Customer Reviews Levi's® Mens 501® Original

I found these jeans for my husband who is very tall and hard to find jeans for! The ones we ordered not only fit well but look great. We measured him and compared that to the measurements provided on the website in order to find a good fit. I appreciate the quality of the denim too. While it isn't incredibly thick material, it seems better than his previous jeans.

Love these! They're a classic, cool alternative to khakis. Caution: colors grit and black run a little small in my experience.

I am wearing these jeans right now and I have to say they\'re comfortable. They might be the same style I wore 25 years ago that have come back to haunt me. I like to pair them with a nice button-up shirt so that I\'m not so rough. They do ride low on the hips and that\'s alright.

Please don't spend a lot on super-fancy designer denim. Buy a pair of STF 501s, put them on, soak in the tub for 45 minutes, let them dry, and then take them to a tailor to have the side seams down the legs taken in just a tiny smidge. You'll have the exact same fit as jeans that cost 10x as much, but you'll pay less plus maybe a little extra for the tailoring. And they last a long time.

Sizes run a bit small, so buy one size larger than you usually order. Great jeans, great fit, exceptional service!

I was very impressed. I bought a pair of Levis. Zappso had the best price and free shipping. I received my order approx 18 hours after I placed my order. I think that it extraordinarily fast so the take away should be they are well priced and fast. I recommend them.

Love the color, fit, and style of these jeans. They would easily be an all time favorite except for the built in wrinkles. For me, the wrinkles detract from the look and restrict where I can wear them.

The Originals, shrink-to-fit and wear well. These are excellent jeans that shrink down to your size when washed. Wash them inside out in cold water to keep the dark. Zappos offers them at a great price and I received mine the day after I ordered them. Excellent service. Zappos goes above and beyond.

If you are used to wearing shrink-to-fits and they fit just right after shrinkage, note that these will likely be a couple inches too long on you. Consider a shorter inseam vs. shrink-to-fit.

The buttons are too difficult - i need the zipper jeans

Too long, we think they are mismarked

Jeans are ok enough. Then the back pocket has a lot of stickers between stitches and showing dirty paper including jeans lot number so I had to take all tapes was adhered at inside of the back pocket maybe it's manufacturer issue for old stock but still bad experience. Zappos usually ships fast and let me experience great Cs but this product was really disappointed

Not the same fabric as in the past. Doesn’t wear like the oldies.

They did not fit so that’s why I sent them back

Fit was off. Other Levi's I recently bought from you in waist size 33 was perfect. These did not fit in 33 waist too tight

The jeans are nice and comfy. The only issue is they are not a white-white. They are somewhat off-white.

This pair was way too tight in the thighs and the annoying defect that plagues too many jeans—crooked outer seam (right leg) that points to your shoe laces (I absolutely HATE when that happens!) Otherwise it's a really good pair of jeans. Maybe I just got a lemon so I'll try again.

Too small Tight Will return

I've been wearing 501's for over 60 years. When did Levi start adding "a skosch more room in the seat and thigh" to this model? The material is nice and they're well made. However, they fit like clown pants. I'm a 31 X 32 and I can fit two butts in the pair I just received. This pair was made in Mexico. Do different factories work off different patterns? I know it's a crap shoot, but I'll order another pair with the hope they will fit like the "old days". After all, I'm old!! By the way, the last pair I ordered about five months ago fit fine.

These 501s were extremely tight, especially though the seat/thighs. Almost like a pair of skinny jeans. Got these in a size 36 waist and they fit tighter than a size 34 in the 505 style. Having to return them as they don’t fit whatsoever.

These are a classic for a reason. Comfortable, classic, look good on everyone. However, I've found the American-made version lasts much longer than the Mexican-made ones. You pay a lot more, but they'll last at least five times as long.

Fair disclosure, I'm a female who turned to men's 501s because I cannot abide spandex or "whiskering" in my jeans and have basically no other options. These don't fit me perfectly but they're better than any alternative I've found in more than a decade of dedicated searching. The basic item is still what I would call a decent pair of jeans, but be aware that quality, fit, and other characteristics change a whole lot depending on the color. In the same size, the Rinsed color fits me great, but the Medium Stonewash and Light Stonewash are way tighter in the thighs and have a lot of extra room in the lower belly. The Black and Optic White are nice high-quality twill, but the Dark Charcoal/Garment Wash pair I just received are made of super thin and flimsy fabric and looked saggy the second I put them on, so I'm returning them. Also, it seems like more and more of the "colors" are actually cotton-synthetic blends...almost as if Levi's is phasing out the high-quality cotton product they used to be known for. I wish these blended versions would be listed separately from the original product. It's kind of a pain to wade through them looking for the original.