<story><title>How jeans conquered the world (2012)</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17101768</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>syphilis2</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s surprisingly difficult to find a pair of jeans that I really like, and I&amp;#x27;ve taken to altering my own to make up for the shortcomings.&lt;p&gt;Nearly all have reduced the number of belt loops to 5, so I always add 2 more in the back on either side.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve started seeing really short zippers, which is unfixable and best to avoid.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve noticed a lot of ill fitting jeans bunch around the crotch or suffer from being a &amp;quot;cheap hotel&amp;quot;. Also unfixable.&lt;p&gt;Most are not lined inside around the waist and pockets.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the pocket hole is cut too high, making it awkward to put your hand in the pocket. Or worse, theres not enough give on the pocket to fit your hand in.&lt;p&gt;Buttons and buttonholes don&amp;#x27;t always match well, especially on a button fly. I think it&amp;#x27;s easier to enlarge the holes, but sometimes the buttons can be oddly small.&lt;p&gt;And of course measurements are unreliable, but that&amp;#x27;s true of all clothes.&lt;p&gt;These are nitpicky things, but I notice them all the time at all price ranges. I expect they&amp;#x27;re decisions made out of carelessness, or to save costs, or because that was the intend result. Cynically, I believe carelessness is the most common cause.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pfooti</author><text>I wear duluth trading jeans. The model I buy [0] is made in the usa, although there is also a less-expensive model. It&amp;#x27;s nice especially because I&amp;#x27;m pretty short, and it&amp;#x27;s nice to find 30&amp;quot; inseam pants without having to dig and dig. They even have 28&amp;quot; in some models.&lt;p&gt;I also typically buy about three pairs of shorts from them every so often, since I know they fit and that way I don&amp;#x27;t have to decide about which shorts to wear. They tend to run a bit small (or other pants run a little big), so I add 2&amp;quot; to the waist size when I order from them.&lt;p&gt;I just counted: 7 belt loops. Also a nice crotch gusset.&lt;p&gt;EDITed to add: I&amp;#x27;ve been informed that these are &amp;quot;dad jeans&amp;quot; and in no way fashionable.&lt;p&gt;0: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.duluthtrading.com&amp;#x2F;store&amp;#x2F;mens&amp;#x2F;mens-pants&amp;#x2F;mens-denim-jeans&amp;#x2F;84011.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.duluthtrading.com&amp;#x2F;store&amp;#x2F;mens&amp;#x2F;mens-pants&amp;#x2F;mens-deni...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>How jeans conquered the world (2012)</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17101768</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>syphilis2</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s surprisingly difficult to find a pair of jeans that I really like, and I&amp;#x27;ve taken to altering my own to make up for the shortcomings.&lt;p&gt;Nearly all have reduced the number of belt loops to 5, so I always add 2 more in the back on either side.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve started seeing really short zippers, which is unfixable and best to avoid.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve noticed a lot of ill fitting jeans bunch around the crotch or suffer from being a &amp;quot;cheap hotel&amp;quot;. Also unfixable.&lt;p&gt;Most are not lined inside around the waist and pockets.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes the pocket hole is cut too high, making it awkward to put your hand in the pocket. Or worse, theres not enough give on the pocket to fit your hand in.&lt;p&gt;Buttons and buttonholes don&amp;#x27;t always match well, especially on a button fly. I think it&amp;#x27;s easier to enlarge the holes, but sometimes the buttons can be oddly small.&lt;p&gt;And of course measurements are unreliable, but that&amp;#x27;s true of all clothes.&lt;p&gt;These are nitpicky things, but I notice them all the time at all price ranges. I expect they&amp;#x27;re decisions made out of carelessness, or to save costs, or because that was the intend result. Cynically, I believe carelessness is the most common cause.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>blhack</author><text>Have you seen: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.makeyourownjeans.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.makeyourownjeans.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been meaning to order from them for a while, and have heard really good things about them.</text></comment>