Levi's Vintage Clothing

[Maynard Friedman]

I’d sell it, it’s too big and I don’t like the back stencilling.

[cause4pause]

Thank you very much for your responses. The stencilling might have been done by the manufacturer as I have seen photos of two other examples of this online, old listings that sold in the past. I'm not sure why they decided to add this to the jacket but it doesn't seem to be present on the non wartime reproductions of Levi's Type 1.

The origin of the denim is still a mystery. It was made in the Valencia Street factory. Did they ever use Japanese denim at this factory? 

[Paul T]

Type 1 will be Cone unless it's Japanese LVC. Type 3 only is Kaihara, as is the 505 etc.

I have a question about the thread. This has become a bigger issue for me regarding LVC vs Japanese manufacturers vs Roy 

I've had LVC, Roy and a number of Japanese brands. LVC by far has the worst looking stitching of all of them. It looks really basic and blah. I don't have a problem with Roy and I believe he has stated that he uses polycore. Is what I'm seeing just a variant in crappy poly core and good poly core? Is LVC just springing for garbage polycore thread? 

That's such a good question and I don't really know the answer. I did ask a designer some time back and he told me they'd been forced to go with polycore, rather like Roy, for reliability - it takes longer to stitch all cotton. And, actually, some of it fades in nicely. But some doesn't. Stitching on that deadstock pair simply looks nicer and I can't work out why - although the roughness is a part of it. 

Going forward, if LVC are moving to mostly Kaihara denim, I wonder if they'll do something about these kinds of issues, for instance rayon tags.  If the denim is bought in, and they're made under contract, they will need some USP. Otherwise they might as well get them sewn in Japan again. Or they could hire Roy Slaper?

Edited February 10, 2018 by Paul T

[propellerbeanie]

Is LVC adding the 1937 501 back to their lineup? You can see the sign in the background, and the tag next to the patch is like the one you find on the current run of jeans.

[Rehnen1]

Need some help with some Levi’s I found for nearly nothing. 

What is there to tell about these labels? Maybe someone can teach me how I got information by the label..

 

[erk]

On 2/10/2018 at 3:43 AM, Paul T said:

That's such a good question and I don't really know the answer. I did ask a designer some time back and he told me they'd been forced to go with polycore, rather like Roy, for reliability - it takes longer to stitch all cotton. And, actually, some of it fades in nicely. But some doesn't. Stitching on that deadstock pair simply looks nicer and I can't work out why - although the roughness is a part of it. 

Going forward, if LVC are moving to mostly Kaihara denim, I wonder if they'll do something about these kinds of issues, for instance rayon tags.  If the denim is bought in, and they're made under contract, they will need some USP. Otherwise they might as well get them sewn in Japan again. Or they could hire Roy Slaper?

I feel like the thread on the latest pair I had ( a pair of 44s ) looked pretty bad. I don't have my royxcones anymore so I can't compare but my memory is that the thread looked a lot better than the LVC stuff. I'd love to see them at least move back to doing rayon red tabs. My bet is that they just don't like that the name gets all screwed up and you can't read it. but thats whats so cool about the red tab! 

[bartlebyyphonics]

just for stitching reference

lvc 1944 bought this summer (pretty bright)

lvc 1915 again; recent purchase (a little more demure, but still more brash than the triple pleats threads)

[erk]

Hmmm. Maybe it’s model to model. That 15 looks pretty nice 

[bod]

54'z

 

[jewellben]

On 11/02/2018 at 10:04 AM, propellerbeanie said:

Is LVC adding the 1937 501 back to their lineup? You can see the sign in the background, and the tag next to the patch is like the one you find on the current run of jeans.

I hope so

[bartlebyyphonics]

3 hours ago, erk said:

Hmmm. Maybe it’s model to model. That 15 looks pretty nice 

apologies for reposting (have posted a version of this already in the thread)

but some kind of stitch comparisons possible here for both color and size: some waist bands of jackets and jeans positions top down: triple pleat, 1915, type i, 1944

if i remember paul t correctly; thread is specifically re-created for each model? 

Edited February 12, 2018 by bartlebyyphonics

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

lvc definitely bring back the 37s ( you can spot them already on the levi´s webshop) but unfortunately no imbroved style, still they come button fly is oddly short button fly, a problem that many lvc jeans suffer from, on from the 1915s...

[jewellben]

23 hours ago, Sympathy-For-The-Denim said:

lvc definitely bring back the 37s ( you can spot them already on the levi´s webshop) but unfortunately no imbroved style, still they come button fly is oddly short button fly, a problem that many lvc jeans suffer from, on from the 1915s...

I can only see some 1937 cut off's

[ushokmwn]

Cultizm has them https://www.cultizm.com/de/denim/jeans/7816/levi-s-vintage-clothing-1937-501-rigid-12oz

Too old style for me.

[428CJ]

6 hours ago, ushokmwn said:

Cultizm has them https://www.cultizm.com/de/denim/jeans/7816/levi-s-vintage-clothing-1937-501-rigid-12oz

Too old style for me.

Those are not current manufacture. They are old stock. Cultizm has had them for a very long time, and they are down to only one size left (30/34).

Aero Leathers have more sizes in stock than that, but their supply is still quite limited (30/32, 30/34, 32/32, 32/34, 34/32), and their prices quite high (185 GBP plus a rather high shipping charge).

Edited February 14, 2018 by 428CJ

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

@jewellben: you can spot them (but not order them now)

http://www.levi.com/GB/en_GB/mens-jeans/p/475010168

[mf051404]

Sharing to you a true vintage 1978

[mf051404]

I find this odd, using a patch meant for pants on a jacket.  Why? Lack of supplies?

[mf051404]

And a 1969 true vintage typeIII, will be sharing others soon (I have a few true vintage hoards lately)

[lance]

Nice lookin jacket, mf051404, love the shade of indigo

[mf051404]

11 minutes ago, lance said:

Nice lookin jacket, mf051404, love the shade of indigo

thanks...I have another one of deeper color and more pristine...will post it later

[mf051404]

And another true vintage type3 (unfortunately not my size, 2 sizes bigger), which I thought was one of the Grateful Dead jackets (because of the terrapin turtle embroidery) but no one knows for sure.  Tracey Panek of Levi's said it might be from the 70's but looking at the details I thought it is a 67

[mlwdp]

???

[Foxy2]

This older collaboration gets referenced every now and then - I find it cool in retrospect.

[poonsc]

hi all, considering to order my first LVC on site and looking for some size advice on 55 501 NEW RINSE version.
should i get the normal size as japanese jeans or needa size up on top for comfort fit? 
i normally wear a 33 in warehouse, 34 in tcb 50s and 20s, thank you!

[mandel9000]

Not sure about the new rinse version, but I find the 55 501 in sz. 30 to fit tighter (not a full size but maybe about a half) than the TCB 20s in the same size. 

[bartlebyyphonics]

best exact comparison between lvc 1955 and tcb 50s that i know is here:

but again: dont know about 'new rinse'

[propellerbeanie]

Washed my 1966 jeans again and did a tumble dry. They're quite light in colour, and I'm aiming for some low contrast fades that are vintage-esque. For the last month, I've only been wearing them around 3-4 times a week.

[Maynard Friedman]

They’re coming on very well propeller, do you prefer these or the 76s (or both equally)?

[Paul T]

On 2/17/2018 at 11:19 AM, poonsc said:

hi all, considering to order my first LVC on site and looking for some size advice on 55 501 NEW RINSE version.
should i get the normal size as japanese jeans or needa size up on top for comfort fit? 
i normally wear a 33 in warehouse, 34 in tcb 50s and 20s, thank you!

my LVC were true to size, and I bought my actual waist size. The TCB are tagged with their post-shrink size, which allows for circa one inch of shrink. if tjey were raw Levi's and you fancied a slightly trimmer fit I would recommend 34 tag size. But unfortunately that doesn't help with the New Rinse pairs, as we don't really know how they're sized or cut.