I just bought a pair of jeans for $230.

[Ms. Toad]

60. They definitely saw you coming.

Don’t let the name selvedge fool you into thinking it is better denim. Like all products, quality standards can range depending on the supplier. There are good and bad quality fabrics in both selvedge and non-selvedge denims. Often, mass producers of value priced jeans use suppliers not recognized for making high-quality denim. Some mass-market brands will also use the cache of mills known for producing quality denim to produce cheap denim that looks the part, so do your home-work.

Unlike most fabric, most denim uses a raw edge, rather than a bound one. When jeans advertise they use selvedge denim, all it does is identify the edge treatment of the bolt of fabric. When they lay out the fabric, they use the selvedge (self edge) as the cut line on the outer seam so they can open it flat without needing to bind the edge to keep it from fraying.