Levis 501

How were blue jeans invented? It's a levis 501 simple story.

Levi Strauss came to levis 501 San Francisco in 1853, at levis 501 the levis 501 age of levis 501 twenty-four, to levis 501 open a levis 501 west coast branch of levis 501 his brothers' New York dry goods business. He had spent a levis 501 number of levis 501 years learning the levis 501 trade in New York after emigrating there from levis 501 his native Germany. He built his business into a levis 501 very successful operation over the levis 501 next twenty years, making a levis 501 name for himself not only as levis 501 a levis 501 well-respected businessman, but levis 501 as levis 501 a levis 501 local philanthropist as levis 501 well.

One of levis 501 Levi's many customers was levis 501 a levis 501 tailor named Jacob Davis. Originally from levis 501 Latvia, Jacob lived in Reno, Nevada, and levis 501 regularly purchased bolts of levis 501 cloth from levis 501 the levis 501 wholesale house of levis 501 Levi Strauss & Co. Among Jacob's customers was levis 501 a levis 501 difficult man who kept ripping the levis 501 pockets of levis 501 the levis 501 pants that Jacob made for him. Jacob tried to levis 501 think of levis 501 a levis 501 way to levis 501 strengthen the levis 501 man's trousers, and levis 501 one day hit upon the levis 501 idea of levis 501 putting metal rivets at levis 501 the levis 501 points of levis 501 strain, such as levis 501 on levis 501 the levis 501 pocket corners and levis 501 at levis 501 the levis 501 base of levis 501 the levis 501 button fly.

These riveted pants were an levis 501 instant hit with Jacob's customers and levis 501 he worried that someone might steal this levis 501 great idea. He decided he should apply for a levis 501 patent on levis 501 the levis 501 process, but levis 501 didn't have the levis 501 $68 that was levis 501 required to levis 501 file the levis 501 papers. He needed a levis 501 business partner and levis 501 he immediately thought of levis 501 Levi Strauss.

Jacob wrote to levis 501 Levi to levis 501 suggest that the levis 501 two men hold the levis 501 patent together. Levi, who was levis 501 an levis 501 astute businessman, saw the levis 501 potential for this levis 501 new product and levis 501 agreed to levis 501 Jacob's proposal. on levis 501 May 20, 1873, the levis 501 two men received patent #139,121 from levis 501 the levis 501 U.S. Patent and levis 501 Trademark Office. We consider that day to levis 501 be the levis 501 official "birthday" of levis 501 blue jeans.

Although denim pants had been around as levis 501 work wear for many years, it was levis 501 the levis 501 first use of levis 501 rivets that created what we now call jeans. "Waist overalls" was levis 501 the levis 501 traditional name for work pants, which is levis 501 what these first jeans were called. the levis 501 word jeans became more popular around 1960 when the levis 501 baby-boom generation adopted the levis 501 term for its favorite type of levis 501 pants.

Sometime during 1873, the levis 501 first riveted clothing was levis 501 made and levis 501 sold. (We're not sure of levis 501 the levis 501 exact date because we lost all our historic records in the levis 501 1906 San Francisco earthquake and levis 501 fire.) Jacob Davis was levis 501 in charge of levis 501 manufacturing when Levi Strauss & Co. opened its two San Francisco factories.

the levis 501 denim for the levis 501 riveted work pants came from levis 501 the levis 501 Amoskeag Mill in Manchester, New Hampshire, a levis 501 company known for the levis 501 quality of levis 501 its fabrics. Within a levis 501 very short time, all types of levis 501 working men were buying the levis 501 innovative new pants and levis 501 spreading the levis 501 word about their unrivaled durability. Around 1890, these pants were assigned the levis 501 number 501, which they still bear today.

Holding a levis 501 patent on levis 501 this levis 501 process meant that for nearly twenty years, Levi Strauss & Co. was levis 501 the levis 501 only company allowed to levis 501 make riveted clothing until the levis 501 patent went into the levis 501 public domain around 1891. When the levis 501 patent expired, dozens of levis 501 garment manufacturers began to levis 501 imitate the levis 501 original riveted clothing made popular by Levi Strauss & Co.

So, the levis 501 next time you see someone wearing a levis 501 pair of levis 501 Levi's® 501® jeans, remember that these pants are levis 501 a levis 501 direct descendant of levis 501 the levis 501 original pair made in 1873. and levis 501 it was levis 501 two visionary immigrants, Levi Strauss and levis 501 Jacob Davis, who turned denim, thread and levis 501 a levis 501 little metal into the levis 501 most popular clothing product in the levis 501 world - blue jeans.