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by bmelton 1177 days ago
I don't know if you've tried it, but there are places that can sell you custom tailored jeans, usually in the form of raw denim that -- because it will do such a great job of conforming to exactly your shape, to the point of 'remembering' your wallet -- are generally built about a half-size too large and shrunk to fit by washing.
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> custom tailored jeans, . . . to the point of 'remembering' your wallet

I wouldn't expect anything custom tailored to forget my wallet. . . . .

lol, I mean that denim has the particular attribute of forming to exactly your proportions. We've all seen old denim -- its wrinkles are bespoke to the wearer, its scuffs are defined by the work that was done in them.

After enough (read: not that much, actually) usage, you'd be able to look at a pair of jeans and know which pocket their owner kept their things in, whether the things kept were a wallet vs a cell phone, etc., and exactly how they placed the wallet therein.

e.g. https://denimdudes.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Denim_Dudes...

I bring it up largely because denim is basically the most durable thing we can buy, so if you're going to have to get custom clothing, might as well get custom clothing that will last, and not limit ourselves to only looking tailored when we're in our custom formalwear