dpb

Denim that is
Id like a pair of reasonable stylish reasonable heavy reasonable priced of same ( im not shedding out £70 )

-is it just standard nowadays for them to be gossamer thin ?

easywagon

Always find Next good for jeans.

£20 - £40 depending on how trendy etc they are.

They do shortarse and lanky lengths and who cares what the make is if your shirt/coat is covering the label on the pocket.

badgerface123

1 day special on diesel jeans tomoro

"dirty 30" £30 per pair cuz diesel's 30th b'day

Diesel Online Store - Dirty XXX

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

Primark, Meadowhall... £8-13

...and those are the expensive pairs










































(times is hard)

P1Fanatic

Cheers for the link. Will have to check that tomorrow

Simon

dpb

i paid 7.99 for a pair of jeans at Primark once - they were the BEST iv ever had..!!

-and i have paid 40 + for levis etc before

Turbohot

Duncs, if Primark jeans suit you the best, that's you wanna stick to Wear clothes for yourself, and for your own comfort. Not to show/pretend to others Dunn matter, if it's not expensive designers.

Tesco bootlegs value denim for men cost a fiver. It's good enough for regular use, Apparently.

corradoboy

Easy from Matalan for £16 for me. Fit well, wear well, suit me. How much better can a pair of £70, £100, £150 jeans possibly be ?

dpb

Nah primark included now do jeans that you can practically see thro

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Why buy cheap jeans? They're an item of clothing that if you buy well are timeless, last years and you will get loads of wear out of them.

eClaire

I got a couple of pairs of boy fit jeans from Asda for kicking about in. £16. Quite possibly the best jeans I've had

I don't think their guys section is too bad either.

WRX_Dazza

i had a pair of tesco jeans and in my opinion they looked better than my valentino jeans i paid 10 times more for !!!!

th tesco jeans are now in the bin and the others still look like new though!!!

yer pays yer money...........

next jeans are very good value though

Turbohot

On personal level, I can believe that. I wouldn't buy Tesco "fiver" jeans, someone did for rough use. Couldn't stop bragging about them. I only fit into size 12 Miss Selfridges, due to my reddiculous bum shape I don't shop cheap due to "quality" reasons. But, for quick changing fashions, I don't look down upon cheap shops either.

I agree that denim is expected to be hardwearing. Therefore, no harm paying enough for a pair or two. Look at these, how trendy!>



One would gladly pay over £40 for a toughie and sexy denim like that^

Duncan did say above that Primark jeans have been the best for him in past. If they are only available in seethrough style now, it could be a new fashion for men; for what I may not know

corradoboy

I once had some Levi's. Only once though. After less than 3 months both pockets were holed. The Joe Bloggs ones I bought for work at about the same time for £7 at Tradex were still in use almost 20 years later.

AndyC_772

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Because, certainly in my experience, it makes sod-all difference. Pay extra and you're just getting the branding, and not a whole lot more.

My last few pairs were £9 at M&S, and they're comfortable, they fit, they look just the same to me as any other pair of jeans and they're wearing well too.

Why waste money on a label if that's not something you care about for its own sake?

Jamescsti

Me too, seems like a bit of a bargain

GC8

I like Katharine Hamnett jeans; theyre relatively cheap and relatively smart...

StickyMicky

bought my last pair at some random dodgy shop in london.


no till

no staff

just rows and rows of clothes hanging up and one random bloke with a wallet telling everybody that "everything is a fiver"

it was such a bizzare shop, dont even think it had a name outside, we only went in because we could see it was full of people lol

came away with loads of stuff, apeared to be designer, but to be honest, i dont really care for brand names or anykind of stuff like that, so i would have idea if it was real, hooky, or just cheap tat made to look better.

all the shirts i bought still look spot on, and the jeans have been fine!

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Like most things you do get what you pay for up to a point then after that you're paying for the label and exclusivity.

For example take Edwin jeans. They're a Levi repo made in Japan (japan make the best jeans) using quality denim. You could pick them up for £50-60 a pair but they have since been placed in high street stores and now sell for £110. That backs up both our points. the quality of them over cheap jeans means they're worth the extra but as soon as the label because a known brand the price is now at a premium.

Evisu were the same when they first came out before they turned into the worst pile of crap ever and the Chav's jean of choice.

anybody after a pair of premium denim that will last a lifetime check out ironheart jeans.

StickyMicky

the problem with jeans that last forever, is that you end up with some gash coloured thing like my old man had with his "acid washed" pair from about 1920 lol

chocolate_o_brian

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I don't really care for brand names any more. When I was in my teens, ok yeah, everyone wanted the best trainers, the best jeans/shirts etc.

When I have the money, I don't mind paying £30-40 for a good smart pair of "going out" jeans, or a smart/casual shirt for similar money, but for everyday pottering, i don't see the point personally. That's just me though, and if someone wants to pay 5-10 times more for clothes which were probably made in the same Indian village, thaen that's their choice

For the record, right now I'm wearing a pair of jeans from Primark (smart dark blue ones £13), a blue t-shirt with some amusing comment on it (£4 Primark), and a stripey jumper (multi-colour blue horizonatal £8) from the same establishment.

Now in my experience if I had of bought the same from say Topman (as an example), the jeans would have been £35-40, the t-shirt £15, and the jumper £22-25. So even if what I'm wearing lasts 1/2 as long as the over priced alternative, I'm happy

Just my tuppenth, but if I were on good money like some on here, I'd probably name drop all my branded stuff too

StickyMicky

to be honest matey, all the what i consider "well off folk" that i know, dont give a flying monkeys about brand names either.

generally tends to be the ones who want to appear that they are better off then they really are.

one of them owns a fackin huge business down south, employs a lot of people, and drives a battered old s plate merc.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

No you don't. You buy 'raw' jeans with the full indigo in them. they will fade and show wear over time which gives the jeans their character. This tends to be done for you these days though because most jeans sold have a 'wash' where they've been aged to look like they've been worn.

check out the Nudie web site which will show you the state of raw denim and then how they have worn and faded over time and washes.

The Hoff

iTrader: (5)

I get mine from Matalan. £15 for their own brand and they also have branded names (Calvin Klein I think) for £25. Done.

StickyMicky

the pair my dad had were some kind of light blue white looking thing, these apparently were in fashion at some point in the last millennium

the point is, that in 10 years time, whatever you buy today, no matter how well you try to plan in advance, will probably look stupid as we will all be walking around in neon coloured leotards or something lmfao

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

again though this is where you're wrong. If you buy a pair of jeans which carry some trait which is in fashion at the time then I agree like a stone wash, boot cut, silly pockets etc. However most jeans are a 5 pocket design with straight leg and based on the original cuts that came from Levi, Lee etc. Basically timeless in their shape and cut. If you buy dark blue jeans then they will be great for a smart look when new and as the fade and wear over time they will look better as a casual pair of jeans. you obviously have 2 or 3 pairs of jeans on rotation depending on what you're wearing.

StickyMicky

so you wont be buying a neon coloured leotard then ?

you heard it here first, they are going to be huge on the "scene" LOL

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

I've still got my old one from the 80's

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

It sounds to me as though we have quite radically different ideas as to what constitutes a 'premium' pair of jeans, then. When I can get a perfectly good pair for about a tenner, and a cheap but serviceable pair for just £3, I'd regard £50 as 'well overpriced' and £110 as 'comical'.

Then again, there are probably hobos that have a higher clothing budget than I do... my disposable income tends to go on cars and gadgets instead. Each to their own, I guess.

ScoobyWon't

So that's where you go to eye up the fellas, is it!

My best pair of jeans ever were Full Circle. £70 I was young and daft back then. I don't think I have any which cost more than £25 now. Some of them even have 'designer' holes in the knees as I've had them so long

Not that I'm tighter than a duck's **** - water tight!