Pre-Owned Jeans

Amen and amen.

-Eric

Posted by Eric B at July 18, 2004 9:17 AM

Dude. Get yourself to one of those seedy surplus or second-tier department stores and buy yourself a couple pair of Dickies jeans. They're half the price of Levis and wear a lot softer. Plus, instant street cred, 'cause folks will think you're a plumber.

Posted by slimedog at July 18, 2004 1:20 PM

Never tried L. L. Bean? $29.50 for a pair of men's jeans. (I think "Faded" and "Stonewashed" refer as much to colors as to anything done to the jeans. "Prewashed" is all I ever noticed.) Bean's stuff lasts, too.

http://www.llbean.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?storeId=1&catalogId=1&categoryId=32863&feat=et

Posted by Connecticut Yankee at July 18, 2004 1:44 PM

Try Sears (is there a Sears in trendy southern California) or Lands End by mail.

Posted by Jim in Virginia at July 18, 2004 3:54 PM

Get'm at eBay for lots less than $50. (More like $5 plus shipping, depending on how in-demand your size is.)

Posted by Alan Cole at July 19, 2004 6:01 PM

Honey, you know how I was so tired last night that I didn't even unpack the suitcases? Well, that's probably why I forgot to tell you about shopping in Oklahoma City with my two sisters! Talbot's was having an end-of-season 25% off the already low sale prices of 40-70% off so even though I wouldn't normally consider myself a Talbot's kind of gal, I decided what the heck, I'll take a quick look. Two hours and 43 try-ons later, I liberated (from those inhumanely packed sales racks) two adorable sweaters; one skirt; and an extremely practical red leather and straw tote bag -- saving our family nearly $200 in the process! Elated, I used part of that savings to buy the complete audio collection of David Sedaris CDs. 24 altogether, I think. And then with the rest of the savings, I treated everyone at the reunion -- and we're talking 38 cousins alone! -- to dinner at the Sonic Drive-thru. Aren't I amazing?

Posted by Mrs. VdL at July 20, 2004 4:39 PM

Try Costco. You never know what you'll find, but they usually have men's jeans. New.

Posted by Grumpy at October 18, 2004 3:42 AM

I buy my jeans at Wal-Mart for $12. I'm sure the jeans at the Gap are better quality, but are they four to six times as good? Because they cost four to six times as much. No thank you.

Posted by Pat Berry at October 22, 2004 2:12 PM

Sorry, I was remembering incorrectly. I checked, and Wal-Mart's price for regular-fit Faded Glory men's jeans is $9.84. No disrespect to Connecticut Yankee, but I just can't see paying three times that for L.L. Bean jeans, no matter how long they last. For $9.84 I could replace my jeans every year and still come out ahead, I think.

Alan Cole is right that you can find jeans even cheaper on eBay, but I tend not to buy clothing on eBay because I can't be sure it will fit. Size labels are often just plain wrong. There's no substitute for actually trying the garment on.

Posted by Pat Berry at October 24, 2004 8:26 PM

On my planet, pre-shrunk, but unfaded Levi's are still available. They're there... somewhere buried upon the mounds of the pre worn out pants.

Posted by jm at July 1, 2006 8:24 PM