Buying expensive jeans - trip report

[worthless]

I have a pretty fat ass for a 36 waist and I haveseveral pairs of lucky jeans that fit me real well and I really like. Maybe you should go try them again.

[guids]

Warik, Im built like you, i dont really wear jeans often, but when I do I get eddie bauers, they fit really well. I cant wear most european designed jeans because they fit weird, same goes for bananna republics. Express for men usually has decent fitting jeans for 80-150.

[Warik]

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A big ass does make jean shopping hard, so I've heard. But its nothing compared to the trials and tribulations of having a gigantic wang!

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A gigantic wang does make jean shopping hard, so I've heard. But its nothing compared to the trials and tribulations of having both a big ass AND a gigantic wang.
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[private joker]

This is a funny post to me because my Sunday just a few weeks ago started off just like this.

Having never purchased a pair of jeans over $50 in my life (actually probably $40), I wandered into Nordstrom's while waiting for a movie showtime. I definitely needed some good jeans, and I decided to treat myself with an expensive pair. I look at a bunch before discovering a rack of 7 (FOR ALL MANKIND!!!!!!) jeans that look pretty good.

I try a few on, and eventually one pair really feel great and look pretty decent. 7 jeans are fairly tight in the seat, but I'm skinny so it's no big deal. I'm also pretty tall, but the 32 waist size ones were long enough not to look too short, but not also dragging along the ground.

They were $185 and today I still do not regret the purchase. However, they did lead to the button fly thread I started a couple weeks ago here in OOT.

I'm gonna wear the hell out of them...

[Barfunkel]

Over here the general consensus is that jeans under 100€ (130$) aren't worth purchasing and good jeans start at about 150€ (190$).

Yeah, we europeans are crazy.

It's not elitism really though (or at least not _just_ elitism), cheap jeans just usually look and feel bad. I usually wear Armani cos they are the only jeans that usually fit. If it's not Armani it's some other Italian brand, I have a slim ass so I can't wear those baggy jeans, I want my jeans tight and italians usually provide adequate tightness.

[Tron]

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He then pays 5x less for 2 pairs at Macy's that look the same as the Nordstrom and fit better

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Doubt it. (Though I guess you could say "fit" is subjective)

[scraggs]

lucky fits bigger guys, ag's "the symbol" and "the hero" should fit, as well. try another nordstrom or a bloomingdale's if you can't find them

[Warik]

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He then pays 5x less for 2 pairs at Macy's that look better according to my girlfriend as the Nordstrom and fit better

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Doubt it. (Though I guess you could say "fit" is subjective)

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FMP

[Tron]

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He then pays 5x less for 2 pairs at Macy's that look better according to my girlfriend as the Nordstrom and fit better

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Doubt it. (Though I guess you could say "fit" is subjective)

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FMP

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Fair enough.

Seriously, good luck finding some high-end jeans that fit you; the difference in quality is incredible (though not immediately noticeable).

[guids]

Being a jean snob is akin to being a snob of 1992 toyota corrolas.