I worked in retail, back in the day, at a store called American Jeans in New Orleans. We sold some of the best jeans around. They weren't all just American brands but European as well. I know, the name of the store... the brands... I guess the owner was implying "jeans sold in America. Anyway, we sold Pepe, Levi's, Lucky, Diesel, and some other cool promotional type stuff no one had heard of but cool. I've worn all to include Big Star and Replay. My favs are Replay with a pair of Sendra boots. The point I want to make after all the sideline talk is that I just purchased a pair of LMC 502 LMC RUNYON for 168.00. Yes, I did that. After their first wash, I noticed as I tied my shoes that the left pant leg outside seam was crooked. So, instead of the seam staying nice and straight on the side of my leg, it came in as if trying to wrap the bottom of my leg. What? I want to say that this is poor construction of a jean sold for that price. I've paid just as much and even less for more stylish jeans in the past without this sort of thing happening after a first wash. For the longest time Levi's has wanted to be in-line of pricing as the European jeans. We're talking about since the 1990's. Yes, I'm old. Nevertheless, I like to wear nice stuff. Well, they've achieved their goal. Very disappointingly, though, the quality of structure has not been reached with this pair I bought. Does it happen to every other pair or is this normal? I am not sure. I miss a good pair of Replay and Big Star. read more