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Throwback Thursday: 5 Little-Known Facts about Levi Strauss

Last week we commemorated the 186th birthday of our founder Levi Strauss by announcing a grant in his honor in…

Blog Entry - Heritage - March 4, 2015

Before the world was talking about the importance of giving women the freedom to lean in, have it all, and…

Blog Entry - Heritage - February 18, 2015

Levi Strauss & Co. CEO Chip Bergh created a news sensation when he challenged the notion that blue jeans should…

Blog Entry - Heritage - February 5, 2015

Expositions and world’s fairs have been held in Europe, the United States and Asia for over 200 years. They celebrate…

Blog Entry - Heritage - January 22, 2015

Levi Strauss & Co. is, of course, famous for denim: we made the first blue jeans by taking this traditional…

Blog Entry - Heritage - January 15, 2015

Doing business in San Francisco in the 1800s was hard enough, but there were also people ready to fleece, scam,…

Blog Entry - Heritage - January 8, 2015

Sometime between the spring and fall of 1848, Levi Strauss, his mother Rebekka and his two sisters Mary and Fanny…

Blog Entry - Heritage - December 4, 2014

This Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the opening up of eastern Europe.…

Blog Entry - Heritage - November 6, 2014

Nothing says rock ’n’ roll like a well-loved pair of blue jeans. And the stars who made some of the…

Blog Entry - Heritage - October 23, 2014

Levi Strauss’s pioneering spirit was not only instilled in the ethos of the company he founded, but also the product…

Blog Entry - Heritage - October 16, 2014