Levis Collectibles? Give me everything you've got

[mrip]

Those jeans are crazy. Are they modeled after a pair of jeans that a butcher wore?

Is that part of your collection or do you actually wear them?

[Crackerhead]

Pat The Baker - Oven Ready Finish:

These jeans are pretty wild. Cut with extra long and loose legs, the shape is reminiscent of billowing dough. They come coated in what looks and feels like flour and dough. The legs have adjustable and removable canvas leg protectors. The cinch runs from the sides of the waist all the way across the back. Other details include suspender buttons on the waist band, and a snap on one of the belt loops. The denim has a super soft hand. These are by far the most comfortable (and likely most outrageous) jeans I've ever worn.

[Crackerhead]

Those jeans are weird, would love to see pics of them worn though.

And thanks for posting them up.

I'll try to eventually get some photos of these pants with me wearing them. They look a lot better on, as they're quite sculptural pieces.

[Crackerhead]

Those jeans are crazy. Are they modeled after a pair of jeans that a butcher wore?

Is that part of your collection or do you actually wear them?

Yeah, I wear all the jeans that I collect, which is mostly Levi's RED, LVC and other limited production Levi's stuff.

And these jeans are simply a modern reinterpretation of the uniforms of tradesmen and professionals from years past. An homage to the vintage artisan that romances workwear from days of yore.

[beast]

Alright, as promised, I took some pics today of my collection. I don't have time right now to post all of them, but there's more to come.

Harry The Butcher - Got Guts Finish:

This one's from the A/W 2007 collection. Constructed from a last remaining bolt of antique selvage denim found stocked away. The fit of these jeans is patterned after a combination of vintage 501 blocks. The legs are constructed from many panels of denim and mimic muscle sinews. The finish is completed with blood spots, stepped-out hem, repaired cleaver hacks, and meat shrink-wrap behind the knees. There is a second hidden coin pocket inside the left front pocket, and an eyelet on the rear pocket to hang your cleaver from.

And here's the shirt I own, which also came in blue.

Nicceeee. I would get this if I could.

This looks like what some psycho serial killer would wear enroute to decapitating another sorority girl's head for his collection hung neatly next to his denim collection.

[Crackerhead]

These jeans are cut slim and square, much like the vintage 606's from the 1960's. They include leather leg protectors, which would have once been used to protect a candlestick maker's legs from the heat of the fire he would work over. Wicks dangle from the back pocket, waistband, and knees. The finish is complete with wax drippings.

I included that last photo to show how they look when I'm wearing them. That photo is of my friend and I last night before we left for an event.

[swooc]

^no offense or anything but i dont think you pulled them off like ddml did with his. maybe its the jacket and shoes? i can picture cotton and bill looking good in these though.

[Crackerhead]

^no offense or anything but i dont think you pulled them off like ddml did with his. maybe its the jacket and shoes? i can picture cotton and bill looking good in these though.

Oh sweet! You guys know each other?

[poly800rock]

AAAAAAAAAAARG! I can't believe you have that White Levis jacket from Okini!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARG

I still regret not buying that. It looks way better when it fits loose on a person though...

the old timothy everest(?) selvedge pair were fucking amazing looking

[Charlie Delta]

Again thanks for the pics.

The Bakers are quite interesing, but still the candlestick makers are my favorite so far.

I have the feeling that some of the things they did don't fit with what they wanted to go for. The label on the inside waist of the Butchers looks really out of place for example.

[beatle]

Agreed...Bakers look interesting

[thomas_highstreet]

i think all of them are pretty cool.. quite 'loud' but, with a bit of steez they would look really great.

im gonna do covert scans on the bay for 'em

[Eccles]

Found this place while doing some research for a recent trip to barcelona and saw the Levi's Collectibles good store stocks skulls too

http://www.doshaburi.com/co07ss/01co.html

some pics for the lazy

Coach Rider pants

Rail Rider Pants

Boat Riders Cardigan

[beatle]

Good stuff...

Especially these..( I know - they are not part of the collectibles, but still)

But 500 Euro...I don't think so

[Charlie Delta]

They're LVC, if I'm not mistaken Airfrog bought them, check the LVC thread.

[Crackerhead]

So I've got a photo now of a pair of pants I own from the latest collection, based on the theme "The Coach Rider, The Boat Rider, and The Rail Rider" - an homage to Levi Strauss' sales force who fanned out through the west via these modes of transport, stocking mercantiles and distributing goods to the pioneers of the west. I picked these up at the Flagship Levi's store this summer. The original retail was $420. They had some other nice pieces. The Rail Rider pants, for example, were a beautiful duck cloth pant with a strange one-shoulder suspender strap. And the denim pieces were made out of a plain-white selvage denim.

The Boat Rider

[Anton]

any pics of the butcher jeans????

Edit: found them, my browser has had problems with pages having lots of pictures-- sorry about the spaz

post some fit pics

[Crackerhead]

any pics of the butcher jeans????

Uhh, yeah. Go back a page.

[superBobo]

Those Boat rider pants looks great. Would definitly wear them. Cinch back and weird pockets, hell yes.

[GeriZZald]

i was looking through videos on GQ & saw a documentary kinda thing about american rag in LA. The worker describes some pieces from Levis Collectibles further into the video:

http://video.men.style.com/linking/index.jsp?skin=embed&fr_story=2600636f280c96d40a71210b0bde5f0641acdc91&rf=ev&hl=true

[Sympathy-For-The-Denim]

Crackerhead, these boat riders look really great, very authentic, I mean I saw trousers

like that in movies like Moby Dick etc. ... Unfortunately I haven´t seen em here in Berlin allthough there´s a flagship store aswell as a special store for LVC, RED etc.pp. called Buttenheim.

[Crackerhead]

I just purchased this, and am waiting for its arrival.

Just talked to Doshaburi in Barcelona, and they said they are expecting the new S/S 2008 collection some time in November.

[40ozprophet]

that is a pretty awesome jacket. price price?

[Crackerhead]

that is a pretty awesome jacket. price price?

$19 on eBay. Original retail? Somewhere around $450.

[Crackerhead]

Here, I got some fit pics of the jacket, now that it has arrived:

And the selvage:

[Crackerhead]

Those jeans are weird, would love to see pics of them worn though.

And thanks for posting them up.

Here are some fit pics of the Baker Jean:

[Crackerhead]

I actually have deadstock Baker and Candlestick Maker jeans for sale in the supermarket right now if anyone is interested.

http://www.superfuture.com/supertalk/showthread.php?p=809899#post809899

[Whodinihimself]

close-ups of the Rail Rider jean:

*edit* This is the women's version. thanks to Crackerhead for clarifying

someone is selling a few pairs of them on ebay for a good price:

http://stores.ebay.com/Kims-Couture-Closet

[Crackerhead]

close-ups of the Rail Rider jean:

someone is selling a few pairs of them on ebay for a good price:

http://stores.ebay.com/Kims-Couture-Closet

Yep, and they're made from that super duper yellow selvage fabric my jacket it.

Those are the women's version of the coach rider jean.

Here are some close ups of the men's version:

[tweeds]

whizkit and i paid a visit to the levi's store earlier, and found a whole lot of stuff from the collectibles series there [as well as japan levis red]. baker, butcher, candlestick maker jeans...as well as tops. intriguing!

the hickory stripes of the bakers are great.