• apftwb@lemmy.world
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    15 minutes ago

    Anyone got any recommendations for jeans with a button fly? (That isn’t the Levi 501 because it doesn’t fit me well)

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    When I was in 7th or 8th grade, I put a pair of Levi’s silver tab jeans in the shopping cart with my mom, didn’t know the price. Got up front to checkout and they were around $45. My eyes almost popped out of my head, I don’t remember spending that kind of money on clothes. Looked at my mom, she said to get them reluctantly. I felt so bad, I made those pants last for almost 10 years, all through highschool before they turned in my housework/car repair pants.

    You can still get decent levis for $50 or so, but quality has definitely gone down a bit.

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    Wrangler still makes cheap, basic jeans out of thicker denim.

    Anyone else think $50 is a lot for a pair of 501s?

    I have Levi’s that are about 25 years old that I still wear. (Of course, I went through a few years when I was too fat to wear them, so they just hung in the closet till I lost the weight. But, they are that old, and I do wear them now.)

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      Wrangler still makes cheap, basic jeans out of thicker denim

      Used to be decent, anyways. Now the price has more than doubled in the last year, and it broke after a couple months for me. I then ordered a second pair and the same thing happened. Maybe there’s a specific variant, or they sell different qualities to different markets?

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    6 hours ago

    True denim doesn’t stretch so tight was very uncomfortable. Fashion wanted tight jeans so they added spandex to the denim weave. Durability was sacrificed for butt-hugging.

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    5 hours ago

    When I was a teenager and used to listen to nu metal we used to be able to use my jeans as a sleeping bag - me in one leg and my girlfriend in the other leg.

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    Ugh, so hard to find a decent pair of boot cut jeans that aren’t as thin as high tech hiking pants and are comfortable.

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    6 hours ago

    I get my clothes from the thrift store. Sadly, even that’s getting more expensive. Used to be could get jeans for $5 and now it’s more like $20

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      7 hours ago

      Did they go up recently? I’ve been getting 501s for like $50 all my life, but haven’t had to buy any in like 10 years because they last forever.

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        7 hours ago

        Yes, everything has gotten more expensive over the last 10 years, in case you haven’t noticed.

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          7 hours ago

          Which lines are those? I’d be willing to drop some money if they were to last longer.

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            So I think you’re gonna want to go with Levi premium, this is only available online or in an actual Levi outlet stores.

            The numbers like 501, 511 or whatever never indicate quality and only indicate design specifications

            Levi Strauss is what you usually find in something like Walmart stores, and is partially polyester. Levi original is the next step and that’s at like Macy’s and other department stores. Levi’s shrink to fit is raw denim, but hard to find nowadays most likely at an Levi outlet as well. $50-$100

            Premium is right above the middleground, better quality denim and sewing work.

            Then there is Levi’a Made and Crafted / Levi Japan / Blue Tab(high quality denim and uses the originally indigo dye for the jeans) about $300+

            Lastly Vintage is recreated versions of their ancient jeans, similar in quality to Levi Japan.

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    I’m not saying to do the thing where you only put them in the freezer like a lunatic, but washing them much and wrong doesn’t help.