Posted on 08/04/2024 8:08:26 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
Are you a 501 guy, or more of a 505? We're here to help you find out. How does one even know? It’s becoming more and more difficult to keep track of what type of fit each number corresponds with, even for the most denim-minded among us.
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Yeah, I checked some of those, all zippers.
I don’t bother with anything Levis these days. Another american icon gone woke.
“It’s all junk now.”
Who makes better?
Yeah i think they only do zippers unfortunately- there are cheaper button hole makers on amazon- but it woudl involve pretty major revamp of the jeans removign the zipper, setting the buttons by hand i think- not something I’d want to get into
What, convert zipper jeans to buttons? I can’t see how that would ever be worth the trouble, even if I were a good enough tailor to do it.
No, I’ll stick with the 501s for a while yet. Bought six pair at a Levi’s outlet sale three years ago and I still haven’t even taken the tags off four of them, so I’m set for now unless I gain or lose a huge amount of weight (unlikely). I wore out clothes a lot faster before retirement.
I've found other all-cotton brands I prefer including the "Rustler" brand at Wal-Mart for only $14 that I like much better than today's Levis.
For a fun bit of romanticized history of Levi Strauss and his accidental creation of his jeans with riveted pockets, you can't beat "Death Valley Days" Season 8, Episode 28, filmed in 1960. It's titled "The Million Dollar Pants." You need an Amazon Prime subscription to watch it. Red Buttons starred as Levi Strauss. Highly recommended. It was made in a different TV era without all the bombast, graphics, special effects, horrible "music," etc. Just nice, simple story-telling.
Carhartt. I gave up on Levis 20+ years ago.
Levi’s became garbage made with crap denim.
Strauss family and management are largely rich leftist and Jewish
When I grew up they were the cats pajamas
Those jeans took years to get comfortable and cost 5.99-7.99
They still make good product but there is a huge huge amount of competition now didn’t exist then
Wrangler and Lee
And lesser brands like Penncraft and Mann
The new girl boss has a good record of turnaround
Territory Ahead, Carbon to Cobalt, to name just a couple.
Beware of wearing a button fly if you are going to go through TSA! They will probe you and probe you.
𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪’𝘴 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯). 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘕𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘫𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘪 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘴.
Old Navy is owned by The Gap. You may want to look into The Gap, and what their values are.
I also have some Signature Gold relaxed fit jeans, for when I gain some weight (think Christmas...), which are inexpensive and good for working in the woods on our property.
Didn’t Levi’s also have the double-seam on the outside back in the 60’s and 70’s? I seem to remember that....
Switched from Levi’s to wrangler years ago and agree with everything that you said. Last few pairs were under $30 each and are much more durable.
Never a double stitch on the outside of the leg but sometimes a double stitch on the inside. This is based on a quick scan of vintage 501s on eBay.
And actually the outside doesn’t have a visible stitch at all. Levis uses a butted seam rather than a folded seam (not sure if these are correct terms) on the outside of the leg that hides the stitching and looks smoother.
I pretty much ignore the politics of the company unless it’s really in-your-face like Bud Light thing. The again, I didn’t drink Bud Light, so that wasn’t an issue.
I heard Jack Danials had done the same woke crap - but nobody was talking about it so kept drinking it.
That’s pretty much my consumer philosophy: Wherever possible, I want to buy from companies that keep their product the same because I hate the way companies change styles and fashions all the time. I have always worn the same clothes, bought the same cars (if possible) and eaten the same food all my life.
Some companies respect that and keep their product the same - and I really appreciate that. I care more about that than I care about their political positions.
I’m 72 and I hope they keep making Levi 501 button fly jeans so I don’t have to figure out a new kind of pants to wear. I hope someone keeps making flannel shirts that look reasonably familiar. I hope T shirts stay reasonable the same. Same with sneakers or work boots - when they wear out I’m looking to buy the same exact thing again.
I like bacon and eggs and steak and potatoes and the vegetables I had as a kid. I hate the way they have all kinds of foreign fruits, vegetables, coffee flavors and craft beers. I just like normal beer and coffee - the way it always was.
People call it being in a rut. I call it finding something you like and sticking with it.
I have a couple cars from the 1950s and 1960’s that I work hard at keeping running so I don’t have to buy modern cars that look like they are from The Jetsons.
They changed the paint and lumber so that whatever you build only lasts a year or so.
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