• Da Oeuf@slrpnk.net
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    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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    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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      I vaguely remember reading about a 501 collectors market and how vintage Levis went for a pretty penny. Im guessing it wasn’t 1995 vintage, though.
      Looks longingly into closet

  • weird shapes

    There’s a particular style of pants I’ve seen in more recent years that always gives the impression that the person wearing them has a loaded diaper underneath due to how the crotch seam hangs way below the actual crotch.

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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.