Reply #16: i haven't found that to be the case at all [View All]

it may depend on body type

i still have jeans from my high school days that wear fine and fit fine (they are not stylish but i can still weed the garden or go hiking in them) and i'm a few decades later, so it's obvious that cheap jeans last just as long if not much longer than overpriced ones

the ones that fit well but are completely hideous and out of style, i can use for hiking in some distant land and then i throw them away and use that room in the luggage for other stuff i've accumulated along the way

i have found brand loyalty to be without merit in the case of jeans, i have to try on each pair and see how it fits, and if it fits me grab it, even if it's a thrift store jean for $2 (and it usually is, since i am short, slim, with proportionately curvy hips for my size)

leggy young girls who look good in anything no doubt look terrific in $300 jeans too but i don't think it's the jeans making you look good, i think it's you making you look good -- a lot of people just feel better and have more self confidence if they're wearing more expensive clothing, so they see themselves in the mirror as more attractive -- actually, they look good anyway, but it's a mental thing

just my humble opinion but i find it a little sad that people splash out hundreds of dollars on a pair of jeans thinking it's an "investment" when i know from personal experience that cheap pairs have lasted me decades -- and the "investment" high fashion jeans will probably pass from fashion as far as style FASTER because the designer has to issue a new style every year