501 Inseam Inquiry...

[Jim Cissell]

When did the 501 jeans get their lap-felled inseam, and why?

It appears to be a much stronger, neater seam, and it's odd they dropped that detail on the 'anti-fit' model, in my view. I understand the anti-fit 501 was a take-off from the 1947 model (which was well before that lap-felled addition), but it still strikes me as a detail that should have been included forward...

Any thoughts?

Jim

Jim Cissell

[XX]

its probably more expensive in production - more thread, extremely difficult sewing machine to get used to

i prefer the clean look of hand set felled seams myself --