denim jeans - confused

[Matt1959]

well today I popped into town to buy a new pair of jeans and paid £42 for a pair of Wranglers. Then whilst waiting for my daughter to shop till she dropped in Primark, I wandered round and saw jeans for £4 so despite my reluctance to buy budget clothes, I bought a couple of pairs. Tried em on, they fitted well, couldnt fault them, the fabric appeared the same weight as the Wranglers so I'll use these for work (as wouldnt be seen dead in primark jeans:redface So the question is - how come one pair is £42 and the other is £4, they both have two legs and a waist and pockets. I guess I'll find out after the third wash - I must admit, all good make jeans I've bought in the past last forever....

and if they're flogging jeans at £4 how much are they being manufactured for

 

[Beachcomber]

how come one pair is £42 and the other is £4............

.......(as wouldnt be seen dead in primark jeans:redface .........

I guess you answered most of your question yourself.
Retail price and cost / manufacturing price are totally unrelated in the clothing world.

 

[Dawg]

£4? They've gone up.

 

[Matt1959]

£4? They've gone up.

ah! you back from your Taiwan break then.

Anyway, its not all down to the label - I bought a couple of pairs of jeans from M&S a while ago for a tenner each and they started developing holes all over them after 12 months - strange. yeh I know what we all pay for names but a difference of £38 each:|

 

I find cheap clothes don't wash very well, I've had some jeans from George at ASDA and found them very uncomfortable.

I usually get my jeans from NEXT / Top Man or Burtons, they last ages and wash very well.

 

[Matt1959]

seems the washing machine is the kiss of death for alot of clothes nowadays. I reckon in alot of cases, the manufacturers sataurate the clothes with starch which washes out, so it looks good on the rail and **** when it comes out of the machine...

 

[Dawg]

You wear your jeans more than once?

(Dawg: where the whole idea of WAGS came from..)

 

[Matt1959]

yes! you know what I do for a living

 

[Deleted member 9840]

If you read the fashion pages and denim manufacturers own blurb, they state that denim is not supposed to be washed.

A quick airing is all they need.

Read all about it.

Personally, I find budget jeans fine (George, Primark etc) but I must admit GAS always fit my unconventional eek figure the best.

Steve

 

[Matt1959]

blimey where did that link come from - what a load of boll@cks - I challenge anyone to not wash their trousers for 6 months

 

[Deleted member 9840]

I suppose it's how many pairs you have and how often you wear them........skinflint.

Steve

 

[thecyclingartist]

Oh the horror! I've bought Primark jeans too, though mine were pricey at about £8. haha! I bought them because I'd lost a lot of weight (previous ones were literally falling off me) but had more to go, so I knew I couldn't afford a few pairs of good jeans yet on my income. But frankly I love the Primark ones! I just overcompensate by buying most other things 2nd hand and from highly ethical companies.

To be honest the price will come down to the ethics of the materials sourcing, and manufacturing labour.

 

[vvaannmmaann]

Did you return the Wranglers and get the Primark ones?

 

[Matt1959]

Did you return the Wranglers and get the Primark ones?

no! I've kept them all. Waiting with baited breath for the first wash!!

 

[Dawg]

Remember to turn them inside out before washing. This avoids uneven fading which happens more in cheap jeans as the dye is cheaper and less stable.
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[LondonPrintBrokers]

If you read the fashion pages and denim manufacturers own blurb, they state that denim is not supposed to be washed.

A quick airing is all they need.

Read all about it.

Personally, I find budget jeans fine (George, Primark etc) but I must admit GAS always fit my unconventional eek figure the best.

Steve

Are we to believe that denim, the stuff of workwear for builders, can't survive a machine wash?! Diddums!

 

[Esk247]

well i don't really compare jeans all that much, i just go for those priced between £5 and £15 a pair, but on t-shirts i despised the Burtons lot, £65 i paid for one t-shirt and within 2 weeks it was faded, bubbled and looked like a frilly skirt at the waist

Next clothing and slimline clothing seems to fit me well although i must say, the Matalan tops i bought are still fine, no fading, no stretching, bought for just £2 each.

with the price, it's all about retail pricing and branding e.g. Adidas trainers are going to cost more because they're s'posed to be better quality than something like Cheap Co trainers (i made the Cheap Co bit up by the way, just in case you're confused)

 

So have the £4 'speshes' been washed yet? Are they still in one piece?

Personally, i think you can't go wrong with GAP jeans! The thing i find with stores such as Primark are the sizing......in some styles i am a size smaller, sometimes my normal size and sometimes a size bigger. I hate shopping and never try anything on therefore Primark is a huge no no for me for that reason alone!

 

[Matt1959]

So have the £4 'speshes' been washed yet? Are they still in one piece?

not washed yet!! I'll report back when they've fallen apart.

 

[Gill]

.....in some styles i am a size smaller

err could you elaborate please, sounds like my kind of diet!

I haven't bought new clothes for years, plenty of shoes, lots and lots of shoes but not clothes, not for myself at least, I make do and mend!

Cheap denim contains cheap dye and this will run - you have been warned! It may continue to run for a few washes so please don't put any colours in with your jeans, soaking in salt water prior to washing is supposed to help to 'fix' the dye if they are dark denim - but the biggest culprit for fading is the drying method used - line dry ideally of course!

Oh what fun you can have doing a true comparison between your jeans - I need to get out more don't I?

Gill

 

err could you elaborate please, sounds like my kind of diet!

Yes thats great when i can get a size smaller Gill, its when i have to get a size bigger it depresses me

Note to self.......shop at the stores where smaller sizes fit! Simples!

 

[Dawg]

I thought the general rule is that the more expensive brands are more generous:

• Their margins aren't so tight
• Their richer clients like the flattery of being a size smaller

..so that's what the premium is for..

For fat old Dawgs it's Tesco stripey label jeans. 46W, 26L