Extending my Collectibles

I am just thinking of any possibility to extend my vintage selvedge jeans collectibles horizons, time is so limited that I can't go around places much to search for collectibles, went recently to search for collectibles still didn't manage to search for those vintage Levi's Big E jeans that I've wanted to collect for so long.

My Levi's Big E collection consists of,
1) Levi's 702XX Big E, J22 Made in Japan, V-stitched.
2) Levi's 502XX Big E, J22,V-stitched.
3) Levi's 502XX Big E, J22, Bar-stitched
4) Levi's 503XX Big E, J22, Bar-stitched

I still have no USA Big E jeans which is quite disappointing for me as, wherever I went they either give me such a ridiculous price which I won't part my money with or it isn't my size. Still, I have a lot of more important tasks have hindered my attempts to obtain more collectibles.

Levi's Vintage.. The collectibles legacy goes on..

Having a collector's hobby in heart since a child, i used to collect stamps, coins, marbles, bottle caps to name a few, but since I grew out of it and sold most of my collections away due to lost of interest, I have found a new hobby which really excites me due to it's vintage value and collectivity asset..

Figure 1: Modern Levi's 554 versus a Levi's Big E 503BXX

The newfound collection which interests me are workwears, which are used for more than a decade ago for hard labour which now has already found its way to the modern fashion industry. This interest has made me an avid collector searching every possible for a pair of these fabled jeans which are Levi's Big E jeans..

Figure 2: Levi's 503BXX Redline jeans with "NOTICE" care tag.

Since I started to have this line of collection hobby last few months ago, I have only managed to collect three pairs of Levi's Big E jeans which are repros made in Japan, still however, being a die hard fan of Levi's Vintage Collection, I am proud to own these pair of narrow loom specially made selvedge jeans..

These jeans are made from tough XX denim which are used for the old original pair during the olden times, the original riveted pair of jeans was patented by Levi's on the 20th May 1853, that is the one of the reasons I chose Levi's Vintage Collection as a part of my collection..

 

Figure 3: The V-stitch and doughnut shaped buttons on the Levi's Big E 702 XX.

The selvedge running along the outer seams of the jeans are also known as redlines or akaimimis which is "red ears" in Japanese. The selvedge in a pair of Levi's jeans are an indication if the pair of jeans is vintage or a vintage reproduction (Levi's Vintage Collection). There are other ways to know if a certain pair of jeans is vintage or not.

The selvedge is not only made out of redlines but also have bluelines which are trademarks of vintage Levi's jeans. However the first generation of Levi's vintage jeans are made up of duck cloth which has white lines or "white ears" in Japanese.

Figure 4: My pair of raw Levi's 702 XX Big E which has a vintage cinch.

I have a few modern levi's jeans which carries the small e on the red tab. Really love the quality of the material and also the unique design of the jeans. The small e on the red tab means that the jeans were made on the 1971 est. above. If the levi's jeans have a red tab with the big "E", those jeans were vintage and were made before 1971. 

An authentic and original vintage pair of Levi's jeans will always have a single number or letter stamped onto the top button. Never version of Levi's Vintage Collection jeans have tripple digits stamped onto the top button, for example 555 for United States of  America reproduction or J22, J09  for Japanese reproduction.

Figure 5: Levi's 503B XX has button stamps J22 on all fly button.

New to the blogging world

Greetings, this blog is created to share my interests, mostly on collectibles items which the author is interested in, mostly on vintage as well as modern Levi's jeans, Adidas shoes and also Timberland boots which are currently in the author's possesion.

The author is new to the collectibles world, and still a student, however interest hasn't stop the author to be able to collect a few Big E vintage jeans from Japan. An avid collector, the pictures are going to be posted soon, the Big E models are 503BXX, 502XX and also 702XX. The author also collect modern jeans models such as the engineered jeans.

Figure 1: Modern Levi's jeans are also collected by the author.

There will also be section in which the author will sell some of the jeans, shoes and other collectibles I collect which doesn't fit or suit my collection taste anymore. The author is very open to all vintage knowledge regarding Levi's Vintage Collections which the author is really interested in.

Figure 2: The Big E tab which are found on Levi's Vintage jeans

Levi's Vintage jeans are jeans which are manufactured before the 1971, the jeans are distingushed from the more modern Levi's jeans from the red tabs on the back pockets which show's the capital or big "E". There are more vintage marks such as the famous red selvedge or red ear "akamimis" in Japanese, which are XX denim which are still made using narrow looms. Buttons on back pockets strain points, adjustable bucklebacks at the hind, V-stitched and double stitched as well as button punches are among the basic things to look for vintage Levi's. These are rare and expensive collectibles which are worth to collect.

 Figure 3: Single stitch is also an indication of vintage design.

The author always pays attention to detail of a collectives and takes high amount of concentration in considering an authenticity of the collectives. The author wears all his collectibles and cycles through out every pair of the collection with considered priority to the value of the jeans.