The pair of pants, dated back to at least 1873, originally made and advertised by tailor Jacob Davis with help from business partner Levi Strauss, are an example of the first pair of denim work pan…
The oldest known pair of Levi’s jeans, dated back to at least 1873, sold at auction on Saturday evening for $100,000 to an anonymous bidder.
“I decided to have a huge warehouse party and sale in order to afford my new million-dollar warehouse, and some friends of mine were like, ‘Hey, you’re having a sale, we’d like to do that, too,’ and pretty soon it blossomed,” Eaton said in a phone call Tuesday. “It’s unbelievable,” Eaton said about last year’s inaugural event. “We sold a pair [of Levi’s] from 1890, and they went for $87,000.
For millennials and younger adult demographics, there has been a philosophical shift toward buying ethically made clothing. This shift is what has ballooned the vintage fashion business from a niche hobby to a more mainstream trend. For Maurizio Donadi, a vintage fashion collector who was selling multiple items in the auction, the term “vintage” applies to clothes made before 1979.
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