Levi's Men's 508 Regular Tapered Denim Jean

These pants are great. Very comfortable and look great. They're meant for the guys who want the slimmer look but have bigger thighs (me). Most other "slim fit" pants are too tight on my legs. These are as if they were made just for me. So if you are "slim" but have bigger quads/hamstrings these will be perfect for you.

I never knew how hard it was to find good fitting pants until I started caring about good fitting pants.I am 5'10 and 160 lbs, athletic build with slightly bigger thighs than average. My size is 30x32. I prefer slim fitting pants (not skinny), but for me the usual "slim fit" pants are too tight around the thighs, and levi's 541 (which are slim pants designed for buff guys with swole thighs) are too loose around the thighs. The 508 is a really nice sweet spot. I got the black indigo dye rinse color. It looks and feels sexy. Love the stretchy material.However, (don't know if this applies to all colors) these pants wrinkle and get dusty really easily. Best way to describe the texture of these pants is if you take some jeans and applied an even layer of some blue paint (minus the grossness). It's stiff and slick.

As a person of weight, it's a pain to find well fitting jeans. The skinny folk get so many great options, but I suppose that's their reward for not eating chips and ice cream all day every day.Anyway, I'm fat and the 508s fit me well. They will probably also fit thin people well, I don't know, I don't really associate with them. The taper is nice because it prevents the bottom leg opening from being the circumference of the moon (like straight cut fat man jeans). They are, how the kids say, pretty dern stylish. I typically wear them with boots and a slight cuff when I'm feeling extra fashionable.The color is nice and allows the jeans to be worn with a variety of colors of shirts and sweaters.My issue with the jeans is that they are oddly inconsistent. I have them in two colors: Rigid Envy and Big Sir. I laughed when buying "Big Sir" in a large size. Very self-aware.Anyway, Big Sir is more bluer (technical term), which is harder to see in the pictures. Both very nice. However, I notice that the Rigid Envy are fairly thin (again, interesting name... like they are envious of the more rigid jeans. Very Kafkaesque), have a couple worn spots in them, and were stitched poorly down the right leg (the seam awkwardly twists from the side to the front). They aren't bad enough to be all that noticeable to other people, and I still happily wear them regularly, but the inconsistency is just a bit disappointing.I will probably continue to buy this style of jeans, but may try to find them in a real life store to prevent any issues.

I love these jeans- my favorite fit ever. I'm a bike rider so I can't pull off slim fit jeans (too tight in the thigh), but I also don't like even the full straight leg of the 505. The 521 got the ball rolling, and then the 508 nailed it: up top they fit like 505s, but with a tapered leg that doesn't go so far as to be in the skinny jean lane. I have about a dozen pairs, and these, the Sequoia, and the Rinsed Playa, also have just a touch of stretch to them. Makes them super-comfortable and at the end of the day they are still fitting you the same as when you put then on that morning. Note that the Sequoia is a heavier weight denim, and the Rinsed Playa a little lighter (I love that Levi's does this, though some people do seem to get confused and think that some washes are cheaper or less well-made.)HOWEVER... what I don't love is that Levi's, even as they are introducing a bunch of new styles, has decided to discontinue the 508. I had a feeling this was going to happen when I noticed lots of new washes in other styles last summer and fall, but hardly anything in the 508. I even chatted with a Levi's customer service rep about it last fall and she got indignant when I asked if the 508 was being phased out. Oh, well, maybe it was a secret to her, too. I haven't tried the "replacement" style on yet (the 504, I think), but it's described as a slim fit, so I don't have my hopes up. Stock up on these while you can!

I have a confession: it took me a very long time to get over bootcut jeans. I mean way longer than any self-proclaimed well-dressed man should have. In the few years it has been since I've started transitioning away from the boot cut, I've been going from jean to jean, trying to find the "right" fit. I want that nice, form-fitting look, without any unnecessary extra room. But I don't want to go with an incredibly feminine skinny jean.I'm an athletic-built guy. 5'10", 170lbs, less than 10% body fat at the moment. I went with 514s for a while, but they quickly started to look outright baggy and unstylish. I switched to several other brands and also tried the Levi's 513s. The 513s are okay, but get rather uncomfortable after a while, as I have muscular thighs. In fact, I had to buy 513s a waist size larger than normal just to have a little extra room. But when I noticed a dull pain in my... uhh... man-parts, I realized I still needed a little more room than that.I knew the 511s were skinnier than the 513, so I didn't even bother. I had ASSUMED that the 508 was even skinnier than that (I don't know, I don't understand Levi's numbering system). Turns out I was wrong. The 508 actually fits much like the 513 from about the knee down (in fact, at the leg opening, one of my 508s is actually a bit smaller than the 513). Where it differs is that it offers just a tiny bit more room around the thighs, where even larger or athletic guys don't feel like they're being choked. I can finally buy my correct size/length and have a jean that fits perfectly.The 508 is the perfect masculine jean for the fashion-conscious meathead. Yes, that's the best way to describe it. You want to show that you aren't a slob, but you don't want to dress like a little girl to do it. The 508 is the jean for you.I understand that fashion and "perfect fit" is highly subjective, so feel free to message me if you want to see how these fit on me. I'll gladly send over pictures.