Meanwhile, Japanese peeps love vintage Levis and spend out the ass for them. Everyone likes foreign shyt and the prices reflect that demand. Not to say Japanese jeans are shyt or anything but it's hilarious when you over here buying their shyt and they're buying the shyt you think is cheap/crappy from here.
Totally get this but the cost/benefit ratio doesn't match up (in my humble opinion).
Everyone really should do what they want, but I can't justify that money for jeans. I'm not getting "twice" the fashion or "twice" the quality/longevity when I pay twice the money (normally paying no more than $80) in this case.
I want an iPad and could easily cop one... but I can't justify it (what am I REALLY gonna use it for?) so it stays on the shelf. Things like that. Maybe I'm just tight with my money? I dunno, brehs....
I think it really depends on how many clothes you have in your wardrobe. I don't have much, so I wear my clothes a lot more often and I've personally experienced cheaper quality (normally cheaper price) deteriorate much more quickly than some of the other brands I've paid a little more for. With that said I hardly pay the retail price for clothes, regardless of the brand.
I understand about being cheap with your money, but there are some things worth paying money for and clothes is one of them to me.