I was shopping for new school clothes for my 6th and 8th grader and was shocked at the horrible pants! Thankfully my kids wouldn't look at them because they were so ugly, not to mention expensive (most were in the $45-$70 range on sale!). We wound up in Sears and my son got a pair of carpenter pants in the work clothes area. They were $40 but at least they won't fall apart. My hard-to-fit daughter wound up with spandex leggings that were $20 a pair.