levis question

[aitsuka]

I got a pair of old jeans at a vintage store

the label says levis 505

but the tab is orange?

what does that mean?

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[Letters]

Quote: Orange tabs, introduced in the late 1960's, were a sub-brand of Levis (kind of like the modern Silver Tab). They were pretty much the same as red tab levis, although some think that they are a lower quality jean.

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[Paul T]

Orange were a budget range. Can't remember the details, and I should look this up, but a lot of details like the stitching were simpler, and no rivets. Personally I really like the orange tab 607 jeans. Even fairly recent ones seemed to have nicer denim than contemporary 501s.

[Serge d Nimes]

Yeah, The orange tab was the budget line but was also for the younger crowd with their bells and tapered jeans. They featured:

Double stitching throughout

A Zipper

Felled inseam

Long and narrow rear pockets that are stitched with a double needle

most had no rivets

517 and 505 had a coin pocket with 1 or no rivet

orange sitiching throughout, including bartacks

sanforized denim

I have pairs of original and repro Big E 646 jeans and I love them both. Just like all levis, the the indigo went to shit after the very early 70's.

Carpe Denim! (not the jean brand silly!)

Edited by Serge d Nimes on Aug 22, 2005 at 07:42 PM

[aitsuka]

orange tab "505" not "605"

last picture...

these are my "501xx" the top label (the farmer picture part) has a XX but its says clearly 501? what does that mean? fake?

and if its XX isn't it dry denim? these are 34X32 and I felt they were washed already, however, they fit like 34X32 not shrunk at all?

thats it, thanks for the help.

Edited by aitsuka on Aug 24, 2005 at 08:07 AM

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[aitsuka]

yeah, my pictures don't work for some reason get it done by tongiht, shit......

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[sr20det]

you can't link images from geocities. use photobucket or tinypic. otherwise you'll have to rename your jpgs to .txt and link them from there. but that's only good for a bit of bandwidth before geocities will shut you down.

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[aitsuka]

got the pictures to work, I hope lol

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