I too have been wearing men's jeans since my early twenties. I am wearing now, as I type.
Dress slacks are a different matter. There was a brand ( Karen Scott) that had well fitting lined pants that were perfect for the office. They were completely machine washable in hot water and were as durable as a knight's chain mail. I didn't even need to try them on. I bought them right off the rack...but...Macys doesn't carry them any more. ( sniff)
I am retired now so I only need one or two pair. I now sew my own. I have the time and I don't mind.
By the way, I have missed you, Amelia, and SoftballmominVA over on the education threads. You guys kept things interesting.
There is actually more we agree on than disagree :)
For some reason, which I have long forgotten, I had made a conscious decision to only wear skirts or dresses to work. It was 1978 and I was working on Wall St. when I made that decision, and with the exception of a couple of part time stints as a convenience store clerk, a cook, and a waitress, I stuck to that in my “professional” work until the spring of 1998 when I was pregnant and actually wore capris to the State Capitol a couple of times. I reverted right back to the skirts/dresses after that until I left that line of work and moved to a farm in 2003.
Now I live on a farm and live in jeans, but I have a pretty extensive “dress” wardrobe that all fits, never goes out of style, and I always look very nice (if I say so myself) at church on Sunday :)
Except for jaunts to the library or to a friend’s house I had been off line for well over a year and have only recently gotten back at home, and am not spending as much time at the computer as I used to, as I picked up a few other interests in the interim :)
Count me as another one for men’s pants and shorts. All the stuff in ladieswear is trashy! Men’s stuff holds up better too, and so do the t-shirts, since I’m perfectly content wearing plain solid colors.