US denim has been terrible since the 70s, if that imported fabric is coming from Japan it's actually being made on the old machines that were sold off when the major producer of denim in the US retooled to weave denim in much wider swatches (I think it's 20' vs the old machines' 6' swatch width), increasing production and profit at the expense of quality (the wider swatches necessitate a different weave that makes the cloth wear faster and shrink differently, thereby affecting the fit of older designs as well as their longevity). Short version is that if yo want "American made quality" you have to get your fabric from Japan.

At least that's what my roommate who used to deal vintage clothes told me a couple years ago.

The made-in-Mexico 501s I wear are actually made from US-made fabric, ironically.

Actually, Beck's jeans are supplied by the same denim mill (Cone Mills Corporation) that supplies Levi's.

Hey, hey, how about a word for us Irish?

takewithfood, does that mean that they're made of domestically-produced fabric? Cone's website proclaims that it has "state-of-the-art, vertically integrated facilities in the US, Mexico, Nicaragua, and China."

I'm not clear on that part. Both Beck's jeans, and Levi's American-made jeans are assembled in the "White Oak" plant in North Carolina, at the exact same facility, and apparently that's at least good enough to give them the "made in the USA" stamp of approval. I can't find good information about where the materials all actually come from, though.

I love that there are only two styles, and they're both for men.

And stars.