My best jeans for decades

Shopping
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I’m sure many SF posters are mature (note , not ‘old’) enough to remember proper,imported Levi 501s, made from from heavy denim on 183 looms with the all-important striped selvedge seam that could be displayed wnen you turned them up . When I started wearing 501s I think they were around £4/-10s (took a moment to remember how to type that!) but they’re now between $250-300. However, I’ve just found a French jean maker, who makes the same (but better, heavier denim) for under 100 €. Can’t go on enough how much I like these slightly retro jeans. See:-

https://www.octobre-editions.com/fr/product/jean-kurt/noir-delave#size-27

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Sigh… Fond memories of a pair of needlecord Wranglers in black, with an embossed paisley pattern. I bought them in the King’s Road in 1971 and they lasted for the summer of that year, moving around Italy and southern France with a guitar and some friends :slight_smile:

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Wow sounds like a nice trip. True a good pair of needlecord flares were indestructible (more lates 70s for me). At that time a wardrobe didn’t exist. One pair did all and then become shorts

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On the other hand you’re giving me a conscience selecting a 27 size!