Strange, Levi’s usually work well for me. I have bought a Levi’s sweater 7 or 8 years ago and it still looks brand new. The thing is unbreakable.

If possible, go check some second hand shops/thrift shops in your area. I always buy clothes from there and they usually have a shitload of second hand Levi’s pants. In my experience, they are always of good quality.

I, too, dislike low waisted trousers and lament at the quality of all clothes bought since about 2009. I still have well worn clothes from before that date, but almost everything bought since then lasts a year or two, maybe three at best. I’m not sure what changed, but something definitely did.

When I used to train properly and ate like a horse, I had a similar problem with the thighs. I’d buy the skinny / super skinny fit, but buy them 2-4" bigger at the waist and wear a belt. Seemed to solve the problem and nobody ever said they looked silly. They’d be the right level of looseness all the way down. Maybe an inch or two extra material down the whole length, but they still hug the leg, rather than flaring out (I don’t like them wide at the bottom).

As for the crotch length. I’ve noticed, too. And pockets are becoming so small as to be useless – during the era when mobile phones are getting bigger and bigger. I can’t even get my hand in some pockets, never mind a wallet or phone. In fact, it’s the first thing I check when I pick up any style of trousers: will I lose my keys because the pockets are too small? If the answer is yes, I don’t even bother trying them on.

Edit: thank you for setting up the opportunity to rant about trousers. I’m glad I’m not the only one noticing similar changes.

RIP

(I’m so sorry… I tried to resist)

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Also take into consideration different brands have different clothes they sell at different retailers. So you can have an otherwise good brand being sold for much cheaper at Walmart but the actual make is also much cheaper. I believe Levis do this along with a good number of other clothing brands. I however have not bought jeans in a hot minute. I lost a bunch of weight a while back and so I had all these “Christmas” jeans I had never worn or only worn a few times cause of the fit. Not that I was super big but big enough. I then lost weight and am now at “peak jeans” where most of my old jeans fit loose to the point where they don’t look great out but are good around home pants, and all my old “too small” pants either are just right or some still a little loose. If I loose much more I’m going to have to get new pants though and as awesome as that is for a weight loss standpoint it’s also terrifying. Lol. So I’m glad you mentioned those ones you got that Semir brand. I’ll have to look into them.

The real reason Lemmy banned you: thighs too thick 😩👌

I’ve recently noticed s worrying trend of me exploding out of all of my pants and jeans, which all embarrassingly tear right along the gooch line and right up my ass. I’ve been naturally skinny for basically my entire life up until this point. For the first time in my life I’m piling on the flab and its actually kind of frightening. If I don’t get a handle on this and adapt accordingly soon then I wouldn’t be surprised if I became obese by the end of the year.

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