What does $1,500 get you in blue jeans?

One answer is 44 pairs of Wranglers. Another: four or five pairs of raw denim — a rigid, rugged, unrinsed jean for true connoisseurs — from Pure Blue Japan, Samurai or any of the other excellent brands frequently hailed on Reddit's /rawdenim subthread. A third is to get a single reworked pair of Levi's, with asymmetrical cuffs, from Parisian design collective Vetements.

But if you believe that $1,500 entitles you to personalized perfection, you'll want an appointment at Manhattan's 3x1, reputed to offer the best tailor-made denim in the world.