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đ§ Chers curieux et curieuses,
Jâai enregistrĂ© aujourdâhui le premier Ă©pisode dâune sĂ©rie consacrĂ©e Ă Leviâs.Pourquoi LeviâsâŻ? Parce quâun matin, en tombant sur une collaboration Nike x Leviâs, ma curiositĂ© sâest rĂ©veillĂ©e.Je trouvais ce mariage Ă©trange : deux icĂŽnes qui, pour moi, se tournaient plutĂŽt le dos quâelles ne se donnaient le bras.
Et puis, pour ĂȘtre tout Ă fait honnĂȘte, Leviâs me semblait un peu datĂ©.Alors jâai voulu comprendre.Pas juste survoler un dossier de presse, mais vraiment plonger : savoir qui Ă©tait cette nouvelle CEO, Michelle Gass, qui orchestre ce rapprochement, et surtout repartir du dĂ©but.
Dans cet épisode 1
Je vous raconte comment un jeune bavarois, Levi Strauss, est arrivĂ© Ă San Francisco en 1853 avec un stock de toiles brunes destinĂ©es aux tentes, avant quâun tailleur letton du Nevada, Jacob Davis, nâait lâidĂ©e qui allait tout changer : poser des rivets en cuivre sur les coins des poches pour quâelles ne se dĂ©chirent plus.
Le brevet, la naissance du jean rivetĂ©, les premiers lots numĂ©rotĂ©s 501âŠJusquâau contrat exclusif avec Cone Mills en 1915 qui assure Ă Leviâs la meilleure toile denim des Ătats-Unis, pendant que ses concurrents Lee (1889) et Wrangler (1947) construisent leur propre histoire.
Et puis, parce que tout est business, je partage aussi quelques chiffres :đ° En 2023, Leviâs a encore gĂ©nĂ©rĂ© 6,17 milliards USD, vendant 100 Ă 120 millions de jeans par an.Depuis 1873, câest plus dâun milliard de 501 qui ont trouvĂ© preneur. De quoi relativiser lâidĂ©e dâune marque « dĂ©passĂ©e ».
Ce que vous apprendrez et que vous pourrez glisser Ă la machine Ă cafĂ© đ
â Que le mot « denim » vient de « serge de NĂźmes », mais que son voyage industriel a traversĂ© lâAngleterre avant de sâinstaller aux Ătats-Unis.â Que Leviâs teintait ses coutures en jaune pour masquer les irrĂ©gularitĂ©s du tissage, bien avant que ce ne soit un Ă©lĂ©ment de style.â QuâaprĂšs la fin du brevet en 1890, tout le monde sâest ruĂ© sur le modĂšle, mais trop tard : Leviâs avait dĂ©jĂ sĂ©curisĂ© ses marques, ses rivets estampillĂ©s, et surtout son imaginaire collectif.
đŻ Ce nâest quâun dĂ©but
Les prochains épisodes vous plongeront :
đ dans les annĂ©es 50-60, quand les lycĂ©es amĂ©ricains interdisaient le jean Leviâs, jugĂ© trop rebelle, pendant que la jeunesse europĂ©enne lâĂ©rigeait en symbole de libertĂ©.đ puis dans les dĂ©localisations des annĂ©es 80-2000, lâironie du denim japonais plus amĂ©ricain que lâoriginal, et les stratĂ©gies rĂ©centes pour sĂ©duire Ă nouveau.
âš Merci dâavoir Ă©coutĂ©.JâespĂšre avoir piquĂ© â et peut-ĂȘtre mĂȘme nourri â votre curiositĂ©.Si vous en avez envie, partagez cette chaine pour satisfaire dâautres curieux et curieuses.
Dessin du brevet : 139121
Texte du brevet : Description
v.I. W. DAVIS'.
Fastening Pocket-Openings.
No. 139,121. s PatentedMay20,1873.
a 1 v \1 I Inventor \Vitnesses AM, FHOTD-UTHOGRAPHIC c0v 1w (osaonws's PROCESS} UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JACOB W. DAVIS, OF RENO, NEVADA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LEVI STRAUSS & COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENING POCKET-OPENINGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,121, dated May 20, 1873 application filed August 9, 1872.
To all whom at may concern Be it known that I, JACOB W. DAVIS, of Reno, county of Washoe and State of Nevada, have invented an Improvement in Fastening Scams; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawing are sutficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment;
My invention relates to a fastening for pocket-openings, whereby; the sewed seams are prevented from ripping or starting from frequent pressure or strain thereon; and it consists in the employment of a metal rivet or eyelet at each edge of the pocket-opening, to prevent the rippingof the seam at those points. The rivet or eyelet is so fastened in the seam as to bind the two parts of cloth which the seam unites together, so that it shall prevent the strain or pressure from coming upon the thread with which the seam is sewed.
In order to more fully illustrate and explain my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which my invention is represented as applied to the pockets of a pair of pants.
Figure 1 is a view of my invention as applied to pants.
A is the side seam in a pair of pants, drawers, or other article of wearing apparel, which terminates at the pockets; and b b represent the rivets at each edge of the pocket opening. The seams are usually ripped or started by the placing of the hands in the pockets and the consequent pressure or strain upon them. To strengthen this part I employ a rivet, eyelet, or other equivalent meta-l stud, b, which I pass through a hole at the end of the seam, so as to bind the two parts of cloth together, and then head'it down upon both sides so as to firmly unite the two parts. which already have one head are used, it is only necessary to head the opposite end, and
a washer can be interposed, if desired, in the usual way. By this means I avoid a large amount oftrouble in mending portions of seams which are subjected to constant strain.
I am aware that rivets have been used for securing seams in shoes, as shown in the patents to Geo. Houghton, No; 6i,0l5, April 23, 1867, and to L. K. Washburn, No. 123,313,
January 30, 1572.Sources :
* https://www.marques-de-france.fr/definition/armure-serge-ou-diagonal/
* https://www.levistrauss.com/our-story/
* https://www.levistrauss.com/investors/financials/
* https://patents.google.com/patent/US139121A/en
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-blue-jeans-180967762/
* https://www.wsj.com/
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/269016/revenue-of-the-jeans-market-worldwide-since-2005/
* https://myfrenchcountryhomemagazine.com/bleu-de-nimes-the-history-of-denim/
* https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim
* https://www.hawthornintl.com/history-of-denim/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(brand)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangler_(jeans)
* https://www.nytimes.com/
* https://time.com/4263901/blue-jeans-history/
* https://redcastheritage.com/blogs/blog/history-of-japanese-denim
* https://www.gq.com/story/what-is-selvedge-denim-explainer
* https://news.nike.com/news/nike-levis-collaboration
* https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/companies/how-ceo-michelle-gass-plans-to-turn-levis-into-a-dollar10-billion-business
Crédit photo : Pasquale Farro
đ§ Chers curieux et curieuses,
Jâai enregistrĂ© aujourdâhui le premier Ă©pisode dâune sĂ©rie consacrĂ©e Ă Leviâs.Pourquoi LeviâsâŻ? Parce quâun matin, en tombant sur une collaboration Nike x Leviâs, ma curiositĂ© sâest rĂ©veillĂ©e.Je trouvais ce mariage Ă©trange : deux icĂŽnes qui, pour moi, se tournaient plutĂŽt le dos quâelles ne se donnaient le bras.
Et puis, pour ĂȘtre tout Ă fait honnĂȘte, Leviâs me semblait un peu datĂ©.Alors jâai voulu comprendre.Pas juste survoler un dossier de presse, mais vraiment plonger : savoir qui Ă©tait cette nouvelle CEO, Michelle Gass, qui orchestre ce rapprochement, et surtout repartir du dĂ©but.
Dans cet épisode 1
Je vous raconte comment un jeune bavarois, Levi Strauss, est arrivĂ© Ă San Francisco en 1853 avec un stock de toiles brunes destinĂ©es aux tentes, avant quâun tailleur letton du Nevada, Jacob Davis, nâait lâidĂ©e qui allait tout changer : poser des rivets en cuivre sur les coins des poches pour quâelles ne se dĂ©chirent plus.
Le brevet, la naissance du jean rivetĂ©, les premiers lots numĂ©rotĂ©s 501âŠJusquâau contrat exclusif avec Cone Mills en 1915 qui assure Ă Leviâs la meilleure toile denim des Ătats-Unis, pendant que ses concurrents Lee (1889) et Wrangler (1947) construisent leur propre histoire.
Et puis, parce que tout est business, je partage aussi quelques chiffres :đ° En 2023, Leviâs a encore gĂ©nĂ©rĂ© 6,17 milliards USD, vendant 100 Ă 120 millions de jeans par an.Depuis 1873, câest plus dâun milliard de 501 qui ont trouvĂ© preneur. De quoi relativiser lâidĂ©e dâune marque « dĂ©passĂ©e ».
Ce que vous apprendrez et que vous pourrez glisser Ă la machine Ă cafĂ© đ
â Que le mot « denim » vient de « serge de NĂźmes », mais que son voyage industriel a traversĂ© lâAngleterre avant de sâinstaller aux Ătats-Unis.â Que Leviâs teintait ses coutures en jaune pour masquer les irrĂ©gularitĂ©s du tissage, bien avant que ce ne soit un Ă©lĂ©ment de style.â QuâaprĂšs la fin du brevet en 1890, tout le monde sâest ruĂ© sur le modĂšle, mais trop tard : Leviâs avait dĂ©jĂ sĂ©curisĂ© ses marques, ses rivets estampillĂ©s, et surtout son imaginaire collectif.
đŻ Ce nâest quâun dĂ©but
Les prochains épisodes vous plongeront :
đ dans les annĂ©es 50-60, quand les lycĂ©es amĂ©ricains interdisaient le jean Leviâs, jugĂ© trop rebelle, pendant que la jeunesse europĂ©enne lâĂ©rigeait en symbole de libertĂ©.đ puis dans les dĂ©localisations des annĂ©es 80-2000, lâironie du denim japonais plus amĂ©ricain que lâoriginal, et les stratĂ©gies rĂ©centes pour sĂ©duire Ă nouveau.
âš Merci dâavoir Ă©coutĂ©.JâespĂšre avoir piquĂ© â et peut-ĂȘtre mĂȘme nourri â votre curiositĂ©.Si vous en avez envie, partagez cette chaine pour satisfaire dâautres curieux et curieuses.
Dessin du brevet : 139121
Texte du brevet : Description
v.I. W. DAVIS'.
Fastening Pocket-Openings.
No. 139,121. s PatentedMay20,1873.
a 1 v \1 I Inventor \Vitnesses AM, FHOTD-UTHOGRAPHIC c0v 1w (osaonws's PROCESS} UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JACOB W. DAVIS, OF RENO, NEVADA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND LEVI STRAUSS & COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENING POCKET-OPENINGS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,121, dated May 20, 1873 application filed August 9, 1872.
To all whom at may concern Be it known that I, JACOB W. DAVIS, of Reno, county of Washoe and State of Nevada, have invented an Improvement in Fastening Scams; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawing are sutficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention or improvement without further invention or experiment;
My invention relates to a fastening for pocket-openings, whereby; the sewed seams are prevented from ripping or starting from frequent pressure or strain thereon; and it consists in the employment of a metal rivet or eyelet at each edge of the pocket-opening, to prevent the rippingof the seam at those points. The rivet or eyelet is so fastened in the seam as to bind the two parts of cloth which the seam unites together, so that it shall prevent the strain or pressure from coming upon the thread with which the seam is sewed.
In order to more fully illustrate and explain my invention, reference is had to the accompanying drawing, in which my invention is represented as applied to the pockets of a pair of pants.
Figure 1 is a view of my invention as applied to pants.
A is the side seam in a pair of pants, drawers, or other article of wearing apparel, which terminates at the pockets; and b b represent the rivets at each edge of the pocket opening. The seams are usually ripped or started by the placing of the hands in the pockets and the consequent pressure or strain upon them. To strengthen this part I employ a rivet, eyelet, or other equivalent meta-l stud, b, which I pass through a hole at the end of the seam, so as to bind the two parts of cloth together, and then head'it down upon both sides so as to firmly unite the two parts. which already have one head are used, it is only necessary to head the opposite end, and
a washer can be interposed, if desired, in the usual way. By this means I avoid a large amount oftrouble in mending portions of seams which are subjected to constant strain.
I am aware that rivets have been used for securing seams in shoes, as shown in the patents to Geo. Houghton, No; 6i,0l5, April 23, 1867, and to L. K. Washburn, No. 123,313,
January 30, 1572.Sources :
* https://www.marques-de-france.fr/definition/armure-serge-ou-diagonal/
* https://www.levistrauss.com/our-story/
* https://www.levistrauss.com/investors/financials/
* https://patents.google.com/patent/US139121A/en
* https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-blue-jeans-180967762/
* https://www.wsj.com/
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/269016/revenue-of-the-jeans-market-worldwide-since-2005/
* https://myfrenchcountryhomemagazine.com/bleu-de-nimes-the-history-of-denim/
* https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denim
* https://www.hawthornintl.com/history-of-denim/
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_(brand)
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrangler_(jeans)
* https://www.nytimes.com/
* https://time.com/4263901/blue-jeans-history/
* https://redcastheritage.com/blogs/blog/history-of-japanese-denim
* https://www.gq.com/story/what-is-selvedge-denim-explainer
* https://news.nike.com/news/nike-levis-collaboration
* https://www.voguebusiness.com/story/companies/how-ceo-michelle-gass-plans-to-turn-levis-into-a-dollar10-billion-business
Crédit photo : Pasquale Farro