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Originally Posted by StellaLuna
Why the heck did you buy a pair of $150 jeans?
I say, don't patch them. You can really only get away with patches if you're an adorable girl (are you an adorable girl?) and even then they need to be tiny. Lurkette and I take Ratbastid's old boxers with the great designs- frogs, playing card suits- and make little patches.
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Stella, that was my question exactly.
It is the nature of jeans that they are going to fray, get worn out, and need to be replaced--hence why you should never spend more than $50 (I say $50 because my top-out point jeans-wise is based on what the GAP charges) on a pair (unless you're a girl buying dark-wash trouser-style jeans...then paying more is understandable). And in the future--go to Costco! They have quite a variety of jeans, and at a greatly discounted price. You want fancy jeans? They got 'em, but for 75% less.
Goodwill is also AWESOME for men's jeans. I found a pair of barely worn J. Crew jeans there a couple years ago. Paid $10 for what would have been an $80 pair. Until I lost almost 50 lbs, they were my favorite jeans.
Who is really going to notice $150 jeans? No one, that's who. And obviously they wear out at nearly the same rate as cheaper jeans. That isn't a savings, imo. The exceptions I've noticed in wear-rate are GAP jeans and J. Crew jeans.
However, one should never feel ashamed at paying full price for a good pair of trousers, a suit, a sweater, or dress shoes. Those are items that last a long time.