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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
So now that we have short and shoe fashion completed, can we move on to jeans and casual wear?
I’m having a heck of a time finding decent fitting denim. I’m not a huge fan of the heavy taper, but with the right shoe combo I can make it work.
Who else is just over 6’ but has gazelle legs and broad shoulders? I can’t find the right proportional shirt length to jean style to shoe. Be forewarned though, I’m 44 and have a striking resemblance to George Clooney. So cutting edge fashion is definitely out, I feel weird in it. That’s for the kids.
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Sounds like you had a similar issue to me. Average athletic build/borderline pudgy. I'd tried a ton of different types of jeans. For whatever weird reason, William Rast were the only higher end jeans I liked, but I didn't like the price tag on them. I've tried all sorts of "value" brands in between, but in the end, I think I will only buy the Levi's 541 Athletic fit.
Everything else Levi's does not work for me at all fit wise, especially the skinny jeans (my calves get caught in the thigh area, how the hell people have chicken legs like that is beyond me and I don't have insane sized calves). I feel like I end up getting punched in the balls every time I sit down in the classics and other fits. No such issues with the 541 for me. I am exactly 6 feet, but for your longer legs I think you would be looking at a pair of jeans that are "waist" x 34 long rather than x30 or 32 long. The Athletic fit is really nice and stretchy for a reasonable price. They're also super durable (3+ years on 3 pairs so far vs I used to rip many other brands of jeans within less than a year) and comfy (balls not crushed when I sit down).
I've been damn lucky at Levi's. In the last month or so with their current summer clearance and discounts, I nabbed 4 pairs for an average of about $40 per pair. The stuff that's not clearance I think was around $55 a pair if you bought 2 and most of everything else was 20% off I believe.
EDIT: For some of the comments about the expensive denim washing/cleaning, I really don't know why I was expecting to read a bunch of comments about getting them dry cleaned. Some of those jeans are way more expensive than the typical formal wear or business wear and most people don't think twice about dry cleaning that stuff. (Especially if you're only doing it once or twice a year as some posters are mentioning)