Premium Jeans

Have you notice the premium jeans that had fill the market these days?  They come with embellishment, detail to the logo design or other things differentiate them from regular jeans. Here is the extreme example: Forbe's slide show on the most expensive jeans. Coming from its working class origin, the high price tag on the jeans seem ridiculous.  Wall Street Journal also did its article on why jeans cost $300. From this article, it make you feel like a really sucker for buying the premium jeans.  Essentially you are paying the price tag for the Made in US label.

Anthropologie carries its variety of premimum jeans brand such as Citizen of Humanity,  J Brand,  AG jeans or Joe's.  What does the name of  some of those brand even mean?  I was quite happy with my Gap jeans till recently, out of curiosity, I tried on this J Brand Flare jeans on sale at store. I liked the soft stretchy fabric, I liked how the shape hugs your thighs, giving them the sliming effect.  Given it is petite it is still long. I have to fold it up.  That means taking it to a tailor is needed, which translate to a higher cost than the  sale price of $99.

What do you think? Had I completely gone insane for wanting this pair Jeans?  Do you have a favorite brand for jeans?

By the way, anyone know what this top is call? Really like the embroidery on it but they don't have a XS in the store.