Chrome Hearts Levi's 501 Cocaine Wash Black Patch Jeans

These are the Chrome Hearts Levi's 501 Cocaine Wash Black Patch Jeans, a pale faded-grey pair of Levi's 501s rebuilt by Chrome Hearts with black leather crosses applied across both front hips. They're for someone who wants the brand's cross patch denim on a light, washed-out base rather than the usual indigo or black.

The foundation is cotton Levi's 501 denim — straight leg, button fly, five-pocket — in a soft bleached grey, and the crosses are cut from leather and stitched down in tight clusters rather than scattered evenly along the leg. An embossed Chrome Hearts leather label sits on the back waistband. Because each pair starts as its own pair of 501s and the patches are placed by hand, the depth of the wash and the exact arrangement of crosses shift from pair to pair, which is the main thing separating this from a printed or embroidered cross jean.

Wear them as the loudest piece in the outfit — the pale ground makes the black leather read hard from across a room, and the 501 cut keeps the silhouette plain enough that the patchwork does all the work. This is a size 36, one pair in stock, in a wash that comes up far less often than the standard black and indigo cross patch denim.