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Levi’s 527 Low Rise Bootcut $32.00 – $58.00

Somewhere between tapered leg acid wash and pre-destroyed monster flares, jeans started approaching the $100 mark.  Gap has some good stuff, as does Express.  But sometimes the washes are goofy or there’s pre-ripped holes in the denim you’re about to shell out for.  And pre-ripped denim is like a pre-ripped baseball hat brim.  Nothing is worse than faux-character.  It’s worse than no-character.

Here are the four stages of jeans life:

1. Buy them
2. Wash them inside out
3. One day you notice a hole or a small rip
4. They’re retired to casual weekend wear

That’s it.  And the Levi’s 527 Bootcut will excel during all those states of pants-life.  Yes there’s a bit of a boot cut on them, and no it’s not too extreme.  Comes in great washes like Hornet (shown), Indie, and Overhaul.  Darker the wash the more formally they can be worn.

Comments

  1. what color do you recommend to be worn more formally. You said darker is better, but does that mean black?

  2. Nah, not black. Black heads in the opposite direction. My opinion is a deep, dark, navy. No pre-rips or frays or anything of that sort. And keep the whiskering to a minimum too…