Okay Michael straight talk. The bigger leg look doesn't work on your frame my guy- I seriously think you need some meat on your thighs to pull off the wide leg cut because then your thighs/hips give the pants a natural taper. Them cowboy cuts just look like amorphous, wide straight legs on you. We all wanna dress the way our frames won't let us. I'm 5'9, 180, my measurements are 41/34/40 and I just cannot pull off a lot of looks like cardigans or wide breasted jackets because they make my already wide man chest look wider. Any pair of jeans described as "skinny" will not fit me. But I wear a mean cowboy cut, classic taper and look great otherwise. Dress for your frame, not the way you wish you could. Embrace your long skinny legs. They're literally making skinny jeans for people with frames like you and I can say that cause they aint fitting frames like mine. I'm not saying you should rock skin tights but this is the equivalent of straight hair people getting perms and curly hair people getting their hair straightened. Embrace you!
I think an appropriate addition to your price research would be factoring in average salaries from the 1920's etc. to modern day. I've done zero research, but I'm reasonably confident that full time workers in the 20's and onward made proportionately more per year than modern workers. That may be another reason why modern shoppers don't buy as many high quality pieces.
Reminds me of the story of how the famous Sperry topsider treads were created… I won’t go into the details but maybe go read about it on their website or Wikipedia if like most of us you think the slick tread on those mocks looks like an accident waiting to happen.
This is a great topic, I'm glad you did a video on it. Quality is still out there, but when you find it, are you willing to pay for it? Thanks for the video!
The stuff Levi's makes nowadays is absolute rubbish, I just want a normal pair of jeans without any weird artificial fading, rips or like...sequins and whatnot
11:38 Well the stuff Levi's makes nowadays is absolute rubbish, I just want a normal pair of jeans without any weird artificial fading, rips or like...sequins and whatnot
I also think that the return to buying better made stuff at higher prices is happening. The last big menswear boom where everyone was going nuts over heritage / made in US clothes was around 2010 as we were climbing out of a recession. With current inflation kinda lowering, and with global warming rapidly accelerating, I think people are seriously putting thought into where and how their clothes are made and that the slogan "buy once, buy better" will save you money in the long run. But it is hard to compete with larger companies that can make make whatever you want for as cheap as you want. However, it is happening in other markets. Look at coffee and beer. I don't know anyone who drinks corporate anymore when you can get much better, locally made stuff for about the same price. Maybe as more people like you get into the fashion game, similar things will start to happen?
Thanks for covering this. I’ve become aware of the amount of plastic in everything and synthetic fibers. Try finding a gray T-shirt that isn’t 10% poly. Or 100% cotton/wool socks. Everything is being blended with plastics and paper thin. A trend of cheap cotton clothing has been on the rise though I’m often surprised by the cotton articles found at big box stores or places like old navy.
People will say anything to sell others something. It's all junk jive. I can also tell you stories and how my tshirts will last 10 generations and made by blind monks. Plz.
There's an interesting phenomenon with Levi's. Their prices have climbed slightly since 2005, largely because they've exited rock-bottom prices for product made specifically for Target, etc. Their 165 USD product (adjusted for inflation), for basic 5-pocket Red Tab jeans, is actually a little bit better now than their USD 100 jeand 20 years ago.
