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Daoud said:I'm an Oklahoma native, and from what I've seen real cowboys wear Wranglers, and nothing but. As I understand it this has to do entirely with the tailoring- the hems on the inside of the leg are made in such a way as not to cause rubbing or chafing while the wearer is on horseback. Or maybe they don't HAVE hems on the inside of the leg. Also, the legs of Wranglers are flared, and slightly longer in the back than in the front- "boot-cut" as it's called. I am referring here to the original Wranglers- I'm sure there are many different kinds now.
Actually, Wranglers were made of different material than either Levi's or Lee's which made them stronger in a different way. Without getting into too much detail, Levi's and Lee's were made of right- and left-hand twill denims respectively, which means that they were woven in all the same direction, giving more of a grain to the fabric, which gave it more of a line to tear on (they're still tough as nails, just a little more prone to a bigger tear). Wranglers are made from a broken twill fabric, which means that the denim is woven on looms which will change direction at regular intervals, giving something of a cross-hatch pattern to the denim, looking more like WWWWW rather than ///////. This pattern makes the material less vulnerable to tearing.