Oh how funny, Laura reminded me that I bought my SO his first pair of adult designer jeans in 1989 and they were Marithe and Francois Girbaud. I think he may still have them even though they definitely don't fit.

My first pair of jeans were hand me downs from my brother. I was not in school so it was the 50s. I loved them. They had cowboys on them. In the 60s I had Lees and Levis. I also had Wranglers. Some I inherited from my brother.
I had a pair of Pentimento jeans. Also, Bleans, Calvin Klein, Landlubber and lots of others in the 70s.
In the 80s I had a great pair from Espirit. I know I had others but I can't remember the brands.
I had Hollywood, Manager, Ikea, Edwin, Indian Motorcycle and others in 90s.
In the 00s I had David Kahn, 7s, Fidelity, Hudsons, Paige, Frame, Citizens, Levis, etc.
Levis have always been in my closet.
My absolute favourite pair of jeans is my first pair. The ones with the cowboys on them. They were my introduction to the fabulous world of jeans.

Oh what a coincidence. I was in Trieste just yesterday and was reminisencing about jeans shopping trips in early 80’s. Western jeans were not available
in former Yugoslavia and going on a day shopping trips to Italian border city Trieste was very popular. We would stock up on Levi’s 501 and Benetton sweaters. In late 80’s companies in Yugoslavia got license to produce Levi’s an Lee Cooper jeans. Later in early 90’s when imports started being more available I wore Diesel, Wrangler, Replay and Big Star jeans.

Angie, about Girbaud, I assumed they were French, but who knows, maybe it was just great marketing! They had their own shop in Chicago into the late 90s at least.

Also, shout-out to Esprit and their crazy colored corduroys. I recall having a pair of pink ones in a painter pant style, with a button fly, and wore them with a grey and pink fair isle sweater, and a different grey sweater that buttoned up the back.

By the way, that was another thing for me in the 80s. We reversed our cardigans so they buttoned up the back. That was a trick my mom taught me from the 50s!

Angie, I think Girbaud was either French or was a French brand but manufactured in the US. Those were the good times I still have one pair, I will check when I get home and report back.

In high school, almost all my jeans were Chic. They were the only ones I could find that could fit my rear end without the waist being huge. Jeans shopping was a nightmare before spandex.

I also had one pair of Wrangler and one pair of Lee, if I recall right. But Chic was my mainstay.

Angie, I just checked and my Girbaud were made in the USA at the time. They were my favorite jeans and I still keep them as a memory.
Gitanos were another good brand.

Brand wise the ones i can think of were Jordache and later Guess, but im sure i had Levis and such. All the different washes we had, the stone washed and the acid washed were must haves. My all time favorites though, were the black ones that laced up the sides and the light wash ones with rhinestones:)

Proud jean wearer since the '70s when it was impossible to not get the cuff caught in your bike chain !

Nobody wore Sassoon? With the Ok hand. That was my first pair

Definitely remember wearing Gloria Vanderbilt when I was around middle school age and then I remember nothing until my green and blue (not denim) Levi bootcut jeans which may have been all I wore in college. What did I wear all those other years beside black sweatshirts?

Levis get my vote for the fact they're made by Levi !

I still remember a beautiful pair of Elio Fiorucci jeans I had in the Seventies. I liked the logo embroidered in white and fuchsia on a rear pocket and they fit wonderfully.

Such a fun trip down memory lane! Aside from Levi's 501 - they were everywhere, I think (and we loved the commercial with Nick Kamen!-) - I also wore Pepe. And there was another brand that was very popular in Belgium when I was about 15, but I can't remember the name (many of the jeans had a red rose appliqué on the back pockets).

WOW. You're jogging my memory. I love it!

Laura and Joyce, thanks for the info. Fun French jeans. Would like to see a pair.

Anna, YES. Ronald Sassoon. Fab stuff. Although I didn't have a pair.

Dianna, YES. Diesel. I had a few of those too.

And Replay jeans too.

There you go, a pict in my Girbaud next to Louis Pasteur.
I am thinking that the picture that kkards posted is of the same jeans or at least very similar. It seems that even then we had similar taste, I always love her posts.

Joyce, I LOVE THAT. Wooohoooo.

Oh, I forgot about the Euro brands! I had some Diesel and Mavi (both made in Italy) that I really liked, and remember bringing home some G-Stars from an Amsterdam thrift shop in college -- great souvenir. That was early 00s; I think all of those would be waaay too low-rise for me now.

Anyone remember Palmettos? I remember having a few pairs - at least one had pinstripes - I liked a lot.

Also, Calvin Klines fit me well back then. My BFF wore Gloria Vanderbilt (I still remember the swan logo).

I had Wranglers, Levis, Calvin Klein, Sasson & Britannias!

Oh, and some floral Lee jeans.

Omg, Sassoon and Britannias! I forgot about those too. Gosh, there were/are a lot of brands.

I bought my first pair of jeans (Wranglers) in 1974? with my own money (my mom refused to buy them for me). My next pair were a men's Levis 501 1976 (for some reason they just fit me really well), and then we enter the 1980s with designer Jordache, Calvin Klein, etc. For the past 10 + years I have been wearing Gap jeans (I love their long and lean and while it disappeared for a bit, they are back).

I grew up in New Jersey and I remember an army surplus store near Clinton that carried tons of jeans. You could spend an entire afternoon in that store.

Jo one mentioned Dittos or Chemin de Fer? Those are late 70s and early 80s brands. I had the cutest pair of Chemin de Fer sailor style jeans. Ive been a Gap girl for the last couple of decades except for when I wore 501s. Now it’s pretty much Gap or AG. I like Paige denim too. Still trying to find the right fit in Madewell. Had a brief romance with Kut for the Kloth too!

I was born in the mid 1960s. I wore a lot of army surplus and second hand. Sears Toughskins jeans were my mom's choice because they were sturdy. But my joy knew no bounds when I got my first pair of Dittos for junior high. (yay to MsMaven!) They had to be worn with Candies mules. Not sure what possessed my practical, frugal parents to get them for me. Or how I survived my early teens without fracturing an ankle.

I'd forgotten about Chic and Brittania! I definitely had a few pair of Toughskins when I was a kid...

Chemin de Fer!!!