JEANS---italy

I'm starting this by giving you list of jeans brand which you can compare and contrast. It is categorized by countries, from where you can buy them. The format: brand (year established)- comment. I may comment on some brands that caught my interest, otherwise, they may not have website, where I base my comment about the brand. IF the comment is italicized, the comment is copied verbatim from the magazine. I read this from Sportswear International Jan-Feb '08:

Italy
Key Brands:
Rifle (1958)
Roy Roger's (1959)
Fiorucci (1970)
Diesel (1978)
Replay(1981)
Energie (1989)
Gas (1990)
Miss Sixty (1991)
Meltin' Pot (1994)
Freesoul (1994)
Nolita (1998)
Fornarina (1998)
Dondup (2000)- designers item, eccentric details like for tis buttons and accessories
Ra-Re (2000)
Cycle (2001)- just an average jeans brands with leather trimmings
Re-Hash (2002)
Parasuco Cult (2003)- one of the best jeans brand i encoutered, clean and very good style, sexy too check out their work book.

New brand:
My Ass (2004)-a sexy brand that knows what women want by making most their posteriors
Jackeroo (2006)- which offers cowboy-like styles with extravagant leather details, rivets, patches
Ring (2004)- focuses on clean elegant jeans