San Fransisco Levi's Store... sucks?

[wild_whiskey]

Just went to the Levi's store in SF this weekend expecting to find everything I could possibly want, but I was so disappointed. They did not have a single piece of rigid repros! The workers had no idea what I was asking about most of the time, and if they did know what I was talking about they'd just say "Sorry we don't have those." I felt like there should be ONE store I could go to and actually talk about nonsense like selvage and denim weight. The rest of union square was cool though, although the designer-store workers were pretty uneducated about fabrics and construction (no surprise there). Am I an asshole for testing workers on this sort of thing?

[johnmc]

Most Levi's stores are franchises and don't stock premium lines but you would expect them to have a flagship store of their own in San Francisco.

[edwin]

so whiskey... where can i find these? sorry for the w)post

[Serge d Nimes]

that store is always out of everything and they don't stock the whole collection. it is really lame. You could go to American Rag on Van Ness, they usually have selvage denim.

Live is too short for bad denim!

[ALVIN]

there was some guy at the levi's store in costa mesa, who i chatted for a while about selvedge. this was a while ago he was pretty cool and knowledgeable, surprisingly. i actually bought some 501 repros there. he said the SF usually gets everything. they probably sell out quick though. i go back to costa mesa a few months later to see if they had the same jeans. the girl didnt know what i was talking about and so with the store's manager.

[wild_whiskey]

edwin - I dont know about the RED jeans, I assume perhaps a less popular Levis store might have them in; the one in San Francisco did not when I was there.

The quantities that SF gets must be limited then, because they had practically nothing in their Vintage section: a couple pairs of ultra distressed repros, one distressed repro jacket, and some t-shirts if I can remember correctly. The workers really had no idea what I was talking about when I asked if they had "Deadstock repros," and I even put it into laymen's terms and just said "Do you have the rigid ones?" to no avail. I really wanted to come home with a deadstock repro jacket.

[Guest]

I agree, though they usually have well stocked clearance section. I haven't been recently, but last time I cruised through I ended picking up some skinner bootcuts in a nice wash for $55, (about half the normal price).

[Guest]

I agree, though they usually have well stocked clearance section. I haven't been recently, but last time I cruised through I ended picking up some skinner bootcuts in a nice wash for $55, (about half the normal price).

[hahnstch]

edwin- why dont you cop them from ebay? i'm pretty sure there's quite a number of levi's red rigid on ebay, and probably cheaper than retail

[edwin]

the seller didnt have a pair in my size.

[soultek]

alvin, what's the name of the store in costa mesa?

[XX]

i saw a pair of the levi indigo immortal jeans in san fran during the summer. it was only a window display, im not sure if they were selling any

in costa mesa they had this cowboy mannequin setup who had some semi rigid selvage jeans (looked like they were resin treated) that had the behind the knee whiskers highlighted.. they were pretty cool but they had none in the store

[Teddy Boy Rocker]

The Levis store in South Coast used to have the vintage repros but not anymore.

i got a pair of 501xx from there right before they stopped carrying them last.

you'd think that Levis would see the big picture and embrace their own heritage and keep the XX lines in their staple

[super]

i went there on Sunday and i saw some selvage stuff. there were red labels with really weird selvage edges for $178 and some selvage levis premiums at around $138. that was about it.