Antique Levi’s jeans
The popular worker’s denim trousers have become modern day fashion and status symbols. Designer jeans come in and out of popularity but in the early 2000s, expensive jeans started coming back into fashion with brands such as APO Jeans, Chip and Pepper, Paper Denim & Cloth, Seven for All Mankind, True Religion and many other brands costing $200 or more per pair.
The Guinness Book of Records listed a pair of Gucci Genius jeans featuring elaborate feathers, beads, rips and buttons as most expensive jeans off-the-rack at a cost of $3,134 and Forbes once showcased Escada’s Swarovski crystal-encrusted jeans that sold for US $10,000.
Levi Strauss Company bid $46,532 to buy a pair of their own brand of denim pants back on the popular auction site eBay. However, the most expensive old jeans were an average pair of 501 jeans manufactured in the 1880s and purchased by a Japanese collector in 2005 for $60,000.
Trashed Denim
None of those prices, however, can even hold a candle to that commanded by Dussault Apparel’s Trashed Denim line of luxury jeans. These men’s jeans are handmade using a special process where they are washed thirteen times, with dying and painting performed between each washing to add depth to the jeans. That’s not all, though, as each pair of Trashed Denim jeans is adorned with sixteen 1-carat rubies, twenty-six .05-carat rubies, eight .05-carat diamonds and 1080 grams of 18k white or rose gold.
So how much are the most expensive jeans in the world? Try a quarter-million dollars. That’s right; Dussault Apparel’s Trashed Denim jeans are priced at $250,000. They can be purchased at the Dussault store in Los Angeles or Kustom in New York City.
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Where does was and re-wear come in to play?
crystal??? on your jeans??? talk about chaffing… oww.
maa chuda
Strange, no mention of really expensive designer jeans like Evisu or Iron Heart.
I think Evisu had a millenium model of which the logo was made from gold and platinum thread, forgot the price but I think it was 2.000 Usd each.
thats so weird…
If I thought of expensive jeans it would be like
7s or True Religion
I guess I was wrong….
thats whatt i thought tooo lol ..
I never would've thought jeans at all would be expensive, but mabe ill buy sum now
you are right man… true religion is expensive… the thing is that this site has rated the levis jeans the most expensive,,, varies according to individual perception..
got ma pair of true religions not that expensive about 490
showoff. you prolly live in a shack
key closet jeans are diamond encrusted jeans. they go for 10,000 dollars each. i think i will get a pair of them
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damn ; levi’s for that much money _ wtf has happenedd to this world. i thouqht the worlds most expensive jeans wouldd be like true relqions or ed hardy or 7s for all man kind _ not levis
Hugo Boss or Canali over gucci any day…
Did the Levi Strauss Company win the jeans on Ebay?
Escada’s Swarovski crystal-encrusted Jeans would be something i definetley would love to have in my closet…but would i wear such an expensive jean..definetley not…so whats the point?
i think i like it.
Well the levis were found in a mine in the Mojave Desert in California. They are valuable because they are over 100 years old. They were also in pretty good condition.
wow! Levi’s eh. I wonder why the older the things the expensive they get. Maybe i should start keeping my things for future use. lol
i agree with tht…
So much money for a pair of jeans? Oh please!
George at ASDA all the way
ey thats so unrealistic i simply thot a brand jean will always domanate over a labeled jean…’hence true religion’ but i was so wrong’ yeses kyafiwa nge strauss!!! but still beuty wise the true religion is da bomb!
I think these jeans are a bit more expensive http://www.dussaultapparel.com/250denim/
Dude i sooooo want those $250,000 jeans
The jeans do not look ‘all that’ luxurious to me. They look like their name, trashed denim. We can do better =-)
I myself hanged out a pair of paints on the top of a tree in front of my house so that it get older and when i will sell it as most expensive paint in the world, it should be 50% torn out.
really?
these jeans suk
i’m levi’s fanatic, so long as it will make you happy.
I like very much but i can’t buy it . so.. i see only
i got a pair of yotoy jeans…its the best jeans i ever crafted…
I like Deisel jeans
I would rather buy a porsche.
Ive already got 2 pair anyone wana buy a pair of me TO SMALL NOW!!!
I go the guess way n gues what? I’m supersmart in them guess jean! Real G hey:-)
Nudie, imperial, ksubi tsubi and cheap monday jeans are waaaaaay better!
im all about Ed Hardy, all this Levi business is crazy insane_
i know this bum whos jeans look better than that =/
everyone writing on this is either really ghetto or not from the us… cause their taste in jeans is pretty terrible
realy levi’s jean is the best to buy than other jaens.
Thats why you would definitely dry clean those jeans.
There amazing
thesee aree too kutee .. i wishh i couldd affordd themm thoee lol : )
i dont buy this 1 doolar
got a pair of jeans for only 1000 at true religion!! AWESOME! Oh from NYC
O only a 1000 dollars why the heck would you spend that much
I wear jeans that are nicer and cooler than that and they cost me $15.
really cute! BUT IM NOT PAYIN THAT MUCH!!!
um jeans cuter than that 4 15 bucks? i dont think so bud, those are HOT!!!
I think it's ridiculous that people pay 200 dollars plus for a pair of True Religion jeans, when you could get identical-looking jeans from a cheaper brand like American Eagle. The only real difference is the design on the back pockets. Paying that much for a pair of pants is silly, as far as I'm concerned…
I'm a freshman at an extremely preppy high school… it's all about social status. :/ The mentality seems to be that the more money you spend on clothes, the better, and the cooler you are. If you're frugal with how you dress, then you're considered a dork.
i really like how the more you would think jeans would lose their value (for example, holes, tears, paint, etc on them) the more expensive they become! what is wrong with this picture!? haha
i think wearing any branded jeans would make no difference coz it is still a jeans that does the same job …for everyone who loves wearing it…(sorry but no offence)………..
I think I’ll stick with my AE jeans and put the other 249.9k into remodeling my house.
i think all this is a waste….try 4 sumthng like lee or wrangler….after all they r jeans…not dimonds or sumthng…..
we are all diff taste,. i always favor in levis 501, i start to wear it start 1988, until now im still going. all my pants until now levis 501,
i could get a pair of jeans from walmart, some embellishments from a craft store, and a hot glue gun and make my better looking jeans for less than $30 AND come out with jeans that don't look like they were once owned by a hobo with a Bedazzler like these do!