The Strategist recently received a mysterious tip. The tipster had bought a pair of Levi’s jeans from Amazon that felt notably different from (and worse than) a pair that came directly from Levi’s. As our resident materials expert, Erin Schwartz was quickly on the case. They bought multiples of our most-recommended jeans — one pair ordered from Amazon, one pair sent by Levi’s for each style. “I pulled the jeans out of their plastic packaging expecting them to be indistinguishable,” Erin writes. “They were not.” So Erin took them all to the testing lab of F.I.T.’s Textile Development and Marketing department to find out exactly what was going on.
Also on the site: Bella Druckman gave us a peek inside her “Strategist Brain” as she continues her adventure in apartment-decorating in her 20s. (I was not as put together in my 20s, but she makes a great case for having a wall clock.)
And lastly, this Friday, March 28, writer Ambar Pardilla is going to answer all of your questions about jeans live in the comments. All you have to do is ask.
