hence the reduced quality of the merchandise. I had to suffer through one set of Levi's because I assumed they were the heavyweight indigo I was used to, but was unpleasantly surprised to find permanent wrinkles across the groin area that were a 'style' I was not expecting nor had any reason to unless I held a magnifying glass to the pictures. Hindsight and all that I finally got indigo but as I said they weren't nearly as sturdy as previous American-made Levis and really fell short of Lee jeans and their fine quality. If only Lee made button jeans...<a data-hook="product-link-linked" class="a-link-normal" href="/Levi-s-Men-s-501-Jean/dp/B0018OR118/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8">Levi's Men's 501 Jean</a>