Vintage Repros

[Dr_Heech]

6 hours ago, CSL said:

Those are really great! I hope someone starts making them again.

 

Agree with you there Carl.

There was a Japan made repro which was better (all cotton stitching) in the mid 2010's(?) I think but otherwise l don't think l've seen any other Wrangler 27MW shirt repros.

[space_cowboy]

I have a Sugar Cane repro with turquoise buttons I picked up secondhand. Not sure exactly how old it is...possibly 90's or early 2000's if I had to guess.

[CSL]

I recall there being a very cool one pocket jacket available a while back. Don't know if that was based on san item Wrangler actually produced, or a prototype perhaps?

[beautiful_FrEaK]

One of those, I wanted back in the days but never bought:

The Steam Locomotive

https://zenmarket.jp/de/auction.aspx?itemCode=l1244413196&q=d51xxx&p=1&pos=3&sid=a10f9d36-7ce4-4dde-a50b-d0cc2bc28bed

[Broark]

53 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

The Steam Locomotive

Weren't they the brand that had connections to the Yakuza or something crazy like that?

[Maynard Friedman]

^ Yes, I believe so. I can’t remember if @kiya has revealed the details of his misfortune in dealing with them.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Yep, that brand. Kiya said once that enough time has passed to reveal everything but never openly wrote more about it

[Thanks_M8]

The website was still functioning a few years ago, even showed some stock for a few sizes.

interested to hear the full story behind the brand.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

The website is still active.

@kiya please share the full The Steam Locomotive story if you can  

[Broark]

33 minutes ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

The website is still active.

What's the website?
Here's a pair on eBay with a SE branded patch.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

blast from the past

https://www.the-steam-locomotive.jp/main/PRODUCTS/work.htm

ok..some parts are still live, not everything

[shredwin_206]

@Broark I saw those. Now I’m curious how the quality was of their jeans. Haha 

[Dr_Heech]

Not strictly a repro but still a regular wearer after nearly 25 years, my non-lvc LS&CO 'band tee' from c.2002. So probably mainline levis Europe (?)

It's got a great long, slim vintage cut with a great print on the front that won't seem to fade, unlike the inside neck print. Plus it has an old fashioned woven red tab on the outseam and a western shirt-style back shoulder yoke.

 

Inside print had LS&CO in font similar to this old lvc tote -

[Dr_Heech]

From Winter/fall 2004, my now defunct Lvc 1960's Grateful Dead T shirt repro in a size XL. Like the tee l have just posted above, lthis was another TK Maxx purchase in the early to mid 2000's. Made in Portugal and the first year that lvc started to use these non-repro labels in their reproduction range, just stating 'Reproduction by Levis Vintage Clothing '. So again,  whether this tee is an actual repro based off an original is anyone's guess. 

 

It now resides in the bottom of a 1960's suitcase, used as a liner to store vintage denim on top. This is because it is now oversized/out of shape, but l love the print so can't get rid. Kinda reminds me of the 1970's I'm with Stoopid tee shirts with a similar hand with finger-pointing detail, which allowed you the opportunity, back then, to stand next to peeps with a tshirt that claimed that they were stupid and a pointy finger confirming it(?) which seems a little unfair as they may not have been. 

Edited October 4 by Dr_Heech
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[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

the same gorgeous tee (unfortunately in size small) resides untouched in my closet for 23 years. 23 years!!! 😵 back than I also used to buy the blue tee that reads "San Francico" 

Edited September 19 by Sympathy-For-The-Denim

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

I wonder if I'd ever recall seeing such pair in 20 years of collecting Denim... someone selling a NOS 1933 LVC pair made in Valencia Street.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/800670840354?_skw=lvc&itmmeta=01M2XP6992TQA3CGYDG187WKAP&hash=itemba6bb37622:g:t7IAAeSwiyFqqn3L&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAAwGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDnLE9W5Vfp04QfF5oQtVbx35hcyvAD7kKp42cwi%2FJ%2BdSn0XeJ%2F7yeaAmGdINQz6Vc%2FpuKFZVsAFKDfNSx2F358s1c7N94udqRn16NG2Dx2WlUz24JelpeWONVvlHsmWfHRJmqYddVu9mVuA6P2bZ0Cde7LFXsWcvFhszrs9o4GTEKR1iGn0j%2Fe0lQdGOCmzJKHozP%2FA3uhdZ3T%2Fkxs2lwTSicF75cfFAIAuC6I4UomhA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4yVmbaXaA

Edited September 19 by Sympathy-For-The-Denim

[Dr_Heech]

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

I wonder if I'd ever recall seeing such pair in 20 years of collecting Denim... someone selling a NOS 1933 LVC pair made in Valencia Street.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/800670840354?_skw=lvc&itmmeta=01M2XP6992TQA3CGYDG187WKAP&hash=itemba6bb37622:g:t7IAAeSwiyFqqn3L&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAAwGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDnLE9W5Vfp04QfF5oQtVbx35hcyvAD7kKp42cwi%2FJ%2BdSn0XeJ%2F7yeaAmGdINQz6Vc%2FpuKFZVsAFKDfNSx2F358s1c7N94udqRn16NG2Dx2WlUz24JelpeWONVvlHsmWfHRJmqYddVu9mVuA6P2bZ0Cde7LFXsWcvFhszrs9o4GTEKR1iGn0j%2Fe0lQdGOCmzJKHozP%2FA3uhdZ3T%2Fkxs2lwTSicF75cfFAIAuC6I4UomhA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4yVmbaXaA

I had a pair of these when they were first released in Jan 2001. Wish l'd bought multiple pairs now tbh as (despite the poly-cotton stitching) the first run of that model were a true to life clone, almost perfect (for the time) repro with great details and had the darkest denim for a 33 repro,  as future batches would attest. This was Lvc at its best imo.

Edited September 20 by Dr_Heech

[Dr_Heech]

On 4/21/2025 at 8:28 AM, Sympathy-For-The-Denim said:

since for me everything started with LVC, no wonder they are among my oldest repros:

1950s Sawtooth Shirt, notice the long, what I would call front skirts / tails. I couldn't find out the purpose (maybe for bending backwards while on a Rodeo-Horse back) of it, since one would instinctively think that the back part should be longer, which is not uncommon for other vintage / antique shirt's... however this detail makes them a little less wearable untucked. This shirt was one of 4 deadstock shirts which a had the fortune of to acquire along with a rather large stash of deadstock Valencia Street Era 1955s 501xx repros a few years back... in time I have to post those too.

Hey Sympathy, isn't it about time you posted your Valencia Street stash?

[Double 0 Soul]

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

I wonder if I'd ever recall seeing such pair in 20 years of collecting Denim... someone selling a NOS 1933 LVC pair made in Valencia Street.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/800670840354?_skw=lvc&itmmeta=01M2XP6992TQA3CGYDG187WKAP&hash=itemba6bb37622:g:t7IAAeSwiyFqqn3L&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAAAwGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xDnLE9W5Vfp04QfF5oQtVbx35hcyvAD7kKp42cwi%2FJ%2BdSn0XeJ%2F7yeaAmGdINQz6Vc%2FpuKFZVsAFKDfNSx2F358s1c7N94udqRn16NG2Dx2WlUz24JelpeWONVvlHsmWfHRJmqYddVu9mVuA6P2bZ0Cde7LFXsWcvFhszrs9o4GTEKR1iGn0j%2Fe0lQdGOCmzJKHozP%2FA3uhdZ3T%2Fkxs2lwTSicF75cfFAIAuC6I4UomhA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR4yVmbaXaA

The seller used to post here and on DB

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

12 hours ago, Dr_Heech said:

Hey Sympathy, isn't it about time you posted your Valencia Street stash?

oops! 

Edited September 20 by Sympathy-For-The-Denim

[Dr_Heech]

On 9/20/2026 at 9:36 PM, Sympathy-For-The-Denim said:

oops! 

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