Lee 101

I don't really know their denim, but I always thought it's worth checking out. The quality seems to be good and they even have some interesting fabrics. There were a few moments when I was close to buy a 101 jeans but every time Gustin released something I "needed" to have and I spend my money there.
I own a few 101 shirts though and have to say that I really like them. I am in no way an expert in shirts and don't have lots to compare them to, but their fit is perfect for my body type and I like the fabrics they use.
I never paid full price for a shirt, because they are out of my price range, too. Every end of a year they have a 40-50% sale on their online shop, where I bought a few items. And if you are from Europe you should check out the ebay shop "royalbrands" from Poland. I bought a few shirts there and always check out what he has. He is surprisingly cheap, very reliable, ships immediately and for free (at least to Germany).

Lookin good! Sweet combo.

Not sure I'd agree with this. Nudie uses a fairly wide range of denim - although not to anything like the same extent as Gustin - and their premium denim is generally very good quality, Japanese or Turkish. In fact, I seem to recall Gustin were looking into using some Turkish denim but I have a feeling that never happened.

Construction wise, I'd give the nod to Nudie every time. I've never seen any pair from them that wasn't extremely well made and bang on their measurement specs.

Yeah, they don't do anything most would consider remotely 'heavy' and even their better fabrics struggle to be considered truly interesting, although I still think the finish of their jeans - especially the selvedge range - is superior to Gustin. Nudie's better denim pairs are what I'd firmly consider 'medium range' jeans. As you say, they don't come close to touching the IH, ONI, PBJ etc. of this world... but, then, nor do Gustin.

I havent bought any nudies in a long time tho, I have 3 heavy worn pairs from before. But none of them have nicely inside seems just the normal ugly zigzag/lockseem? Dont know the name. It looks so unclean and I dont like it. But I agree that the quality if we talk QC is top-notch. All in all I think they are overpriced tho.

are the lees available in the states other then ebay.....which can be a crapshoot sometimes

although I'm not seeing it there now.

Those look interesting...but the at the price point......one thinks about going with a known commodity.....

i've been perusing the Lee 101 selection on ebay and came across quite a few Lee 101 selvedge denim variants that i'm assuming are strictly for the European market. They're the Lee 101S slim rider selvedge jeans. The one primary seller I found on ebay appears to be from Poland and has good reviews. Although, i'm not entirely certain about the fit details. The thing I liked about some of these 101S variants is the selvedge and fabric details and that some of them are button-fly. I believe the Lee 101Z has a zip fly which I don't understand.

Do any of you own the 101S selvedge jeans? Care to share your experiences with fit?

how would you rate the quality and fit? The only reservation I have is the slim rider is just as it's advertised, a slim fit. when I did the cm/inches conversion most of the jeans I looked at had incredibly narrow cuff openings, like around 7.25" give or take a hair, so i'm curious if the slim rider is more of a skinny fit rather than a true slim fit. I typically like a hem that's 7.75" to 8" at most. I was checking around for other fits and I think Lee makes a regular fit for the 101S but it doesn't seem to be widely available.

Measurements would be cool if you have the time. Did you buy the gold line selvedge? Do you know if Lee 101's are sanforized?

whiskeyriver - what waist did you get an were they true to size so a 36 is 36 inch waist?

Thanks