These are awesome jeans. I grabbed them for my husband, who doesn’t care one way or the other about fashion, labels, fit, etc. he wants clothes that are clean and on his body. He’s short, so I grabbed his waist size, hemmed these, washed them and put them in his drawer. He put them on, and noticed how soft and comfy they were. He did comment on that. He noticed the difference between these and his usual wranglers, and that’s saying something. From my perspective, these look better, feel better, and are obviously overall better quality. I got these for my husband for the cost of tax- would I spend $100+ on jeans for my husband that doesn’t know the difference? No. However, if your spouse is fashion conscious and does care, these are worth every cent, the difference in fabric and quality is obvious in my opinion!