The 514 Jeans Show Levi’s at Their Best and Most Modern

With a modern yet timeless cut and good quality for the price, there is no better pair for the price.

Courtesy of Levis
Levis 514. Courtesy of Levis

Much like hi-fi audio and sneaker collecting, denim is one of the cultural worlds I wander through that regularly astound me with their fanatical passion. On forums across the internet, battles rage about Japanese raw denim versus American, the environmental and material quality of various wash techniques, why zips are the best, or that you should be hanged if you don’t use buttons. The word “stretch” is a sentence of instant exile.

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