{"product_id":"levis-vintage-big-e-lvc-2006","title":"Levis Vintage Big E LVC 2006","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0000ff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0000ff;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: underline; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?ibp=oshop\u0026amp;prds=pvt:a,pvo:29,imageDocid:2674760650058856602,headlineOfferDocid:3572504055472348812,productDocid:3572504055472348812,rds:PC_16483912421023857354%7CPROD_PC_16483912421023857354\u0026amp;q=product\u0026amp;sa=X\u0026amp;ved=2ahUKEwibsbKty9mUAxXdz_ACHUwXMp0Qxa4PegYIAAgGEAI\u0026amp;biw=1024\u0026amp;bih=709\u0026amp;dpr=2\"\u003eLevi's Vintage Clothing (LVC) reproduction jeans\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e manufactured in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eApril 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe exact specifications decoded from the images break down into several distinct details:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e1. The R-Stamped Top Button\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe first photo shows a \"Long-Tail R\" stamped on the back of the waist button. On standard commercial Levi's, this button features numbers. However, for specialized \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eLevi's Vintage Clothing (LVC)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e archival collections, Levi's explicitly used letter stamps like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e\"R\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e to signify a premium, historically accurate reproduction line. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e2. The Care Tag Breakdown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe information printed on the white satin interior tag perfectly matches your button and explicitly details the manufacturing background: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eFactory Code (643):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e Look at the first three digits on the second row of text. The code \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e643\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e indicates these were manufactured in the United States by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eTaylor Togs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e in North Carolina. Taylor Togs was a premium third-party contract factory that Levi's trusted to handle its high-end LVC line during the mid-2000s.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eProduction Date (0406):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e Directly following the factory code is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e0406\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e. This stands for the month and year of production: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eApril 2006\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eModel\/Lot Number (501552372):\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e The very last row displays the specific product SKU. The first five digits (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e50155\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e) indicate the exact archival year design this pair replicates. This pair is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e1955 model 501 reproduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThese jeans are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e2006 USA-made \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eLVC 1955-reproduction 501s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e crafted with authentic Cone Mills denim. Because this factory closed its LVC operations shortly after this pair was made, mid-2000s \"643\" stamped pairs carry a premium value among collectors on resale platforms\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e1. The Red Tab Details\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe \"Big E\":\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e The capital \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e\"E\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e in LEVI'S is woven cleanly into the red tab. This matches the period before 1971 when Levi's transitioned to the lowercase \"e\".\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eTwo-Sided Tab:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e The text is legible on both sides of the tab. \u003c\/span\u003eThis is historically accurate for a 1955 reproduction. Levi's added text to the back of the tab starting in 1953.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e2. The Back Waistband Patch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe \"Every Garment Guaranteed\" Text:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e The inclusion of this slogan is specific to the 1955 model. Levi's dropped this text from their patches later in the 1960s.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe Leather-Like Paper:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e The patch is made of a heavy card stock designed to look like leather. Levi's originally transitioned from real leather to this durable paper patch in 1955 because automatic washing machines were becoming popular and ruining the real leather patches.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"margin: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-width: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: #0a0a0a; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #0a0a0a;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003eThe \"XX\" Stamp:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold; font-kerning: none;\"\u003e\"Lot 501XX\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-kerning: none;\"\u003e text denotes that these were made using premium, heavy-weight raw indigo denim (traditionally supplied by Cone Mills in Greensboro, North Carolina for this era of LVC production).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"PapaIndigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48645592416411,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/denue.ca\/products\/levis-vintage-big-e-lvc-2006","provider":"DENUE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}