>> In an age of declining clothing quality, sky-high prices for brand names and woke corporations, you can satisfy the need for quality, price and avoidance of supporting wokism by buying used.
I usually buy my jeans in the thrift shop, but a couple of years ago I was unimpressed by what I could find and bought a new pair. I was so pleased: they were the style I like and fit me perfectly.
Then I washed them and they shrank.
Now I am stuck between a rock and a hard place: can’t find jeans I like in the thrift shops, don’t want to buy jeans that will shrink.
I am bummed.
I live in a college town. I recommend travelling to one the week before graduation and checking out the thrift stores.
By my calendar you shouldn’t wait too long.
You may find that the same occurs there as here.
Alternative: Specialty shops marketing used jeans.
The problem is that there are buyers of used jeans who end up wiping out the market to satisfy the niche specialty shops...and you end up paying a premium anyway, but they’re already pre-shrunk.
If you read my whole post, I had to buy new as well, but got lucky in that the size I chose didn’t shrink beyond tolerance.