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Levi’s celebrates 501 Jeans in new documentary

The Levi’s 501 button fly jeans, the original and first ever blue jean, born in 1873, is being immortalised in a new documentary exploring the impact the Original 501 jean has had on cultural history. The 17-minute three-part film, made in partnership with Cone Mills Denim in North Carolina, pays tribute to its denim masterpiece, with the story...

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Levi's 501 jean interpretations

Ask anyone in fashion which items would appear in their top ten list of iconic pieces, and the Levi's 501 jean would appear somewhere at the top of that list. Now celebrating its 140th year, Levi's have released 501 copies of a special edition book to celebrate the iconic 501 jean. As the denim company itself aptly states, no other product has...