Originally posted by: QueBert
I have on some $75 Ecko jeans, I don't know how they get the material so soft, but they feel like a cotton tee-shirt, where my $25 generic ones are stiff and not very comfortable. Levis aren't comfortable at all to me. I would compare expensive jeans to cheap jeans much like a nice office chair to a shitty one.
I WON'T find cheap jeans that are comfortable and fit well, period. there's a reason jeans are so cheap at Old Navy. I suspect people who are fine wearing $15 jeans also don't mind sitting in a $30 office chair.
You get what you pay for within limits. Many cheap clothing products get made in cheap, fairly unskilled labor factories in asia. Most expensive products get made in europe with high wage, often higher skill labor. This reflects in the tailoring and condition of your clothes. I dated a girl who probably designed your Ecko jeans or at least knows some part of it's construction. Bargain products from even the same company go to HK to be produced in SE Asia with cheaper materials and stitching. The high end lines go mostly to Italy. Your jeans were probably went through a lot of preconditioning, simulated wear, and even the fibers can be softened, whatever I am no expert. She explained some of the treatment and finishing processes to me about some expensive jeans I had.
Anyways who cares what people pay for anything that is worth it to them. Everyone knows money is worth something different to someone else no matter what you see on the face value. Dropping $200 to you may be $20 to someone else. I would only frown upon people who spend that kind of money when they can't afford it. Like a girl I am seeing just dropped $400 on sun glasses (non prescription). She cannot afford it. That was irresponsible and stupid. Another girl I know spent the same thing on a pair of shoes she will probably wear once a month or less. I didn't say a word to her because she makes 6 figures. Cost is all relative to how much you can afford. I own everything from $20 car-hart jeans to $260
Diesel jeans. My bills are paid, my 401k is maxed, I donate money to charities. After that, why does anyone care what I spend my money on? Especially if it's the things I cover myself with all day long and silently expresses my individuality?