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hey guys so if you recall I recently
made the New Year's resolution to only
buy 12 pieces of clothing the entire
year and that's one piece a month yes I
took calculus so what I was thinking
about what I wanted to buy I immediately
thought of the perfect pair of jeans
which I've been hunting for for probably
like six months now but I've never been
able to find I'm currently wearing my
favorite pair from American Eagle for
just high-waisted skinny jeans with a
rip in the knee I absolutely love the
fit of these but unfortunately American
Eagle discontinued them shortly after I
bought them so I'm gonna have to look
elsewhere and I'm gonna see if I can get
myself a little bit more of a sturdy
high-quality pair of jeans as well so
without further ado let's get started on
our journey to find the perfect pair of
jeans my first stop was American Eagle
which has kind of been my go-to for
jeans throughout the years because
they're super affordable they're
stretchy and they generally fit me
pretty well and I wanted to see if they
had come out with any new styles that
were kind of comparable to my favorite
pair I promptly got some war flashbacks
from my teenage years working here which
you guys might know about I picked out
three pairs of high-waisted black jeans
to try on because I've embraced the
darkness of my soul recently and have
been wearing a lot of black the smallest
size which is my usual one did not fit
me or at P Freshman Fifteen
or maybe they just changed our sizing
system I'm gonna go with the latter but
who knows luckily when I went with one
size up they actually fit me pretty well
so I've had to size up one but this is
actually a pretty good fit here's what
they look like they actually fit really
well except for a round across they're a
little bit more room that I like it a
little bit
back here but wait that's pretty good
it's knit two new jeans exercises to
make sure that they're stretchy and
comfortable ideally as well and like a
little bit of on their waist
surprisingly American Eagles still die I
actually really like these jeans and
probably they're not perfect I think
they're a really good option especially
for the price point they're around $50
and they're jeans on sale anyway I think
it'll go around the other stores I'm
going to use this as a point of
comparison and see whether they're jeans
stand up to these and are really a lot
better and worth the price if I can't
find anything a footer I might go back
in my knees actually in order to give
some designer jeans ago I headed over to
Bloomingdale's
I had really never tried on designer
jeans before but I definitely recognized
some good brands but a lot of them
weren't high-waisted which is like a
must for me so I just because I was
going fisting anyway I decided to stop
by Buffalo Exchange and see if I could
get a good deal on any designer jeans I
tried on a bunch of pairs but
unfortunately none of them were quite
right for me these are a little bit too
too 90s stoner weasel ons by current and
Elliot are actually super super soft but
this is one hell of it always
so next up I headed to a store whose
quality I really admire just kidding I'm
actually talking about Madewell it's
always been a store that I've wandered
through but never tried stuff on because
the price tag is kind of insane there
jeans are closer to $100 I thought I'd
use this opportunity to try some of
their jeans on and see whether it was
worth investing in a really high quality
pair I went straight for their 9 inch
high rise skinny jeans in black with a
nice little he rip at a whopping 128
dollars Sykes
but these jeans kind of slay me they
felt amazing on so soft so stretchy and
yet they still felt really sturdy and
durable and like a real pair of jeans
here you can see me doing my very
attractive jeans testing dance one thing
well two things that I really liked
about these jeans were first that the
knee rip lands at the perfect place just
above the knee because I've actually
found that if the knee rip is at or
below the knee it makes my legs look
really short I also love the cut off
detail around the ankle I think it feels
really modern and choreo you can just
hack off your jeans with a pair of
scissors but you know what sometimes you
just gotta buy into the trendy in
the fashion industry the only issue with
these though is that there was weirdly a
lot of room around the crotchal region
so it was kind of more wrinkly than I'd
like and it gave me that weird like
bunching triangle when I put my legs
together so I ultimately did have to
pass up these jeans because at 128
dollars they better be something perfect
I also tried on the exact same thing
except without knee ripped but really
the material was just not the same it
wasn't as stretchy or comfortable so I
felt pretty ambivalent about these jeans
they felt pretty much the same to me as
American Eagles I think that just goes
to show that even in like the world of
online shopping there's definitely still
place for actually trying clothes on
because there's so much individual
variation between each style and each
pair of jeans finally I tried on this
pair of vintage jeans that I had kind of
just picked up on a whim from the
clearance section but I ended up really
really liking them they felt like a real
denim they had a little bit less stretch
in them when I was used to but they felt
like they would really last me a long
time
look like real jeans versus kind of
jeggings um and here doing a little hair
flip I totally felt like I was in like a
denim ad I feel like a lot of jeans that
I own are kind of understated they're
very form-fitting and kind of a stretchy
material so it doesn't give you like the
full texture and feeling of denim versus
these which at the risk of sounding
redundant give a really denim II vibe to
the look you know it's like it's a
statement
so before committing to buying these
jeans I did my good old two-stage denim
testing extravaganza which may or may
not have been a thing that I just made
up on the spot
but let's ignore that the first step is
to check for the fit at for potential
trouble areas for me that is at the
crossroad region make sure it's not too
crinkly or weird the second is the
bootie and these make me look pretty
poppin I'm not gonna lie even though I
don't have much going on there it is
help in that situation the third is the
hem which you can obviously get fixed by
a tailor but like what's the honest we
go sock it's time for a tailor and I
always want to make sure that it looks
good both unrolled and roll so that I
have more options for styling my jeans
and then the final thing is the pockets
just are there real pockets because I
need somewhere to store my hands during
socially awkward situations or you could
use it for things like your phone or
credit card too but that's kind of weird
and then the second stage is some motion
testing for all of the extreme athletics
that I do so the first thing is
obviously just walking in your jeans are
they comfortable are they chain thing
are they falling down at the waist one
move and you constantly have to be
pulling them up secondly can you do a
squat in them without it feeling like
it's gonna rip at the crotch thirdly can
you do the bend and snap from wheelie
blonde and lastly can you sit crisscross
applesauce without it straining at the
knees too much or if they're distressed
without the knee hole ripping any
further
so to be honest these weren't really the
type of jeans that I had set out with in
mind I was thinking I was gonna buy some
of those skinny black jeans but I really
really liked them and they were on sale
for $25 which I don't really object to
either um not to say that I bought them
for the price though they really are my
perfect pair of jeans and that's it guys
thank you so much for watching
I hope this inspires you guys to find
your perfect pair of jeans or maybe now
that this video is up see you late and
it's nearly spring your perfect pair of
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