Blue jeans are made in America no more. Levi's, one of the most distinctive of American pop icons, is moving off shore and they locked the gate to their last US factory today.
NPR's Morning Edition today suggested that teenage girls drive clothing sales and that Levi's didn't attract that crucial demographic. One girl was broadcast saying that "Levi's have no style". Philistine. But in a strange way that girl was exactly right about why Levi's are my sole clothing totem (Levi's is the only brand name I allow on the outside of my clothing - and only on that little red tag).
Whether clothes have style or not seems to me to be the wrong criteria as long as the person in them does. I dare say that my Levi's have style - but its a style no teenage girl could pull off.
Still looking for that blue jean baby queen Prettiest girl I've ever seen See her shake on the movie screen - David Essex
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There is, in fact, still one blue jean made in America: Diamond Cut. I am going to try a pair . . .
Posted by MartialHelp! I needa new pair of jeans, and if Levis are truly no longer made in the good ole USA, what are my options for REAL jeans.
Yeah I remember when my first pair of new wranglers used to smell like a side of beef.
Posted by: PhilbertBaggins on January 9, 2004 08:02 PMUm, dude, click through on the Diamond Cut link in the last sentence - or the one in this sentence. Those are the only blue jeans still made in America (by unions too!).
Posted by: Martial on January 10, 2004 01:35 PM