Best cheap blue jeans.

[Egon]

Were not those the standard wear of RV'ers at one time?

 

[Bird]

Were not those the standard wear of RV'ers at one time?

Could be, Egon, and being the clothes horse that I am, I'd only buy one color if my wife didn't insist on me buying at least a couple of colors.

 

[RobertN]

I find it irksome paying $25.00 for good blue jeans and additionally irksome when they shrink way past their listed size and I wind up with jeans that are too small. Throw in the different cuts, styles, fabrics, and manufacturers and I can never get the same ones twice. I wore Wranglers for years but they too have so many types now I can never find the same ones again.

I have found a couple things... Levi's quality aint the same as it used to be. the cloth is not as sturdy. They ae more style now, than substantial pants.

Wranglers last long than Levi's and use sturdy fabric.

The best place to shop is a good clothes or western store. In Folsom, Ca, we have Handley's Western Wear. They have been in town since the 1950's. They carry the good stuff, and consistently have it. Walmart, Target, etc have some ok jeans, but not as consistent as the local independants. The independats are a little more on price, but when they have what you want, a couple dollars a pair is not a bad price to pay. I'm more than happy to support the local ownedMom, Pop, Gandma, Grandpa, and Cousins shop when they carry good stuff.

One that I have found on line that is pretty tough, is "Duluth Trading" fire hose pants. They claim they are made of the same stuff as single jacket wildland hose. I have a pair; they have stood up to some tough work.

 

[WhyNot]

I've found for size if you get jeans from an Old navy store they are pretty accurate fit onme. I wear a 38 and if I grab a 38 from the rack it fits everytime. Very godo prices on them too, I'd say $15 and under on most of them.

Old Navy is all I buy also but, I have recently made the switch from their jeans to their cargo pants. Their plain t-shirts are nice also and cheap at around $5 on sale. I splurged and bought some L.L. Bean jeans last winter and they were about the worst fitting jeans I ever bought.

 

[scott_vt]

Good Evenin LC,
Just a little trick I learned ! I have a reversible woodworking clamp that I put inside the waste of the jeans that have shrunk, get the waste area good and wet and with the jeans zipped up and buttoned start to expand the clamp until they start to stretch. After they dry I have gotten a good inch and sometimes more, and they are good to go !

 

[hitekcountry]

Now that I'm retired and working on home projects all the time, I'm not about to work in an expensive pair of Levis. I've been buying the Costco house brand Kirkland blue jeans. They're priced right and hold up well for me.

You might be a red neck if ironing your blue jeans turns them into formal attire.

 

[crbr]

Now that I'm retired and working on home projects all the time, I'm not about to work in an expensive pair of Levis. I've been buying the Costco house brand Kirkland blue jeans. They're priced right and hold up well for me.

You might be a red neck if ironing your blue jeans turns them into formal attire.

May be, but a nice crease in a pair of girl-ladened jeans sure look great! Each to their own....

Wrinkled clothes are the chosen style of Jeff-Foxworthy...

 

[Bird]

How many of you are old enough to remember when blue jeans were always ironed, and of course they were hung on the line to dry because if clothes dryers had been invented by the late '40s, we never heard about it. However, sometime in the late '40s we did obtain a great invention; metal frames that were inserted into each blue jean leg from the top and then expanded to hold the legs straight and smooth while they were hanging on the line to dry. That sure did cut down on ironing time.

 

[RoyJackson]

How many of you are old enough to remember when blue jeans were always ironed, and of course they were hung on the line to dry because if clothes dryers had been invented by the late '40s, we never heard about it. However, sometime in the late '40s we did obtain a great invention; metal frames that were inserted into each blue jean leg from the top and then expanded to hold the legs straight and smooth while they were hanging on the line to dry. That sure did cut down on ironing time.

Before my time, Bird!

 

[jbrumberg]

Before my time, Bird!

Roy- not by much ! I remember those metal pant stretching thingies, but I did not believe in them. I briefly, only briefly ironed my blue jeans (Like once!). I am the original "Mr Wrinkle" . Jay