Denim Jeans for everyday use

Denim Jeans for everyday use

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carboy2017

Original Poster:

707 posts

85 months

Tuesday 23rd July
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I need to replace some of my jeans and would like to know where to get good everyday jeans and I want the non stretch material, unfortunately almost all the jeans I saw recently are with the stretch material which I dont like

I'm after straight leg regular type of jeans for work and casual use

Wacky Racer

38,972 posts

254 months

Tuesday 23rd July
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Primark do a huge range of jeans in the £10 to £15 price range,

The quality is great, although personally, i prefer the stretch ones, but they have plenty of non stretch too.

I've paid £80 in the past, and they don't seem any better.

sherman

13,812 posts

222 months

Tuesday 23rd July
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Levis 501.
They have a summer sale just now too.

carboy2017

Original Poster:

707 posts

85 months

Tuesday 23rd July
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Wacky Racer said:
Primark do a huge range of jeans in the £10 to £15 price range,

The quality is great, although personally, i prefer the stretch ones, but they have plenty of non stretch too.

I've paid £80 in the past, and they don't seem any better.
Thanks will check them out,last time i went it was all stretch type there

carboy2017

Original Poster:

707 posts

85 months

Tuesday 23rd July
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sherman said:
Levis 501.
They have a summer sale just now too.
thanks for the tip

shirt

23,437 posts

208 months

Tuesday 23rd July
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Gap. Decent cut, denim and longevity of colour.

Avoid Uniqlo, very thin and nasty feeling denim imho.

Radec

4,371 posts

54 months

Wednesday 24th July
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Edwin

wilm001

33 posts

31 months

Wednesday 24th July
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This is the bane of my life.
I used to be able to buy Levi 511's non-stretch which fitted perfectly.

Now it seems everything is designed for fat people.

I will update this discussion if i come across a pair that actually fits me.

h0b0

8,148 posts

203 months

Wednesday 24th July
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If you don’t want stretch, then you want selvedge.

Do you remember back in the 80’s when you put on a freshly washed pair of jeans and it was like an ironing board? We would have to wear them a couple of times to “warm them up” and for them to become flexible. Well we lost that with the introduction of elastic materials.

Selvedge brings us back to those days.

xx99xx

2,246 posts

80 months

Wednesday 24th July
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Stretchy jeans are amazing. They bring the comfort of joggers/tracksuit without looking like a chavvy bellend.

As for sources of less comfortable stiff jeans, John Lewis, Next, M&S, Vinted, Amazon, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda etc. basically everywhere but you'll have to check labels for elastane and discard those.

48k

13,958 posts

155 months

Wednesday 24th July
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h0b0 said:
If you don’t want stretch, then you want selvedge.
Does that make these Schrödinger's jeans?


TwigtheWonderkid

44,653 posts

157 months

Wednesday 24th July
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Wacky Racer said:
Primark do a huge range of jeans in the £10 to £15 price range,

The quality is great, although personally, i prefer the stretch ones, but they have plenty of non stretch too.

I've paid £80 in the past, and they don't seem any better.
Primark are my go to for jeans. Used to be a Levis man but Primark are better quality and a nicer fit. Straight leg, button fly, I prefer the stretch but non stretch are available. And a great range of colours.

Mr-B

3,876 posts

201 months

Wednesday 24th July
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TwigtheWonderkid said:
Primark are my go to for jeans. Used to be a Levis man but Primark are better quality and a nicer fit. Straight leg, button fly, I prefer the stretch but non stretch are available. And a great range of colours.
I'll give another vote for Primark too. Since covid they have got more expensive, I remember buying a pair for a fiver from there, doesn't seem that long ago.

craigjm

18,474 posts

207 months

Wednesday 24th July
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Levi’s as suggested above but get the 511 not the 501 for a much more modern cut

nikaiyo2

5,024 posts

202 months

Wednesday 24th July
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Radec said:
Edwin
This, especially the made in Japan ones.

h0b0

8,148 posts

203 months

Wednesday 24th July
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48k said:
h0b0 said:
If you don’t want stretch, then you want selvedge.
Does that make these Schrödinger's jeans?

Oh, that's odd. Perhaps they stretch over a period of several wears. I know my own selvedge jeans had zero give and felt like they were made from wood when I first put them on.

Super Sonic

7,219 posts

61 months

Wednesday 24th July
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h0b0 said:
Oh, that's odd. Perhaps they stretch over a period of several wears. I know my own selvedge jeans had zero give and felt like they were made from wood when I first put them on.
You can get no stretch no selvedge jeans too. I'm wearing wrangler at the moment, which have neither from tkmaxx £35. They do lee as well.
To clarify, selvedge has nothing to do with wether the jeans are stretchy or not, it's just the way they're cut from the cloth
Edited by Super Sonic on Wednesday 24th July 22:18


Edited by Super Sonic on Wednesday 24th July 22:21

airsafari87

2,850 posts

189 months

Wednesday 24th July
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nikaiyo2 said:
This, especially the made in Japan ones.
For good quality jeans that are relatively inexpensive then you can’t go wrong with Edwin.

PArbor1

222 posts

86 months

Wednesday 24th July
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Benzak

nuyorican

1,820 posts

109 months

Thursday 25th July
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airsafari87 said:
For good quality jeans that are relatively inexpensive then you can’t go wrong with Edwin.
Tempted to try Edwin. Can I ask, how is the sizing? Accurate, vanity sizing?

Most 34" waist jeans tend to fit me. But that's because they're rarely 34"... Bought a decent non-stretch 34" jeans from HebTroCo and if I've been drinking too many beers that month I can't do them up biglaugh