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I have officially lost any lingering patience for arguments that expensive jeans are superior to their cheap brethren by dint of their longevity. Last fall, I purchased a pair of Old Navy $20 specials at around the same time as a pair of super-super-saled Earnest Sewn retail $200 jeans, and have cared for them identically and worn them for roughly equal amounts of time. While the construction and the fit of the Earnest Sewns definitely surpasses that of the Old Navys -- I have spent some time idly admiring the finish on the stitching and seams -- the Earnest Sewns also have the questionable benefit of having spontaneously sprung a one-inch hole (more precisely, something resembling a ladder-y run that you'd get in a pair of tights) right below the crotch. Which, of course, I just discovered in the middle of the day at work. And while I'm somewhat lamenting the jeans' demise, I'm more lamenting the first and last time that I will ever buy a pair of ridiculously expensive jeans, even on super-super sale.

On the plus side, I do get to run around for the rest of the day exploiting the hole's comedic potential. Or at least fighting the urge to shout "I split! Mah pants!" at everyone I meet, a la SpongeBob.

Check this out:

http://www.grumperina.com/knitblog/archives/2007/05/true_jeans_foll.htm

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