Levis 501 White Oak Cone Denim Jeans

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.

Levis 501 white oak cone denim jeans.

Cone is to denim weaving what levi s is to jeans making. Selvedge jeans are made of premium quality denim with a clean tailored look. White oak was perhaps most noteworthy for the golden handshake deal struck with levi strauss co. 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.

It s an unparalleled loss to the jeans industry and to anyone who loves denim. The levi s cone mills golden handshake recently commemorated in a 2015 lvc collection. 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. 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.

8 50 shipping. With a heritage stretching back well over a hundred years. Honouring white oak and the plant s legacy i felt it fitting to share this profile. In 1915 to be the exclusive manufacturer of the xx denim used in the brand s 501 jeans.

Levi s 501 white oak cone mill denim jeans button fly toffee 42 x 32 41x30 37 99. 7 95 shipping. Levi s vintage 501 lineup 198. Call it a eulogy if you will.

Nwt levis 501 white oak cone denim jeans 40x34 red shrink to fit button fly. 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 mills white oak shut. We ve got one of the biggest selections of men s selvedge jeans for all the denim heads out there.

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. Selvedge denim selvedge denim refers to the term self edge the woven strip on both edges of a roll of fabric. 501 day denim inspiration. 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.

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.