Denimology

Who Is Putting The Vintage In Your Jeans?

Have you ever wondered how denim companies get their jeans to have that perfect faded vintage look? Well brands such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Habitual, Yanuk, Tag and Taverniti use the services of International Garment Finishing who have a factory full people in LA sanding, stapling, grinding and stabbing just the right amount of fades and frays into your jeans. IFC have recently been profiled in The LA Times and Time Magazine and demand for their services is growing so fast that they are building a second factory in Mexico.

eBay Watch - Vintage Levis Big E 501XX Jeans

"These 501 5 button blue jeans have been worn very little. They were my grandfather's and he died in 1962 so I know they were purchased prior to that date. They actually measure 34x 29. There are no holes. Single stitching, redline in the inseam and the Big E is visable in the back pocket tag. There is no inside tag and the ouside tag reads "Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, Ca, Original Rivited, Quality Clothing XX, Patented May .....,Every Garment Guaranteed, Lot 501XX W36 L31. The 4 lower buttons have an "S" on the back and the rivits have imprinted on the back "L.S. & Co., S.F."