Vintage Levis Jeans Tags

In 1971 when levi strauss co.

Vintage levis jeans tags. Vintage levi s 38 32 505 red tag jeans forevernewsc. Care tags began being added to levi s garments in the 1970s. You can easily verify the true vintage of the jeans with this easy trick. The brand was founded by two european immigrants in america levi strauss and jacob davis with their patent for copper riveted jeans.

501 due to an earthquake and fire in 1906 which destroyed the levi strauss co. Tips for buying vintage levi s. Find the red tab and check for a capital e in levi s. Look for care tags.

The original use for the jeans was for miners during the gold rush opportunists at the very. The levi s 501 is slowly approaching its 150th birthday. Tag credits years. Changed the font used for the trademark levi s the myth of big and little e s appeared.

They first appeared on levi s in the 1970s. Read the care tags. America s classic pair of denim has gone through quite the evolution since its inception in 1873. A few of the vintage tags cite western wear and the number 501 which was the factory lot number for the pant model xx which would eventually become one of the most popular cuts of levi s.

Vintage jeans aficionados claim many differences and anecdotal tales of variations among levi s jeans. As of 2006 most of levi s manufacturing takes place in emerging countries. Levi strauss co. The style of inseam on almost all levi s made before the mid 1980s featured a single felled inseam which is a single stitch running down the inner thigh.

Authentic vintage levi s jeans are those manufactured before 1970. Styles from the 80s and 90s are great too so don t limit yourself to the big e. It s so intense that levi s hire undercover detectives all over the world to catch the sellers of the counterfeit jeans and to cut the red tags off one by one. The tab with levi s also known as big e means the jeans are from before 1971.

5 out of 5 stars 2 2 reviews 45 00 free shipping favorite add to levi jeans 512 classic slim stretch 512 jeans faded levi s worn levis red levi tag on back size 10 m on tag vintagemb60. It s always with great care and respect that one speaks of a brand like levi s a brand with such rich history and so many myths and legends attached to its name. From shop vintagemb60. Levi s created the capital e tab ran from 1936 when the tab was first introduced as previously mentioned by chris lucier and ran until 1971.

The tags from 1970 to 1985 were plain white with dark blue writing and contained an instruction that read shrinks about 10 newer jeans after 1985 have care tags that are white with red writing and the levi s logo placed prominently at the top. The jean today is although a different piece of garment entirely to the nineteenth century waist overall still referred to by its lot number. After 1971 levi s.