A few months ago I had a rather unfortunate phone conversation with my local Sacks 5th Ave jeans salesman. I asked, what I thought was a rather harmless question: “Do you have any of the Levi Capital E jeans in-stock in the Tulsa store? I would like to try them on before buying them online at your website.” His reply was one seething with hatred and disgust towards the thought that THE Sacks 5th Avenue would stoop to the depths of offering such a lowly brand as “Levi.” The Capital E’s had just been released in a new cut and wash – only available online and (as their site stated) at select Bloomingdale’s and Sacks 5th Avenue locations. Now – it was my fault for assuming that Tulsa would qualify as a SELECT location – but seriously; do I have to be ridiculed and have my knuckles rapped just for asking the question? All in all – I shared this story with my Nikon d90 buddy Matt Swaggart, who thought the story was a riot and submitted it to the globally popular blogging forum: gearpatrol.comYou can read his quality post of modern day apparel tragedy by clicking HERE.

Capital E Update:
October 11th, 2009

My size 34 Capital E jeans shipped in late July of this year and I have been breaking them in ever since. In spite of being a raw denim jean – they were very soft and very wearable right out of the box. After 3 months I am getting some good natural wear marks into the pockets and knees of the jeans – and believe me: I have not taken it easy while wearing this pair. I’ve subjected them to mud, salt water, sand, rocks, rain, grass, more mud and lots and lots of web & video editing. In spite of what you may think – the web editing took the greatest toll on the jeans with frequent spills of Mountain Dew and Red Bull as well as the occasional Taco Bell hot sauce stain. All in all – the jeans have lived up to my expectation and I am already looking to order my second pair. I think I’m going to start the “natural” wear in process on the new pair and then really start breaking in my current Capital E’s. My first thought — strap them under the belly of my Land Rover and go off-roading for an afternoon. I’ll update you as I go.

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