Denim Jeans for everyday use

[carboy2017]

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]

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]

Levis 501.
They have a summer sale just now too.

[carboy2017]

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]

sherman said:

Levis 501.
They have a summer sale just now too.

thanks for the tip

[shirt]

Gap. Decent cut, denim and longevity of colour.

Avoid Uniqlo, very thin and nasty feeling denim imho.

[Radec]

Edwin

[wilm001]

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]

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]

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]

h0b0 said:

If you don’t want stretch, then you want selvedge.

Does that make these Schrödinger's jeans?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

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]

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]

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

[nikaiyo2]

Radec said:

Edwin

This, especially the made in Japan ones.

[h0b0]

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]

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]

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]

Benzak

[caseys]

Depending upon if you’re feeling a little spendy for some “buy it for life” type denim….

I’ve got a few pairs of Huit jeans https://hiutdenim.co.uk/

I’ve found the gauge of the denim very good. No elastane in then which is what gives some denim that stretch and alas a shorter lifespan.

You can buy stock or go made to measure. They’ve got various cuts.

Stock there’s a summer sale too at 25% off.

There’s also an In The Factory show on iPlayer where Huit are featured.

They offer free repairs for life too.

Dont think I’ll be buying many other brands now. I’ll soon have enough that I hope I’m done with buying any more jeans