Levi´s® Vintage Clothing Knappave 1880's Jeans Rigid

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• Product No.: 11880-0002

These Nevada Jean style work pants hve been cropped - almost shredded - below the knee.
This pair was purchased from a vintage dealer in summer of 2001, soon after LS&CO. acquired
the famous Nevada Jean for $46.532. Interestingly, this cut off pair was also found in Nevada-
in a silver mine near the town of Tonopah, located about 200 miles from present Las Vegas.
These waist overalls were made in LS&CO,'s San Francisco factorey in the 1880s, with denim
purchased from Amoskeag Mill in Mancester, NH.

And why were the legs cut off?
Well, there are a few possible reasons. Sometimes when men's work pants got torn, the weares would
just cut off the ripped portion and use the denim piece to patch another pair of pants. Often the
denim would be used as a sweat rag, or - if the owner was a miner - it would be wrapped around the
hands before using a pick or shovel, in order to protect the hands from blistering. It's possible
this pair was worn even after being cut off, but it's more likely that the pants wer left behind
to be "recycled". The original pair levs in a fireproof safe in the Levi Strauss & Co. Archives in SF, CA.

• Style: KNAPPAVE 1880's JEANS RIGID
• Color: Indigo
• 10oz shrink-to-fit denim
• Plain selvedge

The ultimate blank canvas to achieve the most unique and authentic looking worn-in jeans

Fit Features:

• Comfort fit
• Large back pocket
• Small pocket on the ride side of the leg
• Crotch rivet
• Exposed back pockets rivets
• Cinch back and belt loops
• Single needlde Arcuate
• Two horse real leather patch
  

 

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