I miss Levis

When I was younger if you had holes in your jeans you weren’t cool, you were poor.

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.

I would sacrifice anything for some butt-hugging. 😭
- Does that mean you'll go to the gym; stop eating so much junk food; take showers every day; keep your abode clean; go out of the house and talk to people in real life?
  [jk]

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.

Tractor supply has some of the best rated durable jeans, and they're some of the cheapest

Yeah but then you're supporting insurrectionists and pedophiles.
- Yes, but they have a great January 6th sale: Boys pants half off!
Too bad they are a MAGA company
- Oh dang I didnt know that
Costco has a more limited selection but still cheap and durable. I’ve got a couple pairs that are older than my kids.
- Curious if that’s still true since you presumably bought those jeans many years ago. I only recently got Kirkland jeans and I’m skeptical they’ll last.

Those jeans are not from 100 years ago

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.

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

@jjjalljs word

Levis still makes those jeans, but they're really expensive.

And they suck
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.
- Yes, everything has gotten more expensive over the last 10 years, in case you haven't noticed.
- I think he is talking about their high end lines with tougher denim

Stupid sexy chad doge

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.

Wait but Levis still exist! I'm wearing them. Shit is this a dream? Chat, am I real?

Just not the same quality that they used to be
- Levis makes a huge range of quality. The stuff at shopping mall department stores is crap. But the made-in-Mexico shrink-to-fit 501s you can find at hardware stores are phenomenal. And they are still only like US$50.
- You may be smoking crack my friend, Levis are considered the gold standard of jeans and they're rock solid.. and their standard line isn't even expensive.
It's getting harder to get a nice pair of non-streach jeans. And the streach ones are shit IMO
Yes OP is taliking out of his ass.

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.

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

Naked and Famous denim. Lots of different cuts available.
Basically anything on Franklin & Poe's website. Or call them and they will geek out about denim to you over the phone

I swear by Carhartt.

/Shrug

The Perfect Jeans are great.

It isn't the shape of the jeans you're identifying a weird.