Good Quality Jeans – Of the Slim/Skinny Fit Variety

You should easily get them for under £50, less if you buy (cautiously!) on eBay.

I’ve had two pairs off eBay. Pretty sure both are fake, certainly aren’t the colour/fabric they were supposed to be, but seem to wear about as well as the genuine ones.

Apart from quality of the jeans themselves, perhaps “higher welfare” – not made in sweat factories paying pennies, non toxic dyes, reduced water production, organic cotton

I doubt much of that applies to the Uniqlo jeans I was specifically asking about, which they’re punting out at £39.99.

If “Japanese Selvedge” actually means made in Japan it could be true for just the fabric production but the label says they’re made in Bangladesh. And they won’t be organic at that price.

I bought some diesel 55 skateboard jeans at a charity shop for 6 quid ages ago, really nice jeans and no wear at all despite being my go to jeans.

I’ve got a pair of Bulletprufe jeans.  Great quality, good stretch. Need to be imported from USA is the only problem but they do occasional sales which makes the pricing more normal. Mine are brilliant, so comfortable and very good quality.

I also have a pair of wranglers which are my second choice, TK Maxx used to sell them at decent prices.

Would love to know of a UK made stretch/tough denim similar to the Bulletprufe though.

T J Hughes still sell those Wrangler jeans.

T J Hughes still sell those Wrangler jeans.

Yes, they have plenty of Wrangler jeans at £40 or less.

They also have Lee jeans and is much thicker in materials.  I would buy Lee instead but they don’t have my side..

If “Japanese Selvedge” actually means made in Japan it could be true for just the fabric production

I believe that’s the case – when denim jeans became really popular in the 70’s, the looms that produced selvedge denim couldn’t keep up, so new looms that produced double-width cloth were introduced and the old looms sold to Japan where it became a niche product. The denim is woven on the old looms, then shipped out to where production is a lot cheaper than it would be in Japan, they just don’t do mass-produced clothing.

Tj will be your advisor if you need to match with a leather jacket.

I just warn out a pair of Edwin Ed-80 and they’ve been discontinued, so have bought three pairs of unworn ones of eBay, averaging about £80each. They’re called slim fit, but they just seem like normal jeans to me.

Levi 502 for me. Stretchy but lasted 2 years so far no real sign of wear. Shape is OK and most important they are comfortable. Had a few more expensive brands over the years but the priority is comfort and these fit the bill.