FS Levi 555 stamp vintage 501 Capital E red selvedge Jean

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These rare jeans were manufactured in the now closed Valencia Street factory as part of the Levi's Capital E vintage range, which ran from 1989 until the launch of the LVC line in 1996. "The oldest among the out-of-town plants -- the one in Blue Ridge, Ga. -- hails from the Eisenhower administration. The San Francisco factory is a full half-century older: Teddy Roosevelt was president when the plant opened to applause in a city badly shaken and burnt from the 1906 earthquake. Already under construction when the ground shook, the Valencia Street plant was finished in November that year, which was as soon as the company could get it done, according to Levi's in-house archivist, Lynn Downey. The company's original Fremont Street plant was destroyed by the earthquake and fire. Most recently, Levi has used the specialized operations there to sew certain products within its high-end vintage collection. It's also where the company produced replicas of the famed Nevada jeans -- a pair of Levi's found stashed in a Nevada mine and purchased by the maker at auction last year for $46,532." They measure w35, length (inseam) 32 inches and are washed. (tag size w38 l36) I have marked them as used but I don't recall ever wearing them. They have been in storage for the past 9 years - I'd actually forgotten I had these plus some others I may list also. One of the very early vintage products before the brand became diluted. "The plant's first workers were turn-of-the-century Irish and Italian San Franciscans who knew the feel of copper rivets against denim and whose employer, even then, was an American legend. The worn wood floors, thick fabric-cutting blades and heavy-duty sewing machines standing in rows still carry a fine layer of blue denim lint -- the workaday dust of an active jeans factory." This is a totally genuine rare product from my own personal collection, and represents a chance to own a piece of history, fast becoming a collectors item in it's own right. The denim is dark blue and quite hairy/fuzzy, and is soft and ready to wear now although it will improve dramatically with age. Inside label is stamped 555 as is top button. Cut is 1955.

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