Never owned Levi’s. My first pair of jeans were Wrangler, and that has been my brand continuously.
I’ve never bought anything but Dickies brand. I thought it was crazy when kids in high school were paying $50 for a pair of Levi’s I was getting slightly blemished Dickies for $5. The blemish was usually a stitch slightly out of line, only an inspector would have noticed.
I never have been a clothes horse.
I buy it cheap and rugged and wear’em until they fall apart.