are frayed and don't bid if they are.

It just seems mad because boys his age are quite hard on their clothes without starting with rips and fraying hems.

Maybe my friend doesn't realise as she only has twin girls.

I think I'll try and ebay them on.

I've just noticed that the jumper she gave him with the jeans is 100% polyester too ! Grrrr, another thing I avoid, prefering natural fibres because of his delicate skin.

Define chavvy.

eeek ! you are coming across as really precious
and i do so hate the word chavvy.

my girl and my boy have been equally hard on their clothes. clothes that are deliberately distressed are not everyones cup of tea, but does not make it chavvy.

I don't think you're being chavvy.

You could ask her to either change them or ask for the receipt, saying they don't fit.

Or you could be honest & say you don't like them.

Well, by chavvy, for a girl, I would mean, for example backless tops (saw one in Next when shopping there recently, gorgeous fairy print t shirt type thing but designed to be "open air" at the back). Playboy logo stuff and anything with inappropriate slogans such as "so many boys - so little time" on t shirts for the pre-teens age group. Very high heeled shoes for young girls. Anything with streetwise slogans/logos for the pre-teens.

Chavvy for a boy........ You see there I'm a bit lost other than personally not liking army surplus lookalike stuff and "here comes trouble" type slogans. I personally don't like jeans that are sold already looking like a garage mechanic has been wiping his hands on them all day at work or those with rips and tears/ frayed hems. The jeans ds received as a present are an expensive designer brand and quite frankly I'd rather have received a pair of Asda George jeans with no fraying/rips/tears...... yes I've decided I'm borderline Victorian parent, antiquated and precious about tattified clothing.

I don't mind if clothing gets tatty through being worn and worn as a favourite item and relegated to outdoor play clothing but I'd never pay over the odds for distressed designer label clothes. I am a clothes snob and proud of it (and not a designer label snob iykwim).

Ive decided to ebay them with labels still on and put the proceeds in ds's bank account.

I may as well have an influence in how he dresses until he voices an opinion to the contrary. Just like I take advantage of kisses and cuddles whenever/wherever until he gets embarassed by that sort of attention from mum.