I probably owned more pairs of Lees over the years than Wranglers, and *never* had a pair of Levis until I was college-age, when I succumbed to fashion and once bought a pair of those button-fly 501s.

I suffer from chronic no-ass disease. Even when my weight has fluctuated to its highest extremes, when I've had extra belly fat lapping over my waistband, oversized thighs, sagging man-breasts, etc. -- I've never had more than a measly, flat, almost concave pair of buttocks. Not even enough to hold up a pair of pants without suspenders or a *tight* belt! This always influenced which brand of bluejeans best fit me in the past, and it's definitely the main reason why I don't currently have *any* jeans in my wardrobe.