THE REAL vs REPO!! I NEED HELP HERE PLEASE....

[LeAF]

CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS IN THE ORIGINAL VINTAGE (BIG E) LeViS AND THE REPO STYLE? HOW CAN U TELL THEM APART SINCE ALL THE REPO STUFF WAS DONE ALMOST THE SAME ORIGINAL WAY? I HAVE A PAIR AND DANG IF I KNOW WHATS REAL or NOT. IT WOULD HELP IF SOMEONE CAN EASE MY MIND AND GIVE ME THE SECRET ON HOW TO SOLVE THE MYSTERY OF .... viNTaGe VS REPO...LOTS OF DETAILS ARE MucH APPRECIATED.. AND BY THE WAY.. I'M NOT yelling....

~Peace~

[Paul T]

It's really the ageing that's the best clue. All reissue's have the 'R' on the red tab. Not all originals do. Look inside the jeans, at the back pocket rivets (if they're riveted, of course). Do they have a square edge or are they a little rounded? If the former, they're repro. Are the rivets a bright colour, or nicely aged? Repro jeasn dont normally have aged rivets inside and these are hard to fake. Repro stuff will also have a new washing tag, look to see if you can find a trace of it, normally under the l/h pocket.

[johnmc]

Repros usually have 555 on the back of the top button, originals will have a low number or no number. The dyes and denim are different which makes repros easy to spot. Unless they are deadstock the red lines in the selvage will be faded if they are original, on repros the red lines remain strong.