My husband wear dockers everyday, Black Classic fit - for as long as I can remember.  We usually keep 5-6 pairs at a time so this makes them last by reducing wear and wash.  However, the last 2 purchases of Dockers have bee a disaster.  First of all, 3 pair came cuffed and 2 didn't, all from the same order.  It seems in some places Amazon has started isting if they are cuffed or not but after the last 2 orders of being mixed, I don't trust it anymore.

But the worst problem is they last 6 months or less.  No matter where I buy them or which cost level from $29 to $54, they all die in less than 6 months.

1.  The rim around the waist on top wears through completely so there are white spots and they cannot be hidden.  One pair started this after 3 months so I started coloring it in with a black permanent marker, how embarassing, but we cannot affor new pants every 3 months or 6 months.

2.  The bottom,whether cuffed or not, has the same thing happen, it just takes a month longer, cuffed wear out on the bottom faster, even though they are shorter.

3.  They all are faded, badly faded around 8 months - it has been 1 year since the last batch and they've been faded since around August.  We started  the two sets - wearable, most days, and special meetings.  He now has only wearables left, the worst category because they fit but they have a Sharpie colored in waist , a Sharpie colored in bottom and they are horribly faded.

4. The fabric of the cuffed pants is horrible - it has a felkt-like cheap quality and attracts EVERYTHING, hair, dust, lint of everykind, we go through lint rolls at a ridiculous pace and only use them on his cuffed Dockers.  I will NEVER buy them again.

I don't know what to do at this point, Dockers has been his pants for 25 years, he doesn't want to change, can't find the right pants to replace them but they are the worst quality pants on the market, still selling for the same price.  If I was given the cheaper option and they go fast, I might choose a more expensive Docker for a few pairs, knowing they would last.  But sadley, they don't last no matter how much we pay.

FYI he sits at a desk for goodness sakes, its not like they are getting worn down by a huge amount of activity.