I guess I haven't been paying attention!

[walkin jack]

In my early teens I started wearing Levis Blue jeans. No numbers. No fad colors. Just blue denim, straight leg, button fly, shrink-to-fit blue jeans. They were thick and rugged and tough as nails. When I was in high school I got 3 new pair and I was still weaing them in my late 20s. I finally got too big around the middle and had to get new jeans.

At some point they came out with all the different numbers, styles, colors and such. About that time I began to notice the style/number/color I had always worn and liked, now called the 501s were lighter and thinner and lasted only a year...2 years at the most. Still I stayed with 'em because they were made in America.

Then the moved overseas some where, and began supporting ideas and things I disagreed with so I went to Wrangler Jeans.

I found them to fit better and last longer than the new, foreign made Levis.

I just bought 3 new pair and was looking at the little lable for any change in washing directions that may have occurred since I last bought blue jeans. A few years ago. Among other things the label said

********** M A D E I N N I C A R A G U A ************

I am crestfallen!!!

Does ANYONE in America still make blue jeans!?!?

 

[Neversink n Klapperthal]

a company called All American. No,I never heard of them either. Prices for mens jeans start at $65

 

[Iframe32s]

It's truly a sad state of affairs...is virtually ANYTHING still made in U.S.A.?

 

[JJEH]

Cutting costs to gain maximum profits will always be the driving force of big corporations.

I like websites like these for example:

Still Made in USA.com - American-made Jeans for the Entire Family!

 

[steelslaver]

Most of the cloth weaving machines are long gone from the US

 

[bigwheelzip]

One Wrangler collection called "Rooted" is made in the USA.

https://www.wrangler.com/on/demandw..._COLLECTION&prefv1=Wrangler Rooted Collection

 

[AJ]

I too, went to Wrangler jeans. Looked at the website for "Rooted" and had heart failure. Guess I have been living under a rock.....the last pair of Wranglers I bought were at KMart and cost me $20.00.

AJ

 

[Rustyt1953]

Wrangler "Carpenter" jeans are my favorites. Super comfy, with pockets that house my mouse gun perfectly.

 

[dockmurgw]

Buy these. They make jeans, and the overalls are the classic originals. I wear them all the time, the most comfortable thing out there for the...full bellied...figure.

Round House $29 American Made Jeans, Overalls 112 Yrs Jean Made in USA

 

[walkin jack]

I am amazed at the shortsightedness of so many businesses. Suppose you make tvs. You move overseas for cheap labor. Save a bundle. good for you. Suppose all the shoe makers do the same. And machine parts, tools,etc, etc, etc.

Then all these greedy, thoughtless, heartless business geniuses want to bring there cheaply make products back home to the good old USA and rake in the profits.

BUT

No body here has a job anymore since all their jobs went over seas.

Don't get me started....oh never mind. It's too late....

 

[rockquarry]

Nowadays, when I buy jeans that really fit, I buy at least six or eight pair, regardless of who makes it. That way, you don't have to buy so often. I don't guess I've bought any in about ten years. I seldom shop Cabela's, but the last jeans came from there. They may be made on the moon, I don't know.

 

[ladder13]

American made

All American Made Clothing

 

[arjay]

I just ordered 3 pairs of wranglers off of Amazon. They are thin!

 

[AJ]

I am amazed at the shortsightedness of so many businesses. Suppose you make tvs. You move overseas for cheap labor. Save a bundle. good for you. Suppose all the shoe makers do the same. And machine parts, tools,etc, etc, etc.

Then all these greedy, thoughtless, heartless business geniuses want to bring there cheaply make products back home to the good old USA and rake in the profits.

BUT

No body here has a job anymore since all their jobs went over seas.

Don't get me started....oh never mind. It's too late....

The manufacturers who built their reputations here in the States have become importers. They are looking for their version of "Free Stuff" (since I can't use the word I want).

 

[SMSgt]

Having grown up in the textiles areas of NC, I can say this--the textile industry in American is all but dead.

 

[gregintenn]

Diamond Gussett jeans are made right here in Tennessee!

 

[JohnSW]

I recently bought some Levi 505 jeans. I have no complaints about the cloth/quality, but they are made in Bangladesh.

The last colored t-shirt I bought was made in El Salvador.

 

[bigwheelzip]

They have had offshore manufacturing for a long time. First non-USA made Wrangler jeans we purchased were behind the "iron Curtain", in a special foreign-exchange store in Krakow Poland in 1987. Except for the tag, otherwise indistinguishable from USA made.

 

[fiasconva]

I quit buying Levi's for the same reason you did. I switched to Lee jeans and have been happy with them. They are just as good or better than Levi's and seem to fit me better. Wranglers are a close second but don't seem to be nearly as thick as the Lee's.

 

[MRB1]

Got a hickey for my reply, so I'll try without offending anyone. I wear Wrangler Original fit or Carhartt jeans exclusively. They both have a heavier weight denim, and the sizes stay true. The Carhart's have deeper pockets, which causes some discomfort, but they both last more than one year. Levies are no longer made for heavy work. Otherwise, manufacturing origin isn't important to me.