I've always worn Levi's jeans so I started there only to find out that most Levi's are no longer made here. I went on their website and found some that were but they were really expensive. I'm sure some of you out there will pay over $100 for a pair of jeans but not this guy! They were charging $120-200 for one pair. Just one. Levi's 501 original fit Made in the USA blue jeans on sale for $139 down from $178. Wow, time to keep looking!
My first stop after a Google search was a site called Union Label. They sell a lot of different things, all Made in the USA, and they have an ok selection of jeans at reasonable prices. They sell three pairs of regular 5 pocket jeans for less than Levi's wanted for one pair of home grown blue jeans. They'll even embroider your union label on a back pocket for $10/pair extra. Pretty nifty. I'm hesitant to buy them though because while I'm no fashionista I don't know how they look or fit. The pictures on the website were small and only one view, and there was no comment section to get a feel for what people thought of them. It would be a shot in the dark at best.I breezed through the more expensive options from Duluth Trading (seemed ok but a little expensive - $75 - might check back here), Bullet Blues ($150ish), Ball and Buck (some for over $200!), Zappos (searched Made in USA and found lots of $150-300, yes, 300 dollar jeans. Bet there aren't many guys swinging a hammer wearing those fancy pants!), Texas Jeans (good prices but they have a pair of bull horns embroidered in the back pockets, not sure how I feel about that), Amazon had one pair made from sugar cane or something for $300 and American Apparel is way too hipster-douche for me.
I ended up finding a pair at All American Clothing Company I liked for around $50. They have a free shipping offer right now if you spend $99 or more and the feedback on their items looked very positive. I might have to pick up a shirt or two as well for the free shipping! I'll let you know how it works out in a few days when they get here. Until then...[UPDATE] from their confirmation email:
"Our goal is to provide patriotic buyers, such as yourself, with a higher quality, USA Made garment. “Statistics indicate if every American cared enough to buy just one USA Made garment per year, the impact would be nearly $9 billion. That creates an amazing amount of jobs for just one article of clothing per American!” We would like to extend our gratitude to you for patronizing us and thank you for supporting American Jobs."
Well said and you're welcome!
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