Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: 7 for all Mankind, Angels Jeanswear, Baggies (clothing), Bell-bottoms, Blue Blood Denim, Brutus Jeans, Carpenter jeans, Chip and Pepper, Denim Day, Denim skirt, Diesel (brand), Donna Ida, Dorinha Jeans Wear, Edwin (clothing retailer), Emma, la polilla fashion, Evisu, Gas jeans, GAT (jeans), Gay Blue Jeans Day, GLO Jeans, Great Western Garment Co., Hip-huggers, Ikeda Jeans, Jagger (clothing), Jean Machine, JNCO, Jordache, L.e.i. (clothing company), LA Denim Atelier, Lee (jeans), Lee Cooper, Lee National Denim Day, Legend World Wide, Levi Strauss & Co., LittleBig, London Denim, Low-rise jeans, Lucky Brand Jeans, Mavi Jeans, Menace jeans, Mih jeans, Miss Sixty, Mom jeans, Mudd Jeans, Nix Jeans, Noko Jeans, Nudie Jeans, Pepe Jeans, Phat pants, Pleated jeans, PRPS, Red & Black Jeans, Sergio Valente (clothing), Silver Jeans, Slim-fit pants, Studio d'Artisan, SuperGroup plc, TB Jeans, Toughskins, True Religion, VB Rocks, Wide leg jeans, William Rast, Wrangler (jeans). Excerpt: Levi Strauss & Co. ( ), also known as LS&CO or simply Levi's, is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans. It was founded in 1853 when Levi Strauss came from Buttenheim, Bavaria, to San Francisco, California to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business. In 1873, Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis received a U.S. patent to make the first riveted men's work pants out of denim: the first blue jeans. The company briefly experimented (in the 1970s) with a public stock listing, but remains owned and controlled by descendants and relatives of Levi Strauss's four nephews. The company's corporate headquarters is located at Levi's Plaza in San Francisco. Levi Strauss & Co. is a worldwide corporation organized into three geographic divisions: Levi Strauss Americas (LSA), based in the San Francisco headquarters; Levi Strauss Europe, Middle East and Africa (LSEMA), based in Brussels; and Asia Pacific Division (APD), based in Singapore. The company employs a staff of approximately 10,500 people worldwide. The core Levi's was founded in 1873 in San Francisco, specializing in riveted denim jeans and different lines of casual and street fashion. From the early 1960s through the mid-1970s, Levi Strauss experienced significant growth in its business as the more casual look of the 1960s and 1970s ushered in the "blue jeans craze" and served as a catalyst for the brand. Levi's, under the leadership of Walter Haas Jr., Peter Haas, Ed Combs, and Mel Bacharach, expanded the firm's clothing line by adding new fashions and models, including stone-washed jeans through the acquisition of Great Western Garment Co. (GWG), a Canadian clothing manufacturer, and introducing Permanent Press trousers under the Sta-prest name. The company experienced rapid expansion of its manufacturing capacity from 16 plants to more than 63 plants in the United States from 1964 to 1974 and 25 overseas. They used "pay for performance"
