Levi Strauss & Co. was created. in 1871. It was made of rough cotton fabric with metal rivets.

These jeans were created for miners, cowboys and men of other professions that required long and hard work, as a result of which the clothes became very dirty.

But jeans only became popular in the 1950s, when teenagers started wearing them. Ironically, today many people consider jeans a symbol of well-being.

Over the course of their history, jeans have evolved from working-class suits to designer wear, and in this collection you can learn about the 10 most expensive jeans ever sold.

The most expensive things in the world

10. Alexander McQueen jeans.

This fashion house made dresses for Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, but it specializes not only in dresses, but also in other clothes, including jeans. In 2017, the fashion house released a new collection, which includes a pair of embroidered jeans that cost $2,165.

9. Jeans from Valentino.

Valentino's most expensive pair of jeans is part of the "Rockstud Untitled" collection and costs $1,195.

8. Jeans from Roberto Cavalli.

You know something is expensive if you've seen it on Sex and the City. These jeans are no different from Levi's jeans, but they are decorated with rhinestones. The cost of these jeans is $1,200.

7. Jeans from APO Jeans.

There are premium jeans, and then there are APO Jeans, which have rivets and buttons made of pure gold or platinum, and these jeans are decorated with diamonds. The most inexpensive model of these jeans costs $4,000.

6. Jeans from Escada.

This company began making jeans in 1978 and continues to do so to this day. Moreover, you can order a completely unique pair of jeans that only you and no one else will have. You can add various embroidery and decorate with Swarovski crystals. The cost of one pair can reach $10,000.

5. Jeans from Gucci.

The name Gucci has long been associated with luxury. As one of the first brands to produce luxury jeans, it's no surprise that a pair of Gucci Genius Jeans retails for $4,000.

4. Jeans from Dolce & Gabbana

Collection women's jeans from Dolce & Gabbana called Boyfriend Fit Jeans With Jewel Application from the summer 2017 collection costs $4,495.

The first pair of blue jeans were made by Levi Strauss & Co. in 1871. Work pants made of thick denim with metal rivets were created for cowboys, miners, lumberjacks and other representatives of “brutal” professions. The dense fabric had to last a long time, despite the most extreme conditions and dirt. However, jeans gained universal popularity only in the 50s of the twentieth century, when teenagers began to wear them every day. The irony is that, initially, clothes for the proletariat became the object of attention of the most sought-after designers, and then the rich from all over the world. Here are 25 pairs of jeans, the price of which may surprise anyone.

Guess

Guess jeans are considered quite affordable

The most ordinary jeans from the Guess brand's basic collection? cost up to 200 US dollars. The “top” line will cost more – from $400 and above.

Seven jeans, true religion

The brand's jeans are known to the world thanks to the song “My Humps” by the Black Eyed Peas. It is believed that the designers of this company use only high-quality denim, and the pants themselves are chosen by celebrities from all over the world. One pair costs over $400 (but you can save on sale).

Regular pair of Armani jeans

A pair of Armani Women's Regular Fit Jeans from the spring 2017 collection costs $1,300. But don’t grab your heart right away: after the sale, they began to cost $750. No rhinestones or embroidery. Only denim.

All Earnest Sewn jeans have a certificate printed on the inside of the pocket

The brand is based in New York and specializes in custom jeans. They can make you a pair with any embroidery and any style. The asking price is from $1000. Basic pants cost $300.

Burberry is loved and appreciated in Russia

Don't think that this brand belongs only to the world of stunning raincoats and chic neckerchiefs. A pair men's jeans Burberry costs $300. And this, for a minute, is the monthly food budget for the average working American family (let alone Russia).

Boutique Diesel

The brand has long been known for its chic jeans: the quality of the cut, the uniqueness of the models and the “indestructibility” have created a whole cult around Diesel. Male models from the NARROT collection for 2017 cost $555 US. The most expensive Diesel pair was sold for $15,600.

A pair of Balmain jeans

Although jeans were invented in America, the French know a lot about how to make work clothes a real diamond. This is how Balmain, a French fashion house founded in 1940, makes jeans for high society. One pair of Balmain denim pants costs $1,165. If you want to save money, you can buy lounge pants for “only” $750.

A logo so beloved by counterfeit bag makers

Skinny jeans men's collection Fragments start at $885. They can be identified by rainbow threads on the back pockets, FRGMT laser engraving on all metal parts and a huge LV patch. There's no point in paying a ton of money for a pair of jeans if people won't notice, right?

Loewe

Would you wear pants like these?

Loewe have created a very trendy pair of tiger stripe jeans (too trendy in our opinion). The cost of this item of clothing is “some” $1,150. Regular denim pants bearing the name of this proud brand will cost $650.

A pair of men's jeans from Raleigh Denim Workshop

At Raleigh Denim Workshop, every pair of jeans is handmade in Raleigh, North Carolina. The most expensive pair costs $385, but on average you will have to pay $225 for them. But they are really worth it.

Each pair of Porsches is individually numbered

If you want a Porsche logo on your bumper, these jeans are your choice. The most expensive of them cost 450 US dollars.

You can pay more for a brand than for renting an apartment

Yves Saint Laurent known as one of the most luxurious brands. Therefore, for a pair of leather pants from this company you will have to pay at least $3,000. “Regular” jeans from this brand cost up to $900.

Flares are back in fashion!

A pair of flared jeans from Stella McCartney is a really good buy (although the same ones can be found in your parents' clothes). But their price is $735.

Leather pants for $2000

Picture this: Micheal Kors has pink leather jeans that cost $2,054. It’s unlikely that the average person can afford these (and it’s not even about the price, but about their very peculiar appearance).

Prints for every taste at exorbitant prices

French designer Isabelle Marant created her brand in 1994. The clothes she created combine the brightness and some loudness of the 90s with the businesslike femininity of the minimalism of our time. The average pair of Isabel Marant jeans costs $1,500.

Plain jeans from McQueen

The clothes of the Alexander McQueen fashion house are worn by the most titled people. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wore a dress from this brand at her wedding. However, Prince William's wife also wears jeans from Alexander McQueen. So, one pair with embroidery costs $2,165.

Label on original Valentino jeans

A pair of Valentino "Rockstud Untitled" jeans will set you back $1,195. For this amount you can rent a studio apartment for a month in Denver, Colorado (a fairly large city by US standards). In smaller American cities, you can rent an entire house that can comfortably accommodate a family of five.

Real Roberto Cavalli jeans should have a patch like this (and a snake on the button)

As you know, everything that appeared in the series “Sex and the City” becomes the object of desire for millions of fashionistas and fashionistas. Jeans from Roberto Cavalli are no exception. A pair of pants made from the same denim as Levi's from the brand (only with gems) will cost you $1,200.

Embroidery from APO Jeans is a real art

If true luxury is your thing, then a pair of pants from APO Jeans with buttons and studs in gold and platinum is your choice (diamonds included). One pair costs from $4,000. For this money you can buy a good car.

Escada and Swarovski are more expensive together

Escada began producing jeans in 1978. And he still makes them successfully. To order, the fashion designers of this brand will create for you a unique pair with Swarovski crystals for “only” $10,000. In the 90s, most of the planet would have been in an epileptic fit of joy from such a gift.

Gucci

Jeans from new collection Gucci

Gucci has become synonymous with luxury living on both sides of the Atlantic. Real Gucci jeans start at $4,000.

Dolce & Gabbana embroidery on jeans of the new collection

Dolce & Gabbana Boyfriend Fit Jeans with diamond embroidery from the summer 2017 collection cost $4,495. In Russia, for the same amount you can get a ticket to a five-star hotel in Spain and relax there in style for two weeks.

Dussault Apparel's Thrashed Denim Line

Skulls and diamonds, for which you can shell out several salaries (if you really want to)

Each pair of jeans from Dussault Apparel's Thrashed Denim Line costs $250,000. To produce this item of clothing, a special technology is used: they are thoroughly washed and painted 13 times to give the jeans a finished look. The set comes with 15 carats of rubies, 4 carats of diamonds and plenty of skulls. Ed Hardy would love to have them for Christmas.

A modern pair of jeans by Levi Strauss

According to the Guinness Book of Records, the most expensive jeans were sold in 2005 for 60,000. These were a pair of original Levi's, created by Levi Strauss himself at the beginning of the twentieth century. The safety of these pants is due to the fact that they have never been washed.

Secret Circus

Here are the most expensive jeans in the world

Secret Circus knows a lot about luxury: their jeans with diamonds cost $1,250,000 a pair. It's scary to imagine what you need to do to buy them.

The desire for luxury is growing among humanity every year. It is possible that soon it will be possible to buy one pair of jeans for the annual budget of a small country. But they will be able to cook, clean and order things from the Internet with home delivery. If only they didn't start an uprising.

Today a girl in ripped jeans sat next to me on the subway. On her knees there were two huge holes, obviously torn on purpose, with rags hanging around the edges. The girl is pretty, with neat hair and makeup, wearing a new pink jacket. And suddenly - ripped jeans. From my point of view, this is a paradox. This is not the first time I have seen torn pants, and I am always surprised. How can it be that people deliberately tear their clothes and then put them on themselves? It's not beautiful, even ugly, one might say. But why do they wear it? What is the answer to the riddle?

There are no people I know who wear torn clothes. I'm trying to ask the all-knowing Google. I enter the query “Why do they wear ripped jeans?” On the first page of the search engine, sites appear where no one doubts that it is worth wearing jeans with holes in the knees. They are advertised with all their might, encouraging buyers. They write that (I quote): “ Ripped jeans bold and extraordinary individuals prefer to wear them.”, “Ripped jeans look original, daring and attractive.”, “Not only young people who want to stand out, but also everyone who likes originality and originality in clothing like to wear them.” Maybe this is the key to understanding - the desire to stand out, originality. You can definitely stand out, but, in my opinion, for the worse. A certain amount of courage is also needed here. Not everyone wants to get into rags. I would argue about originality. Holes on the knees are no longer original, we should come up with something else, maybe they will start not only tearing clothes, but also dirtying them or spraying them with something smelly? As for attractiveness, I really doubt it; perhaps only mosquitoes will find bare knees attractive.

There are more ridiculous opinions. “Ripped jeans emphasize femininity and allow you to show off your figure.” “This choice is suitable for brave individuals who want to add a dose of eroticism and freedom to their image.” It’s in the knee area that you have the main advantages female figure and eroticism? Freedom is also not very clear in relation to holes cut in the knees. That is, the jeans were pinching at the knees, we cut them, freeing up the legs a little? Or even a lot, like in this picture.

It’s interesting that everyone who supports this fashion also suggests that people make holes in their new jeans themselves. I read on one of the sites: “Such jeans can be very expensive. But you can make holes with your own hands.” It turns out that torn jeans are more expensive than new ones, so those who like to save money are taught to make various holes with their own hands. By the way, this is not so simple, especially if you tear both legs along the entire front surface of the trousers.

Even advice on when and with what to wear ripped jeans has begun to appear on the Internet. On one site they write, for example: “many girls successfully wear jeans with rips to work, combining them with a white shirt and a fitted jacket. If the pants have a small number of slits, then they can fit well into a business style. They may have minor patches, small holes and scuffs.”

What will fashion historians say about our time? What has never happened in the history of fashion: powdered wigs, creolins, maxi skirts, mini skirts, bikinis, trousers, flared trousers. In the 21st century, people have exhausted all their imagination, they could no longer come up with anything new and began to wear trousers with large holes in the knees. Although... Perhaps it is the history of styles that can provide the answer to the riddle. A search for “history of ripped jeans” reveals the theory that this ripped style originated with rock musicians of the 70s, who wanted to destroy the stereotypes of both music and clothing. This style was adopted by young people, also protesting against standardization. This is how protest and rebellion began with torn jeans. Mohawks, tattoos, and bare feet looked logical with them. But that's history. Nowadays, looking at girls, and even not very young ladies, in heels, silk blouses and torn jeans, the thought of rebellion does not arise. The idea of a herd feeling arises. When one sheep leads everyone somewhere into the abyss.

The mystery of torn trousers remains a mystery to me. And most importantly, I was unable to find any criticism of this on the Internet. modern fashion. I remember people used to often criticize women's fashion- mini skirts and bikini swimsuits, for example. Now no one seems to care. Or are they all conspiring to support this trend? Was all this also invented solely to make money and profit? Something new (even torn) can be sold at a higher price. If anyone knows something about the secret of holey jeans, please share your idea. Just I beg you, don’t say it’s beautiful!

Comments:

Dmitry, 07/14/2016 04:48

I also can’t look at it calmly. Of course, people should not wear torn clothes. Recently I met a female person, it’s difficult to call her a girl, in torn denim overalls, that is. in rags from top to bottom. Simply amazing “courage”, “audacity” and “beauty”! They don't just wear ripped jeans. There is a brand that is no worse. T-shirt, or even without it + short shorts + slippers. Many men and women, young and old, walk this way. Of course it’s hot in the summer, but that doesn’t mean you need to completely undress and walk around the city without clothes. However, they walk like a herd. Why? I think this is a moral degradation of the individual. And those who do not notice this have themselves degraded to the same level. This does not happen on its own, but on purpose. People are influenced through the false concept of fashion, herd instinct, “culture,” and the media. Such examples clearly show that a person can be fooled in any way he likes, turned practically into a monkey, but the person himself will not be able to notice this. The degradation has not stopped yet, but is gaining momentum. If people are already walking around in rags or almost without clothes, then what will happen next? I don't want to think about it. Some people believe that there are too many people on earth who are divorced. At the same time, the ideal for many is the American way of life - consumption of material goods without any measure. If the majority begins to live this way, and they strive for this, then the planet’s resources will not be enough for everyone and the earth will be “gnawed” in a matter of years. Ideals change over time. The American “dream” cannot be quickly debunked in the minds. Therefore, in parallel, a policy is being pursued to reduce the world's population by all possible ways. Several billion “extra” people must disappear so as not to draw on valuable resources. This is supranational governance. For this reason, we are poisoned with vaccinations starting from the maternity hospital, with all kinds of poisons in food and medicine, with alcohol, tobacco and other dope and drugs, all sorts of abominations are extolled as cultural achievements, etc. Young people are losing the ability to have children. Why ripped jeans and lack of clothes? This is how people quickly lose morality and turn into a herd. They stop thinking. It’s easier to manage the herd and put it under the knife.

Ellie, 07/21/2016 11:27

Well, first of all, ripped jeans are somehow fun, or something. You feel like such a hooligan, it improves your mood. With ripped jeans you can easily create a casual, stylish and fashionable youth look. By the way, for older women with a good figure, ripped jeans make them look very young. As if they were showing: I’m not a slob, I’m young at heart! I also like the association with the hippie movement; I generally consider their images to be the most beautiful thing that happened in the 20th century. Ripped jeans are all the rage right now, and a lot of people are wearing them. But earlier, when choosing ripped jeans, a person demonstrated his belonging to a certain culture and even some challenge to society - the consumer society in the USA or the socialist society in the USSR. You asked not to write about the fact that it is beautiful. Okay I will not;)

Moiseeva N.P. , 07/21/2016 01:49 | Ch. editor

Ellie, thanks for the remark “from the other side”, i.e. from lovers of ripped jeans. Thank you for not saying it was beautiful. But they wanted it, right? I never criticize fashion, I’m even very pleased that now you can wear whatever you want, mini, maxi, and heels different types- to whom what suits. I really like, for example, when in winter girls sew animal ears or horns on their hats. It's really fun. But torn jeans don’t cause any fun at all, they only cause bewilderment and pity; I want to sew up all these holes in my knees. But you say that these holes lift your spirits. I assure you, not everyone does. Do they show membership in a group? Maybe to a group with a lack of education? For some reason it even seems to me that if they conducted a survey, how many people wearing ripped jeans have higher education, then the result would be close to zero (but not zero, of course). Today on the street I saw a 50-year-old woman wearing jeans that were torn on purpose. It was very unpleasant to look at her. My only hope is that this fashion will soon become a thing of the past, because... the main goal of standing out will be lost due to large quantity those who want to stand out.

Ellie, 07/21/2016 02:20

Moiseeva N.P., you pay too much attention to what other people wear. There is some "sovietness" in this, sorry. In a free society, which we seem to be striving for, people are more tolerant of each other. No one is forcing you to wear jeans like this, are they? Well, if you don’t like watching, don’t watch, what’s the problem? And you are also too confident that your taste is absolute. This is wrong, but apparently nothing can be done about it. Well, about education - here you are completely wrong. Starting from the times of hippies, who were mostly university students and children of wealthy parents (even in the USSR these were the “golden youth”), to our time, torn jeans are an attribute of progressive and creative youth, and especially university students. An uneducated girl would rather wear high heels, will do a giant manicure with an ornament, put on a lot of makeup, hang himself with gold, etc. While an educated “advanced” student will choose jeans (including torn ones), sneakers and a T-shirt with an interesting print. Guys have the same tendencies; I’ve never met a chap in torn jeans. They look down on such things, much like you do :) Well-educated, often creative guys who are interested in music, painting, etc. wear torn jeans.

Moiseeva N.P. , 07/21/2016 04:38 | Ch. editor

Ellie, don't be so angry and try to insult me. I even thanked you for your answer. As I already wrote, I never criticize clothes. Wear whatever you want. But frankly ripped jeans are something special. I just can't get used to them. I'm always surprised. I can't understand this. That’s why I wrote a note on the site. But for me, there is only one explanation for this phenomenon so far - this is a herd feeling, blind adherence to the fashion of those people who have nothing else to stand out with, but really want to.

Dmitry, 07/21/2016 04:48

Ellie, when normal people try not to pay attention to what people do who are losing or have already lost their human appearance, first inside themselves and then outside, the consequences are always negative. For example, not paying attention to sadomites, fighting for their rights (instead of recognizing the most serious deviation from the norm as such, trying to identify the cause and eliminate it) ensured that their number increased significantly and they began to legally oppress in the rights of normal people. The same applies to those who use alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. This is not their voluntary choice and not a private matter of everyone, as is usually said about it, but a public matter. Because if each individual person stops, the country will stop dying out. And it will be completely different if everyone continues to think that this is his personal business and begins to poison himself, including his unborn children. These substances cause genetic mutations and will set a bad example for others, especially young people. A bad example is contagious. The problem is aggravated by the fact that neither in science nor in religion there is a definition of who a normal person is and what mandatory characteristics he should have. Without this definition, it is impossible to judge what is development and what is degradation. The Gestapo, for example, also employed educated and creative guys, but this in no way stopped them from doing what they did. If modern students choose degradation instead of development, this indicates that there are very serious problems in the education system.

Irina, 07/10/2017 07:48

Oh, are there really adequate people still walking the earth? I’m not from the USSR, I’m only 26 years old, but I have a negative attitude towards the fashion for negligence on a catastrophic scale. Let's wear torn clothes - and not because of poverty or extreme "work"!, and then not wash, and then jump, and then back onto the palm trees!... Crowds of ragged people in torn jeans walk the streets expensive toys in his hand, puffing on a plastic pipe with a destructive mixture of chemicals inside - and they still boast about it! People have consistently been taught to think with their own heads, to delve into what is presented under a beautiful wrapper sweet life. Well, the sooner we will die out. Everything will go downhill even faster when a generation dies that knew the highest moral values, but for some reason missed the opportunity and time to raise their children in the same way. You give freedom equal to permissiveness! Drink to excess, get stoned, sleep with everyone, die young, but having lived a “bright” life, the full splendor of which will be expressed only in gigabytes of selfies from clubs. This is what youth orientation is about now. Where will development come from in the country if no one is forced to work at the machine or in the field? What achievements can we talk about in the generation of selfies and videos on YouTube? In general - my personal opinion, I am not imposing it on anyone - many qualities that existed or at least were cultivated during the USSR were the best and should remain unshakable: honesty, hard work, mental development, curiosity, directness of spirit, the ability to have fun without drinking yourself to death, skill joke without humiliating...yes, there are many that can be listed. Only now, once you stumble, it’s difficult to get back up. And it’s more fun to slide down a mountain into degradation than to climb, even to the highest happiness.

Sergey Kashaev, 08/27/2017 07:08 | Spiritual evolution.

My dear fellow citizens, what is the dispute about? Before presenting any claims to each other, it would be a good idea to ask the question about the source of such deviations. But they are not so much in the cognitive laziness of homo sapiens, but in the incorrect ideological orientation and distorted self-awareness of people. If you believe that your existence is limited to serving a shell that is practically uncontrollable by you, which is decomposing at different speeds, but steadily, with an ending known to everyone, then why all your thoughtful discussions about fashion and other social stereotypes - remedies for madness. Fortunately, you have not yet mentioned morality and morality - the spiritual “crutches” of the socialization of individuals for their joint survival. If your desire for self-knowledge exceeds the average philistine level, i.e. zero, then if you wish, you can learn about the spiritual essence of a person from my pages on proza.ru and stihi.ru.

Sincerely with you. Aufbewahrer.

Dear readers. I would also like to leave my feedback on the issue of torn clothes, in this case jeans. I grew up in the 80s in a large family, we had 5 children. No one complained about anything, they lived amicably and cheerfully, but the idea of running around on the street in torn clothes for fun and fun never occurred to anyone. They didn’t live richly, but there were no holes, and if they did appear, then after my mother’s restoration, they turned into cool patches, not even patches, but into a work of art. To wear or not to wear tatters is everyone’s business, but I remember my mother’s lesson from childhood - torn clothes are a sign of lack of culture. A rag, a cast-off, as it was called, a sign of poverty and vagrancy, it has always been so. And when and who came up with the idea that HOLES and FREAKS are a sign of luxury and taste?! Watch less glamorous programs and brush away the noodles of glamorous presenters more often, turn on your brain, a burdock will never be a rose, and there is a HOLE in the knee, and in Africa there is a HOLE. At what stage did our people have a brain explosion and a big HOLE formed?

Sergey, 09.09.2018 10:01

This is not fashion. We used to always look for everything to be beautiful, without defects and comfortable. And this is all anti-fashion. No self respect.

Inna, 09/17/2018 03:13

It would be possible to admit that Ellie was right, if not for one BUT. If we see a homeless person in rags, we don’t like it, but we understand the logic of what is happening: homeless -> lack of funds -> rags. But let's analyze the logic of the girl in ripped jeans. How about Ellie: “But before, when choosing ripped jeans, a person demonstrated his belonging to a certain culture and even some challenge to society - the consumer society in the USA” and “Ripped jeans are an attribute of progressive and creative youth, and especially university students”? But the price of such torn jeans exceeds the price of new ones! That is, such jeans are worn precisely by apologists of the consumer society, who do nothing better girls in gold jewelry. I’ll add on my own that I’m 57 years old, but slightly ripped jeans don’t annoy me at all; it would really look original if it weren’t such a herd phenomenon. Nowadays, to meet a girl of 15-25 years old in whole jeans - this is original and correct for a poor schoolgirl or student.

Nothing has changed since jeans came into fashion 150 years ago. IN different time and people still wear them for various occasions different ages and social status. But designers never tire of creating more and more new jeans models. In today's column we will tell you about the most noticeable trends in denim fashion.

Bikini jeans

As the name suggests, these Japanese jeans sit very low on the hips and are unlikely to be worn by people who consider them to be the norm. one-piece swimsuit, because their top is exactly the same as a bikini. They are inexpensive - $88 and are made in Brazil.

The most expensive jeans in the world

The original design of Spin Jeans, of which only 8 copies were made and priced at about $27,000, was developed by one of the most successful contemporary artists, Damien Hirst. Their difference is that they are entirely covered with bright colorful stains.

Chuck Norris jeans

Naturally, Action Jeans, the advertising of which was entrusted to Chuck Norris, were created specifically with the expectation that they could freely lift up your legs. They cost only $19.95 and were sold during the heyday of the creativity and sports career of the famous karateka, in 1988.

Jeans "external devices"

There are advanced jeans that have a built-in keyboard, mouse and computer speakers. The wireless keyboard, by the way, is quite functional and adapts to any laptop or desktop computer. The designer of these very strange trousers is student designer Eric de Nijs.

The world's oldest Levi's jeans

The world's oldest pair of Levi's jeans was made in 1879 and costs $125,000.

Chain jeans

The difference between these jeans self made The colors of the US Navy uniform are that the top and bottom of each leg are connected by 28 chains.

Chandelier jeans

Unusual jeans, reminiscent of chandeliers, look like regular trousers up to the middle of the ankle, and below each leg hangs something like a chandelier hanger.

Spray jeans

Genetic Denim has created an unusual model of jeans that are painted on the legs using Krylon spray. These “world’s tightest jeans” cost from $185 to $220.

Jeans-corset