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Levi Strauss (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / LEE-vy STROWSS; born Löb Strauß, German: [løːp ˈʃtʁaʊs]; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisco, California. [1] [2]
Levi Strauss, the inventor of blue jeans was born in Buttenheim on 26 February 1829 as Löb Strauß. The house where he was born is now a museum. The house where he was born is now a museum. Built in 1687, the timber-frame structure was expanded in 1733 to house two families.
Levi Strauss & Co. (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / LEE-vy STROWSS) is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ z / LEE-vyze) brand of denim jeans.It was founded in May 1853 [9] when German-Jewish immigrant Levi Strauss moved from Buttenheim, Bavaria, to San Francisco, California, to open a West Coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business.
Strauss agreed, and on May 20, 1873, US Patent No. 139,121 for "Improvements in fastening pocket openings" was issued in the name of Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss and Company. [8] That same year, Davis started sewing a double orange threaded stitched design onto the back pocket of the jeans to distinguish them from those made by his ...
Levi Strauss (1829–1902) was founder of the first company to manufacture blue jeans. Levi Strauss or Lévi-Strauss may also refer to: People.
Voter-turnout efforts have a long history at apparel maker and retailer Levi Strauss & Co. In the early days of the company, its eponymous founder closed his store in California and gave his ...
Levi Strauss stock moved 8% higher in the week after it teased the brand partnership with the all-time leading Grammy winner on Sept. 23. But shares of Levi's dropped 7.6% in the trading session ...
Michelle D. Gass (Petkers) (born 1968 [1] [2]) is an American businesswoman who serves as the CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. [3] She previously served as CEO of department store Kohl's. [ 4 ] Education and career