Who Makes a Truly 'Museum Grade' 1947 Model Levi's 501?

[Jim Cissell]

Any insight who makes an extremely accurate 1947 501 jean?

Jim

Jim Cissell

[red]

umm... the japanese do.

[keyko]

Levis's Japan LVC line to be precise. I saw both Japan and the US made 47 repros and the quality of Japanese is strikingly better.

Alien vs Predator, Freddie vs Jason, Nudie vs A.P.C.

[red]

well actually, just about every japanese company makes a nice repro. but sugarcane especially does this well. though they didnt do it for the 47s, they even constructed the 55s and 66s in the USA just to be true to detail.

[red]

in all actuality though, you cant make "museum grade" levis. well you cant mass produce them at least. not only would you need the same looms that levis used, but youd need to use the same cotton in order to get te same effect. sugarcane uses like 40% zimbabwe cotton, which has totally different attribute, because the cotton is so long. i suggest either buying vintage or buying japanes.

[horriblyjollyjinx]

I think he means jeans that look the same as the real 47 501s, with all the details right like the arcuate, the right type of patch etc. Only Levi's makes jeans like that. Japanese repros don't try to look exactly like the original.

http://repeattofade.blogspot.com/

[red]

ooooohhhhh. ok. well then. all you can really buy is levis, because if any other company uses the arcuate, levis is sending in thier lawyers. i suggest you buy vintage.

[greentea]

japanese do,but korea won thier match wiht togo 2-1 and japan lost to australia. boo hoo

[red]

hows cuba doing?