You’re probably familiar with the broad strokes of the 501’s origin story: in 1873, Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss were granted ... the standard by which all other jeans are judged.

A pocket-sized history lesson To understand the tiny pocket, we need to travel back to the 1800s-specifically, the year 1873, when Levi Strauss & Co. patented the first blue jeans in collaboration ...

One of the oldest pairs of jeans in the world is this ... some in denim—and in 1873, the government granted a patent to Davis and Levi Strauss & Co. for the copper-riveted pants, which they ...