The heart of the issue is if wearing jeans is: against the submission to holy Mother Church regarding modesty.
Is wearing jeans considered immodest, for example when going to the neighborhood grocery store with your wife and more so does the Church teach this?
Does it mean you are not really a traditionalist if you choose to do so?
No, men wearing jeans is no sin against modesty.
You may wear your jeans to Mass if you work in them, or if that was all you owned.
The question of whether one is really a traditionalist if he chooses to wear jeans is sad. I am sorry that some bully is trying to dominate whatever group you are in. If this is tolerated by the rest of your group, I hope you will consider keeping an eye out lest it become yet another cult.
I heartily agree!
There is nothing wrong with regular or loose-fit jeans.
Jeans are a PRACTICAL fabric that last a long time, and allow a person to do lots of hard, dirty work. You know, the domain of men. Men need to be dressed and ready to work. Jean material is also rather thick and stiff, so the material does NOT respond well to every microscopic curve of one's anatomy.
Contrast jean material with, say, sweatpants. I won't go into graphic detail, but I think most of you know what I mean.
Let's just say if I was accidentally pushed into a young lady wearing a jean dress/skirt, there would be less "resulting temptations" than if she was wearing a cotton skirt. Know what I mean? Jean material almost qualifies as a heavy-duty tarp!
You often can't tell if certain square inches of volume are even "person" under there, or just air! They are very thick material, and certainly "conceal rather than reveal" in every way. As such, they are a very moral choice for clothing material.
Yes, you shouldn't wear them to *Sunday* Mass.
But anyone who has missed ONE daily Mass in their life because they couldn't "get cleaned up first" or "get changed and all that" is misguided, and I'm here to tell them. It is perfectly licit for workmen to appear at Mass in their work attire on weekdays.
It's only on Sunday you're supposed to wear your Sunday Best -- hey, maybe that's why it's called "Sunday best"?