levi strauss

     

In 1853 this jeans maker introduced his first product, waist-high overalls

Trivia about levi strauss

  • Business partner Jacob Davis added the rivets to the pocket corners of this man's pants
  • In 2001 a pair of jeans, made in the 1880s & later found in Nevada mud, was bought back by this company for $46,532
  • You can trace the history of blue jeans at this company's museum in San Francisco
  • In 1873 he got a patent for using metal rivets to strengthen the pockets on his product
  • He came to America in 1847 to join his brothers' dry goods business; his jeans came later
  • This man, who has covered millions of bottoms in jeans, was reportedly born in Buttenheim, Bavaria
  • Reportedly using canvas intended for miners' tents, he began a jeans empire in the late 1800s
  • Dockers are a product of the company named for this man
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a marketplace in Moscow, Russia.) This 150-year-old San Francisco brand used to be a coveted black market item here in Russia; now it's commonplace
  • The logo seen here has identified this brand since 1886