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In article , Robyn Kozierok says...
In article , Banty wrote: What Land's End offers are pants which are double-kneed as well as being made of tough fabric. We like the 'cargo climbers', which have the double-knee incorporated with the whole style pretty well. I guess the question is whether or not the fabric is really any tougher than other jeans, because the double-knees don't really gain me much. They boys don't care if their jeans have holes in them; *I* care about them going to school in holey jeans, and it seems that the pants would look just as unpresentable if they had double knees so the holes were "only" on the outer layer. You can carefully rip out the top layer. The main problem is that the second-layer fabric looks too new against the surrounding. But my boy dind't care. And of course, with no sales on, they cost more than twice what Wranglers cost at KMart, so they'd have to last more than twice as long for me to feel the money was well-spent. Sure there are sales - watch for the overstocks sales. How adjustable is the waist with the built-in belt? Very few styles come in slim, which is the best fit for all my boys. They have completely adjustable elastic waists with an adjustable belt. This is one reason why my son insists on them. Banty |
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Banty wrote: The boys don't care if their jeans have holes in them; *I* care about them going to school in holey jeans, and it seems that the pants would look just as unpresentable if they had double knees so the holes were "only" on the outer layer. You can carefully rip out the top layer. The main problem is that the second-layer fabric looks too new against the surrounding. But my boy dind't care. How adjustable is the waist with the built-in belt? Very few styles come in slim, which is the best fit for all my boys. They have completely adjustable elastic waists with an adjustable belt. This is one reason why my son insists on them. Ok, I'm convinced.... I just have to watch for them to go on sale. They do have some on sale now but not in sizes we can use (or nice colors, IMO). Thanks, --Robyn |
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Robyn Kozierok wrote:
In article , Banty wrote: What Land's End offers are pants which are double-kneed as well as being made of tough fabric. We like the 'cargo climbers', which have the double-knee incorporated with the whole style pretty well. I guess the question is whether or not the fabric is really any tougher than other jeans, because the double-knees don't really gain me much. They boys don't care if their jeans have holes in them; *I* care about them going to school in holey jeans, and it seems that the pants would look just as unpresentable if they had double knees so the holes were "only" on the outer layer. And of course, with no sales on, they cost more than twice what Wranglers cost at KMart, so they'd have to last more than twice as long for me to feel the money was well-spent. How adjustable is the waist with the built-in belt? Very few styles come in slim, which is the best fit for all my boys. DS is skinny and tall (tho not so skinny as his sister at the moment) and the adjustable waist thingy works pretty well for him. Of course, he's still in shorts, (Yes, I know it was raining and 50 this morning, but he thought shorts would be warm enough) so the only knees wearing out are his own Scott DD 10 and DS 7 |
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Karen G wrote in :
Are preschoolers intrinsically hard on pant's knees or is mine unique? 3 out of 7 days in the past week, my 4.5 year old has put holes in the knees of her pants. Now in the defense of the pants, most of them are two years old (this is the second year of her wearing these pants). I guess I need to figure out where to buy pants again. Karen G Some are, some aren't. Mine only seemed to go through the knees of hand-me-downs. The school uniform trousers I get over here all seem to come with patches, for mending holes in knees. I used to give them to a friend, because my son never went through the knees, whereas her son would go through them on a monthly basis. -- Penny Gaines |
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Karen G wrote: On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:42:10 EDT, (Robyn Kozierok) wrote: Ok, I'm convinced.... I just have to watch for them to go on sale. They do have some on sale now but not in sizes we can use (or nice colors, IMO). Check what the local Sears store has as well. They don't have all of the Lands End styles that are in the catalog, but I have found some great clearance items there. Sears carries Lands End? Or are you just saying they also have some good double-knee pants? In either case, we don't have one nearby (just a Sears Appliance store, but not a regular Sears). --Robyn |
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Robyn Kozierok wrote:
In article , Karen G wrote: On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 12:42:10 EDT, (Robyn Kozierok) wrote: Ok, I'm convinced.... I just have to watch for them to go on sale. They do have some on sale now but not in sizes we can use (or nice colors, IMO). Check what the local Sears store has as well. They don't have all of the Lands End styles that are in the catalog, but I have found some great clearance items there. Sears carries Lands End? Or are you just saying they also have some good double-knee pants? In either case, we don't have one nearby (just a Sears Appliance store, but not a regular Sears). Sears acquired Lands' End 2 years ago, that's why Sears now carries some LE stuff. Scott |
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"H Schinske" wrote in message ... wrote: I also sometimes patched them, but I don't think that's popular anymore. I do it anyway. Or let them go to school with little holes. Considering the weird outfits some kids like to wear (many little girls, for instance, like to wear crazy dress-up dresses to preschool), jeans with holes in the knees didn't seem like a problem to me. But then I get secondhand clothes anyway. The iron-on patches don't work well in my experience. --Helen What about making your own ones, by cutting cute shapes out of fabric, then using the fusable web stuff on the back (and probably stiching around the edges). I've done appliques like this for children's costumes for programs pretty often. Maybe you could start a new fashion at preschool! |
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