What is the best jeans brand of all time?

Rodeo workhorses, Paris minimalists and Tokyo selvedge obsessives all made a claim on the five-pocket jean. Some built the template, others only made it fashionable.

1. 1
   Levi's

   The San Francisco company that patented the riveted blue jean in 1873 and made the 501 a global uniform.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Wrangler

   American western-wear label whose 13MWZ cowboy cut has been the rodeo standard since 1947.
   735pts
3. 3
   Calvin Klein Jeans

   The designer denim line that made jeans a status item after the 1980 Brooke Shields ads.
   735pts
4. 4
   A.P.C.

   Parisian minimalist brand whose raw Petit Standard jean became a cult fade project.
   714pts
5. 5
   Lee

   Kansas-born workwear brand behind the zip-fly jean and the Lee 101 Rider.
   571pts
6. 6
   Acne Studios

   Stockholm fashion house that started in 1996 by handing out 100 pairs of raw denim jeans with red stitching.
   483pts
7. 7
   Evisu

   Japanese premium label known for selvedge denim and hand-painted seagull pocket logos.
   483pts
8. 8
   Diesel

   Italian brand that turned denim into provocative fashion with bold washes and ad campaigns from the 1980s on.
   483pts
9. 9
   Guess

   Los Angeles brand that defined 1980s designer denim with stonewash fits and glossy black-and-white campaigns.
   483pts
10. 10
    G-Star RAW

    Amsterdam label known for raw, unwashed denim and the 3D-cut Elwood jean.
    381pts
11. 11
    Pepe Jeans

    London brand that began as a Portobello Road market stall in 1973 and grew into a European denim staple.
    260pts
12. 12
    Lucky Brand

    Los Angeles label famous for vintage-washed jeans with 'Lucky You' stitched inside the fly.
    260pts

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