Levi's Vintage Clothing

[entertainment!]

Entertainment- where'd you get that story about Sutro tower's spires? I like it.

My sister, who used to live in the Marina, told me that story. This could all be urban legend, but the story was that having a view of the tower from a building was considered bad feng shui because the three masts of the tower were like the three horns of a devil.

[Paul T]

[crownzip]

Roy, here's a couple photos of an early 40's horsehide Hercules half belt work jacket. Sorry if this is off topic for LVC.

[fardin]

Man GraNT This Is Awesome; As Are The 42s

[crownzip]

Thanks Fardin and good eye catching the the Lee's!

Paul, the 1901's are beautiful!

[entertainment!]

Those look great Paul.

Glad to help.

[airfrogusmc]

Pretty freak'n nice Paul and without the braces this time. So the 1 inch buckle is working out pretty nice? I hope that my Knappaves turn out as cool.

Grant that herc is really cool. Love the grain. I think its quite alright to post that photo here/ Maybe you could post a couple of your flight jackets here to ? (hint, hint)

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

4:1(2) england plays better music, so we play better football

[LpotRs]

I ♥ the homerun t, pic please.

We've just been knocked out of the World Cup, so I have a little time

I picked it up on eBay for not a lot of money, as the dude didn't put LVC in his title, and it was missed by LVC fans! Yippeeee!!!

[LpotRs]

4:1(2) england plays better music, so we play better football

I think we made you look good to be honest, which wasn't hard...

[riff]

Edit: crownzip- the pants seem to be made from the same Cone duck LVC used for this last batch of 1873 pants and the duck jumper. It really is a fantastic color. Pretty comfortable, too.

Pray tell us a little more!

[ThinFinn]

here are my 44's after their 1st wash at ~62 days of wear:

in direct sunlight:

inside:

bonus: (true to color)

sorry for so many pics...!

[Paul T]

The 44s look to be an absolute highlight of the new range.

A few years ago the 44 denim looked much like the 33, a kind of royal blue, but just about all of them on the cultizm competition look great to me.THe greyness of your 'true to color' photo has a real feel of the original.

Sure wish they'd improve pocket fabric, though. Second pocket lining has just started splitting on my 1901.

Oh, and Sympathy - thanks for the sympathy!

[Dr_Heech]

Nice 44's. Plus repped!

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[ThinFinn]

thx guys...

@Paul T: what kinda pocket fabric are you having on your 1901's?

here is the one from my 44s, looks like canvas to me:

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

thinfinn, from what season are your 44s of?

[ThinFinn]

bought these in nov.'09...

is there something like a tag which says from what season they are so i can give it a look...?

[Paul T]

bought these in nov.'09...

is there something like a tag which says from what season they are so i can give it a look...?

Yes, it will say on the tag, something like 0809, or s3 09... for instance, these jeans are season 1, 2006.

[ThinFinn]

Yes, it will say on the tag, something like 0809, or s309, I have a pic somewhere, will look it out later and add it to this post.

will post a pic of the tag soon...then you guys can tell from what season it is, cuz no of these # are up there...:confused:

[RRLselvageDenim]

I'm about to put my 555 1927 201 with cloth patch that i have only worn about 3 times in supermarket. Bummer. Stashed it away, tried it on today only to find out they don't fit. Oh well. Tagged 33x34. Any interest PM me.

[jwsach]

painted in my 47s yesterday and paint all over them....

so i took em home and rubbed out most of the paint and gave em a soak

only to have them come out super blotchy and retarded looking.

they look fookin terrible and are semi- ruined.

sorry just venting

[Tarmac]

Sad to hear, and I know what you are talking about. I've had crusty shit get

on my denim. If you pick at it too much you will rub some indigo off, only to realize what you did after a rinse.

[roy6]

Roy, here's a couple photos of an early 40's horsehide Hercules half belt work jacket. Sorry if this is off topic for LVC.

Thanks crownzip, that looks beautiful. And no, not off topic at all, I don't think. It's always interesting to see the original/inspiration models for reproduced stuff, especially with the LVC jackets, which in several cases seem to be based on non-Levi's originals.

I've seen Hercules jackets and also some from Californian that look very similar to this model. Maybe it was a common style in the '30s and '40s? I've yet to see an original Levi's jacket that fits this mold, but presumably they made a very similar version too.

I wonder if some of their reproduced jackets are from companies that started of as independents but were bought by Levi's. I think Menlo was it's own entity at first and got bought? There is also the "scorched up" '70s jacket that is based directly on an East/West Musical Instruments jacket. I wonder if Levi's bought the rights to the design at some point and made their own version?

p.s. I'll put details of the pants up in the "post your ducks" thread presently.

[Happy Hooligan]

Roy, here's a couple photos of an early 40's horsehide Hercules half belt work jacket. Sorry if this is off topic for LVC.

Needs more wear... why don't you give it to me for about 20 years and I'll break it more in for you....

sweet jacket

[roy6]

re: four horsemen

far too soft.

moth plague?

Don't dismiss your powers so easily. I know many Sufuers would be more terror-stricken at the thought of a moth invasion than mere famine, war, or death.

[superhero]

Let's all hug it out.

Bitch.

With better lighting tomorrow I will try to post pics of my fairly new LVC 1947s... nothing too exciting.

[cash]

Bill's Craft blog posted this a few days ago.

[crownzip]

Cheap, agree with you about the thinner weight '33's being durable. I've had mine for over five years and they've worn very well only starting to tear where I've cuffed them.

so, my 33s never shrank. they were a couple inches oversized. they seemed thin to me too, and i felt they would be prone to quick tearing. one year later and they look great and have worn even better, tho they are a little baggy. perfect for construction work in the florida summer.

pics as soon as i get a chance.

[Eli Danoni]

Any advice on sizing raw 1937 501s please? The only LVC I have experience of are washed - I'm a 34/34 on 1944s and a 36/34 on 1954s. Cheers.

[Leonard Leroy]

Who else here has a pair of the Pomata 55s?