Blue Gold Blues

‘Putting the V in Vintage’

Read about it at Denimhunter

eBay | The 200 Dollar Scrap of Leather

US $213.50 - Really?! 

Before & After | 1940’s 506 XX Jacket Pocket Repair

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Cone Mills weave room in 1925

Early 1950’s JC Penney Foremost Blanket Lined Jacket

Nice rare one pocket, cinch back Penney’s jacket with a cool red blanket lining. Similar to/perhaps inspired by the Levi’s 519 XX . 

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Vintage Auction!

Cool Stories | 1940’s Levi’s 506xx

“This was my father’s jacket. He’s the original owner. He gave it to me in 1991 when my parents moved into a different house and I have had it in a garment bag in my closet since then. According to my dad, who grew up in Oakland, CA, my grandparents took him across the bay to the Levi Strauss garment factory in San Francisco when he graduated high school in 1942. There was some sort of outlet store at the factory or nearby. He wore it some before he went off to WWII when he turned 18. I don’t recall him wearing it too many times when I was growing up.”

“It came with the trademark square leather badge on the inside below the collar, but my father hated the way it scratched the back of his neck and had my grandmother remove it after a week or so.”

- by Anonymous

Press Photo from 2001 of the 1880’s Nevada’s 

1970’s “Route 66” Single Stitch ‘Little e’ 501’s

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Weekend Market Finds!

Early 70’s Big E Type III jacket & Single Stitch Selvage 501’s

eBay | 1940’s WWII Levi’s S506 XX Type 1 Jacket

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Well Loved 1940s Levi’s 501XX Jeans

Had to share these super 1940’s 501 XX pictures from over at Goodbye Heart. Loving the character and never-ending leg twist on this pair! Check out the several 40s - 50s era repairs done to the denim!

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Rarities | Pre-War Levi’s x Abercrombie Collaboration!

Highlight from the up and coming Inspiration LA ’Vintage Auction’, Feb 2012.

Late 1930s to Early 1940s buckle back, jerky patch, crotch rivet etc. Super rare collaboration with the original A&F company in NYC, back when A&F were an outdoor sporting goods company, NOT the modern sexed up brand that exists today!

Interesting East/West coast collaboration going on here, would love to know some more info on this! Anyone?  

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Just found out that A&F were the first people to bring levis to the east coast, they also used to sew labels into other outsourced items of clothing such as duxback jackets. One of the earliest examples of branding??

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