Jeans shopping at Barneys Co-Op isn’t usually my favorite pastime. I never understood the denim bar concept—why is high-end denim so sacrosanct that it has to be kept on shelves behind a counter staffed by a scarf-swaddled waif? So I was happy to see a few pairs out in the open during a Sunday visit to The Grove location, and especially psyched to see Levi’s Capital E jeans going for a cool $69. Mainly matchstick slim-straight, one of the more accessible skinny styles on the market (as of yesterday there were still plenty of pairs left in normal guy sizes).
A helpful sales clerk told me the Capital E line is being phased out for a new collection, along with the stateside return of the 501. If that’s true, I’m sorry to see the line go, though I’ll gladly snatch a pair before they’re 86′ed. —Paul Dexter
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