Men of the UK, where do you purchase your jeans from and what is your go to brand?

Everybody listen to the guy who doesn’t own a single item, he definitely knows what he’s talking about! I don’t know anyone who doesn’t own at least _something_ from Uniqlo, except people who never go to the cities where they exist. More expensive brands will offer higher quality, more interesting stuff, yes. Obviously. But Uniqlo sits at the exact point of quality : price ratio that works well for people who know how to style basic items. Anyone, with any kind of style, could find something worth buying in there. Most higher-end boutiquey menswear stuff looks like trash after one wash, is less versatile, and obviously way more expensive. It takes a lot of effort, time, trial and error, and many £ hundreds down the drain, before you find anything that pays off long term. I’ve been there. And most people (including me) can’t afford/ don’t want to dress head to toe in luxury clothes every day. Spennier high street shops like cos and Arket are more refined quality than Uniqlo, but cos often tries too hard to be ‘high fashion’ (making a lot of it less versatile/ wearable for alot of people) and Arket just doesn’t cater for smaller guys at all. The low end (like H&M) is just a chaotic mess of churned out low quality items designed to wear once. People like Uniqlo because it provides what they _wish_ H&M would provide - good quality affordable basics - without the need to overwhelm you with a deluge of cheaply designed, tacky, seasonal fads Levi’s have been coasting on heritage and reputation for decades now. I tried on every fit/ colour in their flagship store (within what I was looking for) and it all fit terribly, and the washes/ colours were all awful and look cheap and dated. And the sizing is so inconsistent! I would try the next size up and it was often smaller. Uniqlo jeans are very hit and miss but their selvedge raws are objectively better quality than Levi’s for sure. I don’t like that they are tapered or stretch denim, and I don’t like how they are so glossy when you first buy them. but if they made them a 100% cotton regular straight, they’d likely be my favourite pair of jeans. The denim is made by the same factory in Japan who produce £300+ jeans from serious brands, and the fit in the top block, and pocket design/ placement is the best I’ve found so far (including those expensive jeans. I just wish the legs weren’t so slim, but that’s personal preference