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Levi's 541 Athletic-fit raw denim jeans in gray

Bryan

09 Aug 2025 — 1 min read

Chief Editor & Founder of Splished

Appreciating craftsmanship and using clothing for the purposes you need them; functional fashion — that's what Splished is at its core. Good material, thoughtful pattern design, and how your gear makes you feel is what's most important.

Jeans that actually have room for your thighs to breathe

I was a skinny kid growing up, all the way until probably when I was 20-21 years old — because of that trend, I grew up wearing pants that always fit: because I was skinny.

After building a decent amount of muscle mostly from doing squats in the gym for years, eventually my thighs had problems fitting into jeans.

So I had to find something that worked for me, and it turned out that Levi's had an "athletic fit" with room built into the thighs, with a slight taper at the bottom.

Watch my video impressions on Levi's raw 541's

While I'm not too into tapered jeans anymore these days (I prefer straight cuts like the Wrangler 13MWZ), I don't mind the style and they still look good.

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