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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by adamtaylor_13 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @12:20PM (#47850950)
+1 on Origin. 100% of their good are built from American-grown/made materials, built by American hands. It's wayyyy more expensive than most common brands ($99 for a pair of jeans), but if you compare them to "luxury" brands like Lululemon, it's comparable and wasn't manufactured using slave labor.

Personally, I love using Origin for everything I can afford to use them for. I acknowledge not everyone has the privilege to spend $99 on a pair of jeans, but if you find yourself able, I think it's worthy to support American manufacturing.

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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by vonneumannstan on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:13PM (#47852351)
>I acknowledge not everyone has the privilege to spend $99 on a pair of jeans, but if you find yourself able, I think it's worthy to support American manufacturing.

I feel like I'm in a parallel universe. What year is it? Base Levis are more than that... We're also on a site filled with well off tech workers. $99 jeans aren't exactly a luxury.

https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/clothing/men/501-original-mens...

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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by strix_varius on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @03:36PM (#47853481)
The contrast of your two perspectives kind of illustrates the information void (of quality vs price) in the article.

At Walmart it's common to get jeans (including Levi jeans) for < $20. But how long will they last? I honestly don't know, and even more I don't know how to definitely pay more for better quality.

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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by insane_dreamer on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:01PM (#47853790)
So long as I'm fortunate enough to be able to clothe and feed my family, I'm not giving Walmart -- probably the most destructive company of all time -- any of my dollars and I don't care how cheap the shit is there.
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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by strix_varius on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @08:31PM (#47856975)
And? I'm not advocating for buying jeans at Walmart. I'm using it as an illustration of the lower bounds of jeans pricing.
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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by vonneumannstan on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @04:33PM (#47854176)
Yeah I get that but it's not as though we're on a forum for foodstamps recipients. The median income on HN is no doubt top 10% in the nation and often far higher. Talking about $99 jeans as some great luxury is literally from a different universe.
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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by 0xffff2 on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @05:34PM (#47854807)
Man, I have no idea what is going on here, but your link takes me to a page for 501's for $110, yet just clicking around I found this page [0] that lists what to me looks like exactly the same jeans for $85 and with an option to "Buy 2+, For $55 Each". I'm still moderately convinced that $99 is ~double the actual market rate for a pair of Levi's and even Levi's are upper middle-end in my mind. Wranglers don't look as good but they're just has hard wearing and cheaper in my experience. (For what it's worth I've worn everything from $25 Wranglers to $300 selvedge denim and my conclusion is that ~$50 Levi's are sweet spot of price/comfort/looks)

0: https://www.levi.com/US/en_US/clothing/men/jeans/straight/50...

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Re:Your favorite brands got worse on purpose by vonneumannstan on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @10:51AM (#47864484)
Yeah I have no idea whats up with their pricing. My main point was that $99 jeans is not some insane luxury only a select few can afford.
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