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Finding jeans for you.(Buyers Guide)
Jeans may well be the most carefully sewn clothing in your closet. Why, then, is it so hard to find jeans that fit? You can start with the way they're constructed and even the nature of denim itself. Manufacturers have to allow for small differences here and there in cutting and sewing, but the variations sometimes amount to much more than a fraction of an inch. In our tests of men's and women's jeans, we found individual brands in the same style and size that differed as much as 2 1/2 inches in the waist and hip, 1 1/4 inches in length.
The distinctive properties of denim make those inconsistencies more noticeable than in, say, a pair of khakis. Denim stretches ...
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