man's jeans

Blue denim zip and one button front jeans with two slash pockets, ticket pocket and belt loops

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Man's jeans

Brand Levi Strauss & Co. (American, founded 1873)

c. 1953

Cotton denim

USA

Gift of Richard Martin

Object number89.50.2

Levi Strauss & Co.’s 501® model is widely considered to be the “original” blue jean. Patented in 1873, Levi’s® denim trousers included copper rivets at different stress points. Now a mainstay of jeans around the world, the specific placement of these rivets has not changed in more than 150 years (except for the distinctive “crotch” rivet, which was removed during World War II due to rationing).

DescriptionDark blue denim five pocket jeans with zip and button front, two slash pockets, ticket pocket and belt loops, back label and patch pockets

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