Levis 501 White Oak Cone Denim Jeans

If you ve recently found yourself on the hunt for a pair of jeans utilizing cone mills white oak denim before there are none left to be had you may be in luck by way of none other than levi s themselves.

Levis 501 white oak cone denim jeans.

In 1915 to be the exclusive manufacturer of the xx denim used in the brand s 501 jeans. Levis 501xx men s white oak cone denim blue jeans size 34x32 measures 34x31. 7 95 shipping. With a heritage stretching back well over a hundred years.

The levi s cone mills golden handshake recently commemorated in a 2015 lvc collection. Nwt levis 501 white oak cone denim straight leg shrink to fit jeans 42x30 color appears to be a purple maroon added on june 07 2019 related links. But most importantly the jeans come from cone mills denim with an indigo warp outer layer and a brown tinted weft inner layer this means that as the denim fades a brownish thread will show through giving you a more rugged looking dirty fade to your denim. At the turn of 2018 one of the us s last and oldest selvedge denim makers closed its doors ending the longest standing partnership in american selvedge denim history.

It s an unparalleled loss to the jeans industry and to anyone who loves denim. We ve got one of the biggest selections of men s selvedge jeans for all the denim heads out there. The denim that made levi s. Levi s vintage 501 lineup 198.

Selvedge jeans are made of premium quality denim with a clean tailored look. Nwt levis 501 white oak cone denim jeans 40x34 red shrink to fit button fly. The white oak shop lives on as a tribute to the talent legacy and innovation that will forever be the heart and soul of cone denim. White oak was perhaps most noteworthy for the golden handshake deal struck with levi strauss co.

These made in usa series 501s are made with some of the last white oak red line selvedge denim in existence honoring a true american legacy with one of the most iconic pairs of jeans. Cone is to denim weaving what levi s is to jeans making. 8 50 shipping. 501 day denim inspiration.

After 112 years in operation cone mills white oak closed its doors in 2017 bringing an end to a long standing partnership between levi s and the north carolina mill. Call it a eulogy if you will. Honouring white oak and the plant s legacy i felt it fitting to share this profile. Cone mills was one of the last producers of american selvedge denim and had been supplying levi s with its xx 501 selvedge denim since back when woodrow wilson was in office 1913 give or a take a few years.

Cone s denim heritage dates back to 1891 and fuels the natural passion and inspiration for denim designers and their connections to our historic white oak mill which produced denim from 1905 to 2017.