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How My $140 APC Jeans Are a Frugal Buy

June 7, 2017 41 Comments
How My A.P.C. Jeans Are a Frugal Buy

I like my clothes the way I like my stocks: I buy and hold. Case in point: I’ve had these A.P.C. jeans for 8 years. Eventually, a hole appeared behind the left knee. And then the crotch blew out. This is when most people would throw the jeans away. But I patched them instead. When […]

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