No tag mystery jeans?

[anjofak]

So iv tride to identify these old things that came out of a 80's grannies storage unit by the stitches, buttons  and odd button waistline but just getting lost in the ocean of denims..

Any help would be appreciated greatly 🙏..

 

 

 

 

[wastingtime101]

Are there any interior tags at all? If you find a content / care tag it should have an RN # which you could look up here: https://rn.ftc.gov/Account/BasicSearch

[anjofak]

Forgot to add these also have jean pockets..

 

[anjofak]

No tags or even signs of ever having them.

[chevymontecarlo88]

Looks like nice denim (selvedge). 70's or 80's most likely. Has the suspender buttons as well as an interesting pocket design. 

[harleyi-62 · Accepted solution]

I worked for a denim retailer for many years and I know a bit about the history, so I will tell you what I am seeing. Most of the features suggest 1920s-30s. Suspenders, no belt loops, button fly, cinch tab at the back. But in my view they have had alterations done. The piece at the back should have a cinch in the center and the pleats do not belong, both of which suggest alterations. The hem does not look original either and stitching is much better in the places that do not appear altered. 
I can't say for certain, but to me they look like an unbranded, very old pair.  When Levi's started to gain popularity many other retailers started making jeans to compete. Many had no brand name. So in your quest for the truth, that is the era I would look to for answers. Good luck.

[chevymontecarlo88]

They do look old but i would not say older than the 70's IMHO. 

Too bad there was not a Levis tag on them. 😀

[harleyi-62]

What about them says 1970s to you?

[chevymontecarlo88]

I could be wrong but that is what they look like to me.

A little hard without having them in hand. JMO

[1786davycrockett]

@harleyi-62 

@anjofak 

The first photo appears to show a lower utility pocket on the side of the mid-lower left leg.

I seem to recall my father wearing a similar style of blue jeans back in the 1950s, and he would always carry a carpenter's rule in that extra pocket.

The two loops in the back (below the two studs) seem to have been designed for tools -- how big are those loops?

The brass (?) studs are tantalizing.  Maybe a close-up photo on one of them would provide more hints.

I'm thinking that this style of blue-jeans just seems too utilitarian for a 1970s product.

But no leather patch in the back, so not Levi's or Lee's.

We sure could use Elton John's "seamstress for the band" right now.

Ya know -- a "blue jean baby."

[reclaimed_denim]

The first photo shows a very low rise cut, so I would guess either 70s or altered in the 70s.  I can't imagine a man wearing such a low waisted cut in the 1920s-30s, when jeans would have been used for practical purposes and not a fashion statement.  He would have been constantly pulling up his pants while working...😂