Jeans WITHOUT fading, whiskering, distress
I'm pretty athletic and have big thighs. Just looking for some normal jeans. I don't like the look of the pre-faded thighs, fold marks on the pockets and upper thighs, etc. That excludes about 90% of what's on sale in the $30-70 range.
The obvious answer to this question is Lee or Levi, but both don't fit me well. With Levi's, I tried the 569s (afaik their roomiest in the thighs) in a 31 waist. My actual waist size is about 28 (typical jeans size, not inches). The 31 569s barely fit my thighs, and the waist and extra material on the lower butt was too much to reasonably have tailored. Lee is better, but still the same issue of when I size up enough to fit my thighs, there's extra bunching material under my ass.
Kohl's Sonoma jeans fit me well enough to buy/have tailored, but same issue with fading. They don't offer non-faded normal blues or indigo. Abercrombie and Fitch's Vintage Stretch athletic loose fit in 28x30 is the elusive impossible pair that fit me WITHOUT alterations. Unfortunately, they have the stupid fraying on the fly and bottoms + aren't offered in normal blue or indigo colors.
Land's End's Square Rigger jeans have really nice unmolested colors, but the fit isn't quite right and at the correct waist size there's a lot of billowing material behind my thighs. Considering those.
And yes, I'm aware of raw denim. I just don't understand why I have to spend that kind of money, when what I'm looking for exists for $40 except that it's undergone the extra step of being ruined.
Looking for 98-99% cotton, 1-2% elastane. I have a history of ruining speedo stretch jeans + I just don't like how they look and feel.
Ik I'm being pretty picky
Thanks in advance to anyone who took the time to read this and if you have something for me I'll be forever grateful.
The obvious answer to this question is Lee or Levi, but both don't fit me well. With Levi's, I tried the 569s (afaik their roomiest in the thighs) in a 31 waist. My actual waist size is about 28 (typical jeans size, not inches). The 31 569s barely fit my thighs, and the waist and extra material on the lower butt was too much to reasonably have tailored. Lee is better, but still the same issue of when I size up enough to fit my thighs, there's extra bunching material under my ass.
Kohl's Sonoma jeans fit me well enough to buy/have tailored, but same issue with fading. They don't offer non-faded normal blues or indigo. Abercrombie and Fitch's Vintage Stretch athletic loose fit in 28x30 is the elusive impossible pair that fit me WITHOUT alterations. Unfortunately, they have the stupid fraying on the fly and bottoms + aren't offered in normal blue or indigo colors.
Land's End's Square Rigger jeans have really nice unmolested colors, but the fit isn't quite right and at the correct waist size there's a lot of billowing material behind my thighs. Considering those.
And yes, I'm aware of raw denim. I just don't understand why I have to spend that kind of money, when what I'm looking for exists for $40 except that it's undergone the extra step of being ruined.
Looking for 98-99% cotton, 1-2% elastane. I have a history of ruining speedo stretch jeans + I just don't like how they look and feel.
Ik I'm being pretty picky
Thanks in advance to anyone who took the time to read this and if you have something for me I'll be forever grateful.