Since the "Great Recession," the landscape for premium jeans has changed: "Charging $600 for jeans for no reason at all — those days are over," said You Nguyen, the senior vice president of women's merchandising and design for Levi Strauss & Company.
sˈɪns ðə "ɡɹˈeɪt ɹᵻsˈɛʃən," ðə lˈændskeɪp fɔːɹ pɹˈiːmiəm dʒˈiːnz hɐz tʃˈeɪndʒd: "tʃˈɑːɹdʒɪŋ dˈɑːlɚ sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd fɔːɹ dʒˈiːnz fɔːɹ nˈoʊ ɹˈiːzən æɾ ˈɔːl — ðoʊz dˈeɪz ɑːɹ ˈoʊvɚ," sˈɛd juː nˈuːjɛn, ðə sˈiːnjɚ vˈaɪs pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌv wˈɪmɪnz mˈɜːtʃɐndˌaɪzɪŋ ænd dɪzˈaɪn fɔːɹ lˈɛvi stɹˈɔːs ænd kˈʌmpəni.