# What do I look for in jeans? (As a guy) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-look-for-in-jeans-as-a-guy/428723 "2007-12-03T23:37:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-look-for-in-jeans-as-a-guy/428723/21 "2007-12-04T16:49:52Z")
Asketh **Dunawake** , “What do I look for in jeans? (As a guy)” As a guy, my criterea starts with female, young and willing. Ultimately, the question I hope to answer is “What’ll she do when she’s \*out \* of jeans?” Damn. **Colophone** ’s post wasn’t just there… ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-look-for-in-jeans-as-a-guy/428723/22 "2007-12-04T17:02:10Z")
I’ve found some sort of Levi Strauss jeans at Wal-Mart of all places, that come in cuts such as low-rise, boot-cut, straight leg, etc… and even in big fat guy sizes like I wear (42" waist). Best part is, they’re only like $25. They’re not super-durable like a pair of old 501s would be, but for $25 and weekend wear, I don’t really care. If I need durable, I wear the carpenter’s jeans I bought a while back- they’re pretty damn tough. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2007, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-look-for-in-jeans-as-a-guy/428723/23 "2007-12-04T17:16:22Z")
First and foremost, you don’t want jeans that stop above your knee. Second of all, Levis now suck. No one can tell me any different. I have pairs that I bought 10+ years ago that are soft, sturdy, well built. And, I have one pair – ONE – that I bought 2 years ago that. . .well, hold up a piece of Charmin next to a piece of toilet paper from an airport bathroom and that’s the idea I’m getting at. The new ones are not soft. They’re thin. I pretty much wore them for a month thinking, “these are going to break in like my old ones, right?” They didn’t. I don’t know if it happened to Levis when they formed this partnership with Wal\*Mart, but that’s my suspicion. They’ve moved a lot of production outside the US. They froze prices and made themselves more profitable by making cheaper shit. You want a good pair of jeans at a good price? Carhartt. They’re still made in the US. I also have an expensive Nordstrom brand (Facconable) that were a gift. They’re good jeans, but expensive. I can’t speak to wrangler, or lee. One I found Carhartt jeans (at my local Army Navy store) I stopped looking. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-look-for-in-jeans-as-a-guy/428723/24 "2007-12-05T07:23:21Z")
[QUOTE=Dunawake] what are the main things I’m looking for when trying to pick out a pair of jeans? [/QUOTE] Based on the most frequently asked question of me by my mother while I was trying on pants in store, the most important thing seems to be that it’s not too tight in the crotch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-look-for-in-jeans-as-a-guy/428723.md?page=1)