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Why do Nudie Jeans have a bad reputation in the denim community?
Probably because nudies have lower oz / thinner fabric that makes them easier to blowouts. Nudies also produced lots of stretch denim which caused people to size down which would make the denim blowout easier. Still, I like nudies company policy, they use 100% organic cotton and is more transparent as compared to other company. If you are paying that much, you would want to know are your denim ethically made, at least for me. I tend to avoid Zimbabwe cotton unless the product is really cool, period.
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I'm relatively new to raw denim, but have experimented with APCs, Raleigh Denim, and Nudie Jeans. Personally, the Nudies are the most comfortable for me, so why do they get such a bad reputation?
Probably because nudies have lower oz / thinner fabric that makes them easier to blowouts. Nudies also produced lots of stretch denim which caused people to size down which would make the denim blowout easier. Still, I like nudies company policy, they use 100% organic cotton and is more transparent as compared to other company. If you are paying that much, you would want to know are your denim ethically made, at least for me. I tend to avoid Zimbabwe cotton unless the product is really cool, period.
I have to agree with poor quality. I had a pair for a few months. They weren't a daily pair, but worn in rotation (maybe about 25-30 total days).
There was a major flaw with the construction near the fly. It's not something I noticed when I first got them, but became more visible with wear. I took them to my local nudie retailer who told me to contact the company directly, because they clearly got passed quality control. The person who responded to my email blamed me for the problem...said I washed/dried them and that's why they were damaged. I never washed this pair. Plus he went on to tell me how he stands by the quality of their jeans, and they never have quality control problems. Yeah right... no help, no customer care...forget them. Not worth it.
There are much better denim options out there...even if you find nudies on sale.
I've been looking around for a new pair of jeans, and my god, all of the vegan options are like, insanely expensive. I looked at Nudie, Uniqulo, unbranded, etc, and the websites are all saying something like $100 to $200.
I'm not looking for anything fancy, just like, some work clothes and stuff. Like, ideally something in the $20-$35 range. I can buy jeans with leather patches at my local walmart for that, I am just trying to buy those kinds of jeans, but ya know, without the leather patch. Paper is fine, I don't care, I just am looking for not insanely expensive jeans that don't have leather.
Do any of y'all have any recommendations? Men's jeans specifically