Denim bolt

The other day we received a package which contents probably are among the best things we've ever bought off of Ebay, and we're tremendously pleased with it. It's a fair roll of denim from Hinsdale, Ohio. The package left Levi's head office at Valencia Street in San Fransisco sometime in the sixties and was intended for an Anne Anabelle, who were a fashion editor at Cleveland Pain Dealer, Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Approximately 50 years later, the package is on our workbench in Eskilstuna - still unpacked! What a travel this fabric has endured.

Here's a few pictures of the old way-bills, and how everything was packed.

Truly wonderful selvage. The fabric measures 47 inch from selvage to selvage. We haven't been able to roll out the whole length to see all the sweet denim we overcame. To do that, we have to to outside. Therefore, we have to wait for the snow to melt.

After we removed the protecting paper we discovered that the roll had been stored somewhere where the sun had reached it. Everywhere, except where the tape had been, there was whitened spots. The sun had even managed to cut through a few layers of the fabric. I really adore all the character and history in the denim, and that special scent that appears when denim has been stored for a long time.

Here's a close-up on the dark color and area, which was really nice and had the right amount of roughness. Even if there isn't a certain way to tell, this piece is likely of old cone denim quality.

Now we only have to decide what to make of it!

//Hampus

Written 2010-02-12 at 14:24

COMMENTS

# 1 stuff wrote:
Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Written 2010-02-14 10:53:01

# 2 Kristoffer T wrote:
kan bara instämma VERY NICE! har ni förresten sett brallorna på tradera? Levis 501 W76 L45?
Written 2010-02-14 11:28:00

# 3 stuff wrote:
You guys don't really need that old denim, just go ahead and send it orange and I will think of something to do with it.
Written 2010-02-22 06:21:57

# 4 stuff wrote:
I just got confirmation that your roll of denim was made by LVC, I guess they decided not to make pants. LVC is now making rolls of denim made to look like 1960's vintage rolls sent to Ohio. Sorry for the bad news, I just bought three rolls last week before I found out what was going on.
Written 2010-02-25 08:31:20

# 5 Stuff wrote:
Look out for the 1953 roll of cone denim sent to a Jack Mehoffer in Dallas Texas. That is LVC also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Written 2010-02-25 08:35:54

# 6 Stuff wrote:
I have been put in charge of the recall, it turns out that your Ohio roll was made in china. Your roll contains high levels of lead and mercury. Send all your ohio LVC denim to Orange California, sorry you will have to pay for shipping.
Written 2010-02-25 08:42:47

# 7 Hampus wrote:
I get the feeling that you would like to have this denim roll, we found:) //Hampus
Written 2010-02-25 10:12:18

# 8 stuff wrote:
No, you guys deserve it, NICE job put it to good use.
Written 2010-02-26 06:41:12

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