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Oldest Pair Of Jeans – Want To Have A Look ?

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Sandeep Agarwal

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Update: As pointed out by Adriana of Deniminstitute  in comments , the oldest pair of jeans is actually from the 1880s and Levi’s bought it at USD 46,532/– . Thanks Adriana
Just came across this interesting video on youtube regarding the oldest jeans available – a jeans belonging to the year 1890. Levi’s wanted to reclaim their jeans and bought it in 1997 at USD 25000/- . I am sure it would worth much more now..

So, the lesson is – don’t throw away your old jeans !

PS: Its interesting to note how the innovation of a  small rivet made a huge difference to the selling of jeans and made millions for the owners of Levi’s.

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2 responses to “Oldest Pair Of Jeans – Want To Have A Look ?”

  1. Adriana Avatar
    Adriana

    Hi Sandeep,

    thanks for the nice video… It is a bit outdated–in 2001 Ms Lynn Downey (Levi’s historian) won an eBay bid for the oldest pair dating about 1880s -aka Nevada (after the state they were dug from) …they were miner’s buckle back waist overalls…The bid was $46 532! the same jeans were meticulously replicated by Bart Sights of Sights Denim Systems…limited run sold for 400$ a pair.

    also if you wish to have more info- the $25 000 jeans came out of vintage New York store called What Comes Around Goes Around…

    hope the info helps,
    Adriana

  2. Sandeep Agarwal Avatar
    Sandeep Agarwal

    Many thanks for the correction Adirana. I have just updated the post with your information.

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