Grunt
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No skin off my nose, I haven’t orn Levi’s in probably 30 decades or so now. I stick with pants worn by working men like Carhartt or Wrangler or 5.11.
One reason I probably didn't realize several of the points folks have made so far (like the outsourcing and the high prices) is that I wear skirts (as opposed to pants) and buy almost all my clothes from one or two online catalogs that have reasonable prices and where I know the quality and sizing ahead of time. And being relatively new to shooting, 40 years ago I wouldn't have been paying attention to corporate pronouncements on gun rights. Sad to learn. In my teens everybody wore Levis, they were really iconic.Thanks for the Heads Up, olns, but as several have already pointed out, Levis has been a resident of the Poo List for as long as many/most of the membership here has been alive.
Cleaning out to move I found (in the storage building where there was the last 40 years of my life PLUS earlier stuff that I had saved for whatever reason) a pair of Levis from probably 60 years ago... I guess I once had a sentimental attachment to them, I bet I can now sell them on eBay for $$$.^This. The last pair of Levis I owned were probably made in the early 70s.
Heheheh. Now that I live in a free country (Arizona) I could even do that if I wanted to drive out to some public land...^^^
Since worn and torn jeans seem so popular, it might add to their value (and your satisfaction) to put a bullet hole through those jeans before you list them on eBay. Jest sayin' ...
old lady new shooter wrote:
Levi Strauss getting in bed with Bloomberg
My cheap Lee's and Wrangler's last much longer and at fraction of the price.
I did the above?Well, you didn't seem to care when Levi moved most of their production to East Asia. Why are you suddenly concerned now?
You fully and willfully participated in the "hollowing out" of American manufacturing and suddenly you're concerned about some football player not standing for the anthem you betrayed years ago?
That site is a great resource, who'd athunk! I bookmarked it. Thanks!Diamond Gusset Jeans among others is still made in the US.
Here is a list of companies making jeans in the US plus other stuff.
http://stillmadeinusa.com/jeans.htm
Since "Levi Strauss" is still privately owned by the family,and not publicly traded(except it's company in Japan), a slight drop in sales is probably expected and not detrimental to a family wishing to support their personal ideals. In the past, boycotts have shown to have little or no impact on companies as large and as diverse as this. This is no different than the stand taken by Nike earlier this week with Collin Kaepernick. I'm sure both stands were weighed heavily before making any announcements and the risk any negative outcome understood. Levi's priced me outta their customer base a long time ago. I really have nuttin' to boycott.