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Next jeans worn out in 12 months

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mummyrabbitpeppapig · 08/06/2017 16:41

Bought pair of next enhancer jeans around this time last year. Wear them approx one/two times a week. They are wearing out already around the thigh area. Jeans usually last longer than this! Thoughts?

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mumeeee · 08/06/2017 16:49

A year seems reasonable to me especially as you wear them at least once a week

Syc4moreTrees · 08/06/2017 16:51

They probably cost about £25...I think you've got plenty of value for money...but also jeans aren't what they used to be are they Grin

Ecureuil · 08/06/2017 16:52

A year at 1-2 times a week seems ok to me. That's about what I get from a pair of jeans.

GoingSouthThisYear · 08/06/2017 16:54

Some clothes from next are shit, but mostly their stuff is good and I buy 95% of my clothes from them.

MumIsRunningAMarathon · 08/06/2017 16:54

Wearing out because they rub?

Maybe you needed a bigger size.... hardly nexts fault there is it

PickAChew · 08/06/2017 16:55

That sounds a decent length of time to me. I find that if I don't rub the thighs bare (DH is a knee ripper, instead!) the lycra starts to give and develop stretchmarks after a year or so.

Raggydolly3 · 08/06/2017 16:56

Wow my George jeans are still going three years later and I still get comments about how nice they are.

Alicia555 · 08/06/2017 16:58

I don't like next jeans I find there's too much give in them, you put them on in the morning they fit fine by midday round the knees!

onetworedblue · 08/06/2017 16:58

I used to buy most of my clothes at Next but over the last couple of years the quality has really gone downhill. After my last purchases (a top which bobbled after on wash and a pair of trousers that started falling to bits the first time I wore them), I have vowed no more shopping in Next. I have also found the customer service appalling - rude, arrogant and unhelpful on the issues I had with the poor quality clothing, as well as a nightmare furniture order last year. Plus their chief executive is a dick!

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mummyrabbitpeppapig · 08/06/2017 17:00

My m&s ones are still going strong after two years ....... Ooh and I've just remembered my other next ones that I bought couple months before these are fine too......

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Rockspin · 08/06/2017 17:10

Ooh I was going to order some of these jeans, are they true to size? I always have an issue with thigh rub so might have to rule these out....

caffeinestream · 08/06/2017 17:25

I get this with some jeans, it's so frustrating.

I don't think a year is good value for clothing really. I wouldn't expect to have to replace a £25 pair of jeans every year.

squoosh · 08/06/2017 17:29

Maybe you needed a bigger size.... hardly nexts fault there is it

Thighs rubbing together doesn't mean she's wearing the wrong size. Not all of us have a thigh gap!

That aside, this always happens with jeans with a a lycra mix. So a year sounds about right

CondensedMilkSarnies · 08/06/2017 17:30

I wish they hadn't started to put Lycra into clothes , jeans especially . I know they're more comfortable
to wear but they really dont seem to last as long . As a PP said they fit fine in the morning but come lunch time , mine are all baggy and will only look ok again if I wash them.

I used to love squeezing myself into my just washed, stiff as a board wranglers or Pepe jeans back in the 80's.

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mummyrabbitpeppapig · 08/06/2017 17:41

Actually, I've just checked and I bought them October last year so not even 12 months. I think it may be the lycra that makes them no longer as hard-wearing as they used to be. I also wonder why my size 12 fit perfectly when freshly washed yet a few hours later they are too big on the waist and thighs ( as other people have commented )

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caffeinestream · 08/06/2017 17:44

It's the lycra that does it. Means they're cheaper to make, but the stretch means they don't stay fitted (due to the cotton), and means the denim is weakened as well.

It's shit. I've had £79 jeans do the same thing - one pair wore out within a month and I returned them - they were replaced as faulty but the same thing has happened to the replacement 6 months down the line.

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mummyrabbitpeppapig · 08/06/2017 18:11

So buying more expensive doesn't equal better quality then? (was going to say thats just pants)

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caffeinestream · 08/06/2017 18:12

Apparently not!

I'm thinking of going back to specialist jean shops really. Ones that focus just on denim products (Levi, etc.) unless someone comes on here to tell me they've gone downhill too!

IWillCrushYouLikeABug · 08/06/2017 18:14

I wouldn't call 50p a wear good value actually.

CondensedMilkSarnies · 08/06/2017 18:14

We used to have a jeans shop in town but it closed down ages ago - I'd love to find a reasonably priced pair of 'just' denim jeans .

Someone said True Religion were good - I nearly choked at the price !

IWillCrushYouLikeABug · 08/06/2017 18:15

I keep my waning to try out more men's jeans as they don't seem to fuck about with lycra

CondensedMilkSarnies · 08/06/2017 18:18

Does anyone know of a shop that sells just jeans but all different brands ?

CondensedMilkSarnies · 08/06/2017 18:19

Never thought of wearing men's jeans !

greenjojocat · 08/06/2017 19:37

I've had this with next jeans, I took them back and they replaced them for me.. twice! Worth a try

kickarse · 09/06/2017 09:19

This is the problem with fast fashion and cheep foreign labour things just do not last.

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