Painted cream jeans with cut outs
date: label: Date
content: 1989
name: label: Created by
content: Levi Strauss & Co., founded 1853
label: Subject of
content: Black Fashion Museum, American, 1979 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A pair of painted cream jeans with cut outs and slashes. The straight leg jeans are slightly tapered at the bottoms. The jeans open in the in center front with a metal tack button and zipper. The button is embossed with the text [LEVI STRAUSS & CO. CAL SF]. The waistband has four belt loops at the front, three of the belt loops are painted blue. Two pockets are placed on each side of the hips. The front and back sides of the jeans have been cut to create holes and openings. The holes are made by cutting out and removing parts of the denim, leaving geometric shaped holes. The larger openings are created by vertical and horizontal cuts in the denim, resulting in rectangular and triangular flaps. Some of the flaps have been further cut into smaller strips. The holes at the bottom of the proper right leg are finished with hand stitched orange thread. Paint in yellow, orange, blue, and purple is splattered and brushed across the surface of the pants. In addition, white glitter paint is applied on the exterior. Blue glitter paint is used on the bottoms of both pant legs to write [AUBU 1989]. Metal safety pins are applied on the front and back of the pants to hold some of the cut flaps open. There are three belt loops and two pockets on the back of the jeans. The front side pockets are lined in cream cotton. A woven fabric label stitched on the proper left pocket lining reads [LEVI'S // STA-PREST // NEVER NEEDS IRONING] in blue text. A small manufacturers label is stitched to the interior proper left side seam.
label: Cataloging Notes
content: This project received Federal support from the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative Pool, administered by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Fashion
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: Black Fashion Museum Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Black Fashion Museum founded by Lois K. Alexander-Lane
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2007.3.613
objectType: label: Type
content: jeans
label: Type
content: denim pants
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton twill, cotton plain weave, paint, metal, glitter, and cotton thread
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 42 x 16 in. (106.7 x 40.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Inseam: 32 in. (81.3 cm)