I’ve only recently been able to be picky about my clothes and now been trying to find a good pair of jeans that wont rip or tear.
I do a lot of labor so my jeans usually get pretty beat up, i don’t really expect a pair to last forever but i haven’t had a solid pair last more than a couple months without getting a tear. Every pair i have has both knees ripped open. I’ll fix them with a patch but they always rip in a different spot.
I’d spend $200 on a pair that’ll last at least year.
When you say jeans, do you want them to be denim? Or are you open to other materials?
I work a labor job that is brutal on jeans/pants. Ive been wearing Mascot workwear pants for years now, and they are the most durable work pants ive ever had.
They have jean style pants as well as pants with extra cargo pockets, and the thing that I lovrle the most, they have pants with knee pad pockets. They have saved my knees!
I have worked this job for six years now and I’m on my second pair of pants. The first pair is beat to shit after all this time. Ive been patching them up over the years, I just bought the new pair early last year.
The pair I’m wearing now ive been wearing for close to a year and they have no rips, tears, or wear spots.
I’m not affiliated with the company, they just make good pants that I wear for work. The pants I buy cost around $140USD when I bought the most recent pair.
By jeans do you mean denim only? I think canvas pants generally last longer than denim, maybe try that.
I’ve been a big fan of Duluth’s stuff. Their 'firehose" ones seem to be pretty long lasting for me.
https://www.duluthtrading.com/men/collections/fire-hose-workwear/mens-fire-hose-pants/
Thanks I’ll check them out! They don’t seem too expensive either
Mine have held up for years. I don’t do construction stuff anymore so they’re just daily wear jeans but they basically look new. Seams are all rock solid. A big selling point for me was the fit. They have all sorts of sizes. They have normal, semi stretch, strech, you name it. Plain jeans, cargo pants, slacks. A lot of the ones like the “firehose” ones have a gusset in the groin… so instead of just being sewn into a really thick seam that gets a lot of strain put on it… it has a flat diamond shape in the area that flexes and moves with you so it’s a lot more comfortable especially if you squad down in them.
If you like cargo pants as well, they have actually useful pockets. They’re made of the same material so they hold up pretty well and I really haven’t had any issue with them ballooning out and getting in the way. Definitely been worth the price for me. They have sales every so often as well which is good. I usually just order directly off the site if I need some.
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Looks like its buy one get one half off right now actually 👍
They have a decent warranty on them as well. https://www.duluthtrading.com/content/no-bull-guarantee
Any brand that uses Japanese selvage in the heavier weights lasts ages. Take a while to break in and are $$$, though.
One thing that makes them last longest is washing gently and only when necessary. Tumble dryers and fabric softeners plus dryer sheets accelerate wear drastically. I have a couple pairs from Naked and Famous that are roughly a decade old with no tears or holes.
Otherwise like mentioned here: canvas pants or the firehose material ones from Duluth last a long time too. Much easier to maintain and handle frequent washing more readily.
Naked and Famous are great but very expensive. They use exotic fabrics and make exclusive, limited edition runs that, IMHO, would be wasted on workwear.
If you’re looking for regular selvedge denim at a fraction of N&F’s price, while still uncompromising on quality, durability and fabric, their no-label sub-brand The Unbranded Brand are awesome. I’ve worn 2 pairs already (both lost to crotch blowout after 3-4 years of daily wear, the issue being me getting fatter, not the jeans themselves). I’ve just started wearing my latest pair, an UB301.
