Why I Stopped Buying Jeans Locally and Started Ordering from China It started with a single pair of jeans. I was scrolling through Instagram, half-awake, when an ad popped up for these incredible-looking cargo jeans from a brand I’d never heard of. The price? $28. I clicked, because I’m a sucker for a bargain, and that’s when I found myself on a site that was clearly based in China. I hesitated. We’ve all heard the horror stories, right? Cheap knock-offs, terrible quality, sizes that make zero sense. But something about the styling looked so spot-on that I took a chance. Fast-forward two weeks, and a package arrived. I ripped it…