Willow Lindley, assistant fashion editor
"I've always loved jeans, but being a bit on the gangly side, I've often had trouble finding jeans that fit me correctly. Enter Seven Jeans. I thought I'd won the lottery when I tried on my first pair, I was in bootcut-denim heaven (yes, I said bootcut). Being all of 11 or 12, I didn't exactly have the capital to cover the hefty $150 price tag for the designer denim, but I saved up and bought them right before Halloween, citing they would be the perfect pants for my hippie costume and I could wear them again and. How many times did I wear them exactly? Determined to make sure that I got my money's worth, I actually kept a notecard that I would tally every time I wore the jeans for a year. Let's just say, I wore those bad boys until they were all full of holes. I don't remember the exact cost per wear, but I can guarantee that I got a lot of good wears out of them."

7 For All Mankind original bootcut jean, $189, available at 7 For All Mankind.