Levi's Men's 502 Taper Fit Jeans (Also Available in Big & Tall)

I've been looking for "moisture wicking” Levi’s 505s for over 15 years, after I found myself working in Spring monsoon season in Asia. All I found at the time was old man travel pants and some baggy skater jeans. I had to replenish my supply of 505s, and while poking around the Levi’s website, found out about the All Seasons Tech fabric. It is not described as “moisture wicking”, but described as more breathable in hot weather. But this fabric is only available in a few cuts / model numbers, and not 505. 502 was the closest fit I could find. The rise is one inch less, so they are “lower rise”, not “low rise”. The thigh and upper leg is not quite as generous as the new 505, but not as snug as the old (1990’s era) 505. The leg is narrower between the knee and ankle, tapering down about an inch. The 541 and 531 are much larger in the thigh and butt, and baggy on me.The one negative in this is that there are only three color options in the All Seasons Tech fabric with the 502s, only one of those is blue, the Cholla Subtle. I am not sure what they are trying to do with this fabric. It has to be aimed at some specific niche market. The stitching is navy blue, instead, of gold, and they have heavily over dyed the denim fabric with navy blue dye. They look like WW2 era, navy issue dungarees, like you would see in a 1945 war movie. It’s so heavily over dyed that they bleed terribly on the first washing, and the white pockets turn blue. Because this is a stretch fabric, you can’t use bleach, like the 100% cotton jeans. Hydrogen peroxide has worked best for me with other stretch jeans, but the navy dye on the Cholla Subtle is very resistant to hydrogen peroxide. After four or five attempts at 8-12 hour soaks in hydrogen peroxide and water mix, I had barely made a dent. I ended up resorting to Rit brand color remover (two runs through the washing machine). But after each round with the dye remover, the color was even blue across the jeans, losing the fade and turning the pockets back from white to blue. So I had to soak the jeans in hydrogen peroxide after each use of the dye remover.I managed to get them noticeably lighter in color. The vertical white grain pattern has started to emerge in the darker areas, but still not white, just lighter blue.I think I could get them back to looking like denim with more of the dye remover, or possibly the Rit Fast Fade. But, at this point, I’m a little tired of fighting them. I’ve decided to wear them a while.They feel a little more comfortable in hotter temperatures, but this is definitely not a moisture wicking fabric. Just a little more breathable.I will wait until the 502s come up on sale again a couple weeks from now, buy another pair, and go at them more aggressively with dye remover or fast fade, and see if I can get them to a much lighter shade, with a the vertical grain lines in bright white.I wish Levi’s would consider doing a 502 jean with the All Seasons fabric, in a normal blue denim, with gold stitching, like the Manzanita Subtle Adapt that is available in the 512 jeans.

For many gentlemen of my age (50s-60s), as much as we try to slim down, with the every increasing responsibities we have in our daily lives, it's hard to shed the pounds. I suppose my good fortune is that I have stayed at roughly the same weight for some time. What is great about the 502 jeans is that they are designed with a flexible waist, so that if I've had a little too much pizza one day, then pants aren't tight. And if I've not eaten so much the previous day, they still feel great. It's a brilliant design by Levi's and I have already purchased 4 pair, including the one for which I am writing the review. Simply awesome.

Excelente producto, vale la pena por precio y calidad

Comes as advertised very comfortable

Perfecto desde todo punto de vista.

The size was good, waste and length but tight in crotch. The tapered fit was actually tapered! Not like some products that lop off a longer tapered leg to make it fit and taper is non existanent.

Looks good, feels good

These are all my husband wears. They fit just as they should.

As mentioned in the title it is a good pair of jeans and fits well. However the price here is $99 where as MSRP as per the tag found in the pant pocket is $69.50. So, obviously they are charging nearly $30 extra!

Nice jeans, the waist is just a tiny bit larger than other 30 inch levi's i've worn

All good fit as expected

Best looking pants my husband has had. 6’6 extremely long torso and legs and it fits perfect. He’s tall and skinny and these work!

second jeans from this brand fit prefect high quality super comfortabledeserve more than five star