Davis and Strauss filed a patent for the rivet-reinforced waist overalls that would eventually become known as jeans. By 1890, the patent expired and Levi’s was no longer the style’s exclusive ...

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis paired together to create waist overalls in 1873, or the first pair of blue jeans, according to ... s nothing compared to the oldest known pair of Levi’s selling ...