Clothing related - smart black jeans

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Years ago I had a really nice pair of smart jeans from Next, good fitting, solid black colour (no white bits as you find in most jeans), a very smart cut (not huge seams, not huge pockets)


I have been unable to find anything like that though recently.


The material was also relatively soft and thinner than most jeans, almost closer to what you find on Chinos (but with a jeans texture rather than cotton).



Any ideas where I may be able to finally find a pair like this?

I've checked out all the usual places now I think, M&S, Debenhams, Next, Gap, etc ... and other than wanting to charge me £40 for a pair of gay looking jeans none of them having anything like the above (which only cost me £20 a few years ago in Next).
 
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in my experience you get what you pay for with jeans... I've stuck with Levis for a while ( im a student so i dont have mega $$) paying between £60 and £80ish i think.. the quality is good, but after a couple of washes my darker pair are fading and begining to look ever so slightly tired... i think i'd go for nudie/edwin for my next pair , probs try and find a sub £125 jean
 
ojrules said:
in my experience you get what you pay for with jeans... I've stuck with Levis for a while ( im a student so i dont have mega $$) paying between £60 and £80ish i think.. the quality is good, but after a couple of washes my darker pair are fading and begining to look ever so slightly tired... i think i'd go for nudie/edwin for my next pair , probs try and find a sub £125 jean
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you do realise you can get dye which you put in the washing machine and it makes your jeans not look faded anymore?

costs a few quid... we know you uni students dont wash but seriously man... :p
 
J-FRO said:
nout wrong with spending £90 on a pair of jeans if you can afford to!
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Maybe I'm just not fashionable enough to tell the difference between a pair of £20 jeans and a pair that cost over a hundred, I'm currently wearing a pair that cost £23 down from £35 that I bought nearly 2 years ago, not a stitch wrong with them, I've yet to encounter a pair that were nice enough to justify a price tag of over £40.
 
Fenris said:
Maybe I'm just not fashionable enough to tell the difference between a pair of £20 jeans and a pair that cost over a hundred, I'm currently wearing a pair that cost £23 down from £35 that I bought nearly 2 years ago, not a stitch wrong with them, I've yet to encounter a pair that were nice enough to justify a price tag of over £40.
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usually the quality is no better, i bet a lot of the stuff is made in the same sweat shop factories in india/china and then some guy sticks a badge on it and quadruples the price..
 
ojrules said:
in my experience you get what you pay for with jeans...
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As I said, they were 4 year old £20 Next jeans, still in perfect condition other than the fact that they are the wrong size for me now.


I don't see any extra value from £90 jeans when good quality cheaper ones last me fine.
 
arknor said:
usually the quality is no better, i bet a lot of the stuff is made in the same sweat shop factories in india/china and then some guy sticks a badge on it and quadruples the price..
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late reply, but id have to disagree with this as it is in my opinion utter speculation and rubbish... if you look on the nudie website you can see the difference in prices correlates to both the weight of the fabric (oz's per yard) aswell as where that fabric is made..

this jean for instance http://shop.nudiejeans.com/system/search/product.asp?id=2008&rnum=2

uses 14.25 oz italian denim and is made in italy, not in an indian sweatshop as suggested by you.... Aswell as the fabric and the country of origin it is the manner in which it is made, double or triple stitch and whether it is a selvedge denim... -- infact from the looks of it, all of those nudie jeans are made in italy...

i've had next denims and they are ok for the price, but when you're sometimes paying £40 for a next jean, i would just spend the extra £20 on a pair of levis... and now i'm used to levis i would probably get a nudie jean as my next..

i won't deny you pay for a label, and the increase in quality isnt in linear correlation with the increase in price, but saying that theres no discernable increase in quality is utter rubbish
 
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arknor said:
usually the quality is no better, i bet a lot of the stuff is made in the same sweat shop factories in india/china and then some guy sticks a badge on it and quadruples the price..
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For denim items (which is what we are discussing here) I'd have to say that's not true at all. You can absolutely tell the difference between a premium/mid range jeans and a pair of £5 Primark jeans. Night and day.
 
Moses said:
How expensive? Is there a point at which quality noticeably improves, or a point at which quality stops noticeably improving?
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I find £70 is the bare minimum as well, and also there are brands which have really good jeans imo, Lewis for example or Armani. Honestly, I can not wear Next/Burton/TopShop jeans, they just don't have the quality some brands who actually specialize in denim have, and most of the times the difference is only £20.
 
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