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In 1888 a pair of Levis cost &1.80. Seventy four years later, (1961) a pair of Levis cost $2.60. Today, 51 years later a pair of Levis cost $35 dollars.

Assuming the $1.80 price is correct, rising to $35 over 124 years works out to an average inflation rate of 2.4%. That's not too bad, except Levis uses thin denim now and third world labor.

I remember reading a newspaper archive from about 100 years ago and there was a sale on dresses advertised for around $24. Adjusted for inflation clothing seems to have gone down in price over the years largely due to automation in farming, sewing, and shipping from third world countries.

***Assuming the $1.80 price is correct, rising to $35 over 124 years works out to an average inflation rate of 2.4%. That's not too bad, except Levis uses thin denim now and third world labor.***

But I am looking at the difference in price between 1888 and 1961, then the difference between `1961 and 2012.

As for the denim, my mom (1970) used to say that Levis used to be made of a much heavier denim. Somewhere along the way they cheapened the product.

I had several pairs made in USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Colombia.