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Levi's 501 — Cover

About Levi's 501

The 501 is not a product — it's a patent that became a uniform. Since 1873, Levi Strauss & Co.'s copper-riveted indigo work pants have dressed gold miners, cowboys, rebels, and rock stars without changing their fundamental cut.

This design system channels that permanence: deep-rinse indigo as the dominant surface, red pocket-tab accents for action, cream hangtag paper for content, and Trade Gothic's condensed ALL-CAPS authority stamped across every label. Heritage utility, not fashion.

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Origin
San Francisco, California
Era
1873 patent; 501 model since 1890; current visual refresh ~2014
Key figures
Levi Strauss · Jacob Davis · Walter Landor · Chip Bergh
Movements
American gold-rush utility wear · denim-as-rebellion · jeans-as-status-symbol globalization

Levi's 501 design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

Trade Gothic Bold CondensedHeadings
InterBody
JetBrains MonoMono
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