I was surprised by the mountain of negative comments from customers unhappy and pretend all unpleasantly surprised by the product. Now I know why I ordered 2 Levis that one and one black. So first the sizes do not match / more when I wear for 20 years (I also still 7 or 8 at hand to compare and usually the interest lies precisely in the fact that when you know model (501 in this case) and its size, no surprises. This was the case until now, before I order on Amazon (which I am also very pleased to d other products) Anyway, basically. They are larger (but really, I measured and it has nothing to do, the cup is totally different, AR larger pockets, waist much larger, etc . And no it is not because I compare to old jeans or washed many times as some have less than a month (but not purchased, more expensive of course). It looks really of (bad) copies of 501. On the black I have washed 3 times, the buttonhole of the belt is already more tired (it begins to "swim") that on jeans (same model) I last 5 / 6yrs!
Also I noticed that my "other" 501 come from Europe (especially in Poland manufactured for ex.) While there, the blue is "Made in Bangladesh" and the black "Made in Pakistan". So I do not know if it's Levis has changed its policy and lowered the quality (I doubt), if there are two qualities one for small and one for custodians "supermarkets" but one thing is sure, it has NOTHING to do. I will continue to buy from Amazon, but not jeans. I prefer to pay 2 times more and not be disappointed. Do I have to complete my "little investigation", to return to where I certainly was paying almost double but where they were manufactured in Europe with "real" cuts 501 and the quality that goes with it, to see if it is still the or in case the quality has also changed / dropped in this case it comes from Levis, but again more elements lead me to doubt it. So to finish this pad (sorry) I will give my feeling in 2 words: very disappointed.