Talk:Levi Strauss
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does anyone know who his wife was if he got married
- His bio at the Levi Strauss and Co. website doesn't mention a wife or children. When he died, his estate passed to his nephews. That suggests that he either didn't marry, or survived his wife and any children. Gentgeen 22:52, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
does anyone know where he died and where his burial place is?
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[edit] Burial place of Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss was buried in Bruin P.A. in the park at October 14th 1994
he never married
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it did saw that his brother in law so he must have married —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 151.204.61.33 (talk) 03:06, 20 December 2006 (UTC).
- The official site states he did not marry. A brother-in-law does not have to be his spouse's brother, but his sister's husband too, which in fact is what this brother-in-law is. You can find this and more at the official site in his bio. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 14:04, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
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it says that his sister got married so maybe that was his brother in law by his sister not by his wife. Also how was he burried in 1994 if he died in september of 1902 thats a 92 year difference. my name is ryan
[edit] umm
I don't care what your name is.
[edit] Patent Link
The link to the patent does not link to the patent, merely goes to the US patent website. Does anyone know how to fix this. I tried doing a manual search using that number, but to no avail. Awheewall 07:43, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
- I'm not sure if you posted this before or after the current link, but the present link is correct. Though the full text of the patent isn't available, there is a link there to view the actual image of the patent, which is very interesting. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 14:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Levi's
The article on the jeans states that it is folklore that he sold his jeans to miners in 1853. I think we need to find some sources and harmonize the two articles.--Xnuala (talk) 22:28, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Origin of Denim
The article states: "... he switched to a sturdy fabric called serge, made in Nimes, France by the Andre family. Originally called serge de Nimes, the name was soon shortened to denim." This is in direct conflict with the official site. A history of denim is provided there and it pretty much makes it clear that this is not true. The fabric was not purchased from France and this sentence not only indicates it was, but it also suggests that Strauss purchased fabric from the Andre family, although that might not have been intentional. What the history article is clear about however is that the hypothesis that denim orginates from de Nimes is likely incorrect, since de Nimes fabric was made of silk and wool where denim has always been made of cotton. The article is very in depth, and it's clear that the above statement needs revision. Probably instead something saying that traditional scholars have speculated a de Nimes / denim connection, but the Levi Strauss company (as well as "recent scholars") find it questionable. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 04:49, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Background
In addition to the denim myth above, this whole paragraph, with the exception of the David Stern statement (which I left out), is entirely fabricated. "Levi, estimated at about 5' 11" and 185 pounds, was often found leading a pack-horse, heavily laden with merchandise, directly into the mining camps found throughout the region. The story goes that both prospectors and miners, often complaining about the easily torn cotton "britches" and pockets that "split right out" gave Levi the idea to make a rugged overall trouser for the miners to wear. These were fashioned from bolts of brown canvas sailcloth, with gold ore storage pockets that were nearly impossible to split. Levi exhausted his original supply of canvas as the demand grew for his hard-wearing overalls..." Strauss never sold directly to miners, he sold fabric to outfitters who in turn sold them to miners. I can find no reference that he visited mining camps or that he exhausted his original supply of canvas. Again, Levi jeans was not Levi's idea, it was someone else's and it was Davis who originally made the jeans. MagnoliaSouth (talk) 13:20, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Hi people
I noticed the ".... the demand grew for his hard-wearing overalls, and so he switched to a sturdy fabric called serge, made in Nimes, France by the Andre family. Originally called serge de Nimes, the name was soon shortened to denim.[citation needed]"
I went to the article 'Denim' and there was a citation for basically the above statement (that denim was originally named 'serge de Nimes'). Since I don't know enough about Wikipedia to do it myself, could someone see if this source will work, and then cite it? Thanks. -Guest —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.83.177 (talk) 22:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
