Earlier last month, Stylesight's denim team was lucky enough to be among the select group of journalists invited to meet Levi's legendary historian (Queen of the archive) Lynn Downey in London as part of Levi's 501 140th anniversary. Taking an in-depth retrospective of the iconic jean, Downey conducted the workshop with some of the rarest 501 archive pieces from the
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Levi's XX Design Director, Miles Johnson has been getting some airplay on the web lately with his recent "Behind the Brand" interview with Mr Porter and most recently Levi's short film on the Made & Crafted line. In this short video Miles discusses the season's inspirations behind the current S/S 13 collection of the premium line.
Only in its fourth year, Levi's Made & Crafted has established itself
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Levi's enters the next chapter in its sustainable design initiative with the introduction of its innovative denim collection made from recycled bottles.
As one of the denim industries most iconic and globally recognised brands, Levi’s understand the social leadership role they play within the market. Over the past 4 years the brand has been aggressively pursuing new methods of design and
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This month Levi's launches headfirst into their 140-year anniversary of the 501 jean with a whole series of global events celebrating the jeans iconic style.
Marking 140 years of style, innovation, and the seminal role the Levi’s 501 has played in fashion and as a cultural icon, this month the brand has launched a range of curated events and digital programs in tribute
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Its been a busy weekend in LA! We attended Friday's Levi's pre Grammys bash held at the Ace Museum in aid of 140 years of the 501 jean on Friday night.
The event doubled as an intimate Frank Ocean gig and an inspiring installation-come-exhibition charting the timeline of the iconic 501 jean from the birth of the Levi's blue jean in
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Earlier this year at Levi's S/S 13 press event, we were given a sneak preview into the forthcoming collaboration between Levi's and Liberty. All that was shared was a single black umbrella floating above a crest of flowers with a vague intro on a small plaque beneath. Finally, this month Levi's has begun to release images and roll-out press previews across the
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We spent last week in San Francisco and dropped by the Levi's headquarters to visit Lynn Downey in the Archives, an always pleasurable and inspiring experience.
For those that don't know, Lynn manages all the garments, photographs, and documents in the archives; dating, organizing, and caring for the priceless collection in her possession. She has been with Levi's for 23 years and
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In line with the launch of the Levi's Vintage Clothing Fall 12 biker collection, Levi's launches the Oil & Leather exhibition celebrating the untamed and rebellious style of the American biker.
Our good friends over at Levi's® recently directed us towards their latest collaboration that pays tribute to 1950s biker. Spearheaded by one of stories from the Levi's Vintage Clothing F/W 12 line, the
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The Levi's® Vintage team takes their research to another level for S/S 13, venturing to the silver mines of Death Valley - home to the people for whom the Levi's product was originally made.
The Levi's® Vintage design team normally works in the office, using their amazing archive resources for reference and inspiration. That's all very nice, but when they were invited by
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We're interrupting this week's exclusive Amsterdam denim content to report on an L.A. based brand just launched last week, aptly named Jacob Davis.
Stylesight stopped by the Santa Monica Bloomingdale's for the exclusive launch of Jacob Davis, a denim line by the gentlemen that previously gave you Bread: Jason Briggs and Jason Ferro. They have honed their craft for the past 15 years
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Amsterdam has been gaining a lot of buzz as of late with rumours spreading throughout the denim community that the city is fast becoming one of the rising stars in the global denim scene. The Netherlands strong economic climate and logistical location has influenced a lot of major players to set up their headquarters here, whilst the thriving denim culture
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The Levi's brand opened its first ever London based print workshop in collaboration with acclaimed graphic designer, Anthony Burrill. The Stylesight Graphics Team was on hand to meet Burrill and get our hands dirty screen-printing one of the limited edition tees.
So this summer, Levi’s® launches its first ever London based in-store Print Workshop, taking place in the iconic flagship store, Regent
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Based on a like-minded design philosophy of creating products with intent and purpose, these two iconic American brands have come together to build on their heritage and craft for excellence to introduce the world’s best performance denim: the 511TM Skateboarding Collection.
Levi’s® took the industry by storm last year, introducing their innovative Commuter Collection of cutting-edge performance denim designed for the urban cyclist.
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At this season's SEEK trade show, British denim enthusiasts BIG E presented a well-edited collection of handcrafted workwear silhouettes inspired by the golden days of the Levi's Big E era.
Following the dedication to the tradition of Levi's legendary Big E garments (1936 to 1971), designer and founder, Mark Westmoreland (former Levi's and Evisu designer) draws on the rich history of these
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Levi's Vintage Clothing prepares for the launch of their F/W 12 collection with the release of their second hardback lookbook. This season's edition was presented in two halves and inspired by Brooklyn, N.Y. - the first half focuses on vintage boxers and the second on outlaw greaser bikers of the 1920s and 30s.
Outlaw Greaser Bikers
Vintage Boxers
Following the success of last season’s limited
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