Dark Blue Jeans

My mission today was to get a pair of dark blue jeans. Really dark ones, almost Navy Blue. And why do I need a pair of blue jeans? Well the story starts like this:

For the longest time I had 4 pairs of jeans which I bought in US/Canada. All of them are regular blue levi's and I got them dirt cheap, US$50 bucks or less a piece. One pair remained the color that it was, cos I haven't really used it. Those were my work jeans for Concrete canoe, and came with epoxy stains. They were baggy so I could climb up and down without overstretching. Other than that pair, all 3 remaining pairs kinda lost their color after repeated washings. And yes, I do mean lost their color as in they were so used that their blue has almost become white. Apparently it is not the fashion in town to be walking around with blue jeans that are practically almost white in color! Everyone's been commenting about why I buy such weird light color jeans. To which I respond, "no they are worn out, isn't worn out the in thing for jeans?" And I get an "oh". Well worn out jeans are in, but only if they are worn out and patchy, not evenly worn out ya know? Like those dark ones with white patch in the middle where they are stretched. Anyway, dark jeans are in and I have a semi-dark G2000 Blu and a recently bought black Levi's (which cost a bomb), so its time for a pair in the "dark blue" range.

First stop: Espirit. Espirit jeans don't come cheap, so why Espirit? Cos I got Espirit card! Espirit card is the coolest clothing card ever, cos you get discounts on top of whatever discounts are currently available. And most of the time I'm looking for something, they have it. So I walked in and lo and behold they only have one design for dark blue jeans, perfect! Size 32 but I'm swimming in it, these guys need to get their sizes right, I'm a 33 yet I cant get into 32. Anyway they didn't have any smaller size, so...

Well I was wearing G2000 Blu when I went out today. So next stop was G2000 Blu. Guess what? They don't sell jeans there anymore!!! :(

Alright, by now I was kinda flustered that I can't seem to get my jeans. Next up, my favorite shop Fox. But I only get tops at Fox, never tried their bottoms and its not like they have many of them. Design was good, but not my tried and tested and I'm picky on pants. So perhaps try Giordano first.

Giordano only has sizes 32 and 34, they don't have odd sizes. Fox too. For some reason people don't like 33's so I need to slim down. Giordano's 32 was so so tight I couldn't even slip into it, ouch! But their 34 was so big I couldn't put a belt around it! Whoa! That was a really huge disparity in sizes, I think they need to do some quality control here, that 32 was so not 32. My waist is 33 but I can wear 32, just a little tight, not so tight!!! Sigh...

So it was back to Fox. A little skeptical, but their 32 is just nice, fit right in. Heheh, so I bought it. What's most important though: their size is right. I can't imagine what factories in China these other guys get their goods from. A 32/33 is a 32/33, you can measure it with a measuring tape, how can I be swimming in or not able to pull up a size 32 pants?