Thanks so much! I know basic Levi information but some tags are still so hard to decipher. I started my own collection of Levi’s last winter. I keep collecting, today my new to me ones just got here. They are 501’s from 1978, the year I was born. They fit like a glove!❤
Awesome,. Yea the older were much better. Some older are tricky cause there were a bunch of different tags. If you ever need help just message me on IG(If you are on there) and i'll try y best to help you, just send me pics.
Thanks so much. I have a vintage Levi’s jacket I love. I knew it was from the ‘80s era but just confirmed it was made in Australia in 1983. Good to know!
Thank you for this info. I have been trying to find out approximately when i bought these jeans because my family and friends constantly ask me where i got them from. These jeans are unique because the back pockets are DEEP. When i say deep, i mean the back pocket goes down almost to the back of my knee. I tell them that I have had these jeans for over 20 years, and they don't believe me. Now i can decipher the date and found that these are levis silvertab that were made in 8/03. I wish they would bring them back.
Steve, THANK YOU. This video was straight to the point, concise, EXCELLENT photos as examples, and a short video in length so we can learn and reference the content in a timely manner. Thanks again! Fawn 😊 Edit- like most people watching, I went upstairs to my denim clothing rack to look at the tags... realizing many of mine were made in Canada (I'm Canadian). The numbers don't quite match up or make much sense to me on these tags. If you could point me in the right direction as to wear I could learn to read them, or if this is a subject you would like to cover in a future video, please do!
Hi, thanks. Yea Canadian tags are different, I'm not to good with those(Don't see them too often) but if you want, send me a dm on IG, or an email, with pics and I'll see if I can help. IG/email is in video description box.
@@PickRoll Thanks for the reply and the info Steve! I'm not in a huge rush to determine their age, but when I get a chance to take some photos I would be happy to send you some photos of the tags of Canadian vintage Levi's denim! Fortunately most of the tag formatting and logo coloring generally matched up with the time ranges featured in your video. Thanks again!
Just bought a pair of old black 501 with a tab that should be from the early 2000s according to this video (red cloth tab), but the date says July 98 😊. Looks almost new, hard to believe it's more than 25 years old
98/99 is crossover years where you will see those years on cloth and paper batwing tags. There isnt a clear date line switching from one tag to the next
I have a Denim metal.buttons shirt that has a black tag snd also a tag at the bottom of the shirt LEVIS red tab . Made in hong kong. How do we date shirts ?
I just listed exact shirt. Should be a small white tag inside on side near bottom, mine does, but could be missing. Either way that is a 90s. Mine is 1998.
I have a pair of 501s with the early 2000s tag front says Made in USA back reads 0297 in the bottom middle grouping. Do you think these were made in February 1997?
Sounds like it, Yes. So it's the cloth style tag? not the paper black batwing. Tag styles overlapped, there is no clear cut off line/year between styles.
I just bought a second hand pair of levi's 501 and dated them back to late 2012 thanks to your video. However there isn’t the typical print that tells "this is a pair of levi's" on the inside of the pocket. Do you believe this is abnormal? There is also no tag at the back of the inside where it is generally written 501 in large which confuses me
What if the bottom, middle number on the tag from the 70’s/80’s is ‘81’? I’m lost and any insight would be so appreciated! Thanks for making this vid 🎉
is it the same small tag as the example in video? hard to say without seeing it, theres different tags. dm me a pic on IG , my ig is in the video description box
los pantalones 501 shrink to fit hechos en la actualidad encogen mas de lo que dice la etiqueta, todos mis pantalones lo he comprado en tienda oficial levis y lo puedo comprobar con imagenes, los ultimos cuatro pantalones que compre los compre en diciembre del 2022 y encogieron demasiado.... aclaro que yo siempre he usado esas prendas desde la edad de 10 años
@@PickRoll The 501 shrink to fit pants made today shrink more than what the label says, I bought all my pants in the official Levis store and I can verify it with images, the last four pants I bought were purchased in December 2022 and they shrank too much... I clarify that I have always worn those clothes since the age of 10
@@PickRoll I have ordered Levi's jeans from official website and its manufacturer date is CW/24-2022. And Today date is 29 November 2023. So it is OLD jeans. According to date.
I have some 06 Levi's that have red white and blue buttons and then they have stars and stripes on the inside lining and I can't find a thing about them online how do I know if they're worth anything or not? Anybody? thanks
Do you have other videos on other brands as well? I feel like somebody needs to cover wrangler because especially the vintage wrangler western shirts are often not vintage when people list them online. I think they don’t know what the actual tag time periods are lol
@@johnv339 yeah, I’ve gathered that I did research on a lot of wrangler western tags when I bought a lot of 180 western shirts to resell. And after figuring out the large majority of the ones I had were vintage according to wranglers tagging system and then looking at other peoples listings, I started noticing that a lot of people selling “vintage wrangler” we’re not actually selling vintage wrangler, and I think along the way other people just started looking at their listings and assuming that the tags that they saw in their pictures must be vintage so they called there’s vintage too lol.
Seems that the pants I have fell through the cracks. They seem to be from 08. Guess I will just keep trying to identify them. Useful info, for sure though. Thanks.
I had to watch .. Not sure what you're seeing, the red batwing-late 80searly 90s paper tag was USA, then I showed black batwing paper tag-mid/late 90s, then I showed the cloth tag -early 2000s, that one was Mexico.
Sorry I don’t think I made it clear. In the photo with all the tags lined up next to each other the red batwing tag says made in Mexico but when you show the close up it says made in the USA.
@@AmyStephenson oh, that pic was just a random pic. the close ups were from jeans I actually had in front of me. Not all from that time period were made in USA
Thanks so much! I know basic Levi information but some tags are still so hard to decipher. I started my own collection of Levi’s last winter. I keep collecting, today my new to me ones just got here. They are 501’s from 1978, the year I was born. They fit like a glove!❤
Awesome,. Yea the older were much better. Some older are tricky cause there were a bunch of different tags. If you ever need help just message me on IG(If you are on there) and i'll try y best to help you, just send me pics.
Very helpful, been trying to figure out what the modern ribbon tags meant, with all the codes, letters, and numbers.
Glad it helped
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One of the best videos you have ever done...thanks a million!
Glad you liked it!
I have a pair made in March of 1994 with the fabric tag. Thanks for the info!
cool! Glad it helped
@@PickRollI just got a pair with the fabric tag but made in December 1990..
Thanks so much. I have a vintage Levi’s jacket I love. I knew it was from the ‘80s era but just confirmed it was made in Australia in 1983. Good to know!
Does it have hand pockets? Because 83 is supposedly the year they started the pockets,
Thank you so much for this video! The most helpful one I've seen on vintage Levi's!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you! Helped me figure out my Levis denim trucker jacket is in fact vintage - 1999 based on the video.
Glad it helped!
Very helpful. I’m a huge Levi’s fan. I have a pair with a gold tag, 550’s, Made in Egypt. Date code looks like 0709.
cool, thanks. I've seen a bronze/brown tab, maybe its same.
Awesome, I sell lots of Levi's and could only figure out the easy ones from the 90's. Thanks so much for the info.
Yu're welcome. Yes 90s to present are easy. 70s/80s can be tricky
Thank you for this info. I have been trying to find out approximately when i bought these jeans because my family and friends constantly ask me where i got them from. These jeans are unique because the back pockets are DEEP. When i say deep, i mean the back pocket goes down almost to the back of my knee. I tell them that I have had these jeans for over 20 years, and they don't believe me. Now i can decipher the date and found that these are levis silvertab that were made in 8/03. I wish they would bring them back.
Glad it helped, they rereleased Silvertabs, but not like the 80s-90s style
Steve, THANK YOU. This video was straight to the point, concise, EXCELLENT photos as examples, and a short video in length so we can learn and reference the content in a timely manner.
Thanks again!
Fawn 😊
Edit- like most people watching, I went upstairs to my denim clothing rack to look at the tags... realizing many of mine were made in Canada (I'm Canadian). The numbers don't quite match up or make much sense to me on these tags. If you could point me in the right direction as to wear I could learn to read them, or if this is a subject you would like to cover in a future video, please do!
Hi, thanks. Yea Canadian tags are different, I'm not to good with those(Don't see them too often) but if you want, send me a dm on IG, or an email, with pics and I'll see if I can help. IG/email is in video description box.
@@PickRoll Thanks for the reply and the info Steve! I'm not in a huge rush to determine their age, but when I get a chance to take some photos I would be happy to send you some photos of the tags of Canadian vintage Levi's denim!
Fortunately most of the tag formatting and logo coloring generally matched up with the time ranges featured in your video. Thanks again!
@@thethriftyfawn ok
best video on the topic - thank you so much!
Appreciate it.
thank you so much, i just got me a black 501 from the 90s 🖤
Cool. You're welcome
I'm guessing you worked for Levi Strauss. Very informative. Thank you
No, I resell, so I see alot and learned from research so I know what I'm looking at. thanks
Just bought a pair of old black 501 with a tab that should be from the early 2000s according to this video (red cloth tab), but the date says July 98 😊. Looks almost new, hard to believe it's more than 25 years old
nice, yea cloth tag started about 97, there is no hard line from tag to tag, crossover years
I have the cloth red bat wing tag, made in USA, women’s 501 button fly but the date numbers are 0996. I thought they were 99 at earlier?
Theres an overlap of years at each change of tags, no exact line.Its ok.
I believe I found a women’s 519 style with a date of 10/98. Black batwing paper tag. I bought it for $10 while thrifting. Thank you!!!
Cool, thanks.
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@@robertwashenfelder2853 ??
excellent info, great presentation! Thanks! 🎉😀
thanks
I have a cloth tag nearly identical to the one in the photo dated 0698
98/99 is crossover years where you will see those years on cloth and paper batwing tags. There isnt a clear date line switching from one tag to the next
I have a Denim metal.buttons shirt that has a black tag snd also a tag at the bottom of the shirt LEVIS red tab . Made in hong kong. How do we date shirts ?
I just listed exact shirt. Should be a small white tag inside on side near bottom, mine does, but could be missing. Either way that is a 90s. Mine is 1998.
Thank you for this information! Wow, I never knew. So helpful
Glad it was helpful! Yes all Levi's have the codes, date, wash/color, factory#, style,
I have a pair of 501s with the early 2000s tag front says Made in USA back reads 0297 in the bottom middle grouping. Do you think these were made in February 1997?
Sounds like it, Yes. So it's the cloth style tag? not the paper black batwing. Tag styles overlapped, there is no clear cut off line/year between styles.
Thank You ! Love my vintage Levis !
Thanks
Great vid I was wondering about this. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this!!
thanks
I just bought a second hand pair of levi's 501 and dated them back to late 2012 thanks to your video. However there isn’t the typical print that tells "this is a pair of levi's" on the inside of the pocket. Do you believe this is abnormal?
There is also no tag at the back of the inside where it is generally written 501 in large which confuses me
Ive seen some without pocket print.
@@PickRollthank you for your answer🫡
Great info
Thanks for watching!
Hi, I have a cloth tag from 2:30 that dates 0497 fyi 😇
Yes thee are some, not common, 97/98 was the crossover where the batwing was still made and this started, no fine lines from tag to tag
What if the bottom, middle number on the tag from the 70’s/80’s is ‘81’? I’m lost and any insight would be so appreciated! Thanks for making this vid 🎉
is it the same small tag as the example in video? hard to say without seeing it, theres different tags. dm me a pic on IG , my ig is in the video description box
Excellent, thank you 👌
thanks
Wow! That was super helpful. Thank you so much!
You're welcome
This was extremely helpful, thank you
You're welcome!
you’re the best. so helpful
Happy to help!
Thank you very much. This was very helpful.
You're welcome!
I’ve got a cloth tag with 1194. Made in the US…does the cloth tag date that far back?
Also, thank you! This video was so so helpful!!
Yea, Ive seen them. Is it the tag with red stripe that is square but bigger than the paper batwing tags?
Glad it helps
Thank you very much! That is a very helpful video…
You are welcome!
los pantalones 501 shrink to fit hechos en la actualidad encogen mas de lo que dice la etiqueta, todos mis pantalones lo he comprado en tienda oficial levis y lo puedo comprobar con imagenes, los ultimos cuatro pantalones que compre los compre en diciembre del 2022 y encogieron demasiado....
aclaro que yo siempre he usado esas prendas desde la edad de 10 años
english?
@@PickRoll The 501 shrink to fit pants made today shrink more than what the label says, I bought all my pants in the official Levis store and I can verify it with images, the last four pants I bought were purchased in December 2022 and they shrank too much... I clarify that I have always worn those clothes since the age of 10
@@juanmanuelrodriguez8408 OK THANKS
Is it possible the early 2000s tag starts in 96? I have the early 2000s tag and the middle numbers on the last line is 0896.
The cloth tag, yea. I think thats about the earliest for it. There are few crossover years when 2 tags were made , no fine line between changes,
Great video Steve. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Thx mate. One question are vintage jean worth any money cheers Graham
Yes vintage can be worth alot of money. Depends on style, year, etc.
@@PickRoll thx mate
@@theaussienurseflipper.8113 You're welcome
Pick & Roll where does the number 5152 tag manufacture plant come from? It’s not in your list of numbers
Not sure, I havent seen a complete list
Super helpful thank you so much
You're welcome!
But I received 1 year old 24-2022 manufacturing jeans, what do now😢
Sorry i dont understand the question.
@@PickRoll I have ordered Levi's jeans from official website and its manufacturer date is CW/24-2022.
And Today date is 29 November 2023. So it is OLD jeans. According to date.
I have some 06 Levi's that have red white and blue buttons and then they have stars and stripes on the inside lining and I can't find a thing about them online how do I know if they're worth anything or not? Anybody? thanks
I've never seen those either
THANKS!! Very helpful
Glad it helps
Do you have other videos on other brands as well? I feel like somebody needs to cover wrangler because especially the vintage wrangler western shirts are often not vintage when people list them online. I think they don’t know what the actual tag time periods are lol
I dont
Why not ?@@PickRoll
They do not know, and many do not care.
@@johnv339 yeah, I’ve gathered that I did research on a lot of wrangler western tags when I bought a lot of 180 western shirts to resell. And after figuring out the large majority of the ones I had were vintage according to wranglers tagging system and then looking at other peoples listings, I started noticing that a lot of people selling “vintage wrangler” we’re not actually selling vintage wrangler, and I think along the way other people just started looking at their listings and assuming that the tags that they saw in their pictures must be vintage so they called there’s vintage too lol.
The tag on mine don’t look like any of these 😢
there are other legit tags. If you want send me a pic on IG
Hey man! Is there some way I can contact you and send some photos of my Levi's shirt? I cant figure out the age
Shirts dont have the same tags, but I'll take a look, I'm familiar with a few. My IG and email is in video description box
Thanks! So easy.
You're welcome!
Can you decipher Canadian tags?
Some are confusion cause so different but some I can
Very helpful
Glad it helped
Good info - thx!
Glad it was helpful!
You the man
thanks
Seems that the pants I have fell through the cracks. They seem to be from 08. Guess I will just keep trying to identify them. Useful info, for sure though. Thanks.
Not sure what you mean by fell thru the cracks? what are you trying to identify?
I'm sure. In plain English, there are labels unaccounted for.@@PickRoll
Thank you!
You're welcome!
What about levi silver tabs?
They will have the same paper tag inside. The vtg Silvertabs are from 80s-90s.
I have the cloth tag with 03 1997
Yea, not common to find, thats is the cross over years 97/98 where they made both the black batwing tags andd started the larger cloth tags.
@@PickRoll you must be so tired of answering this exact question
@@PickRoll tried to sell them for $38 and someone asked for a discount
@@zhebebe it's all good. When you make "how to" videos, you get questions, glad to help
@@zhebebe 38 is fair, everybody wants something for nothing, gets annoying sometimes, but thats selling on ebay
50th week of 2013? 😅 I think that CW is color and wash code.
No, it is cut week.
thanks sir
You're welcome
Still no wiser , none of those in my pair!😢
Send me a pics on my IG, ill help if I can
@@PickRoll thank you I've been researching these for weeks , I will send you pics tomorrow uk time
@@janeboothby5252 no worries,
How come the tag on the red batwing says made in the USA but when you go up close and talk about it says made in Mexico? Am I being silly?
I had to watch .. Not sure what you're seeing, the red batwing-late 80searly 90s paper tag was USA, then I showed black batwing paper tag-mid/late 90s, then I showed the cloth tag -early 2000s, that one was Mexico.
Sorry I don’t think I made it clear. In the photo with all the tags lined up next to each other the red batwing tag says made in Mexico but when you show the close up it says made in the USA.
@@AmyStephenson oh, that pic was just a random pic. the close ups were from jeans I actually had in front of me. Not all from that time period were made in USA
Why arnt mine in this vid💀
There are many types of tags, these are the most found, you can email ot IG message me pics
thank !!!
You're welcome!
Bro never does Levis Silver Tabs
What does that mean?
FFS, that's easy enough. What's with all the damn hippies telling me to look for stitching styles?
stitching can help if theres no tag.
That is "your" date code ? Give "the' a try.
Really? Are you that petty
Yes I am, and goddamn proud of it. "Petty" ? You have a grip on the obvious.@@PickRoll
@@johnv339 Cool
I think I need to take a vacation from social media for awhile--or a long while.@@PickRoll
Brilliant video. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful!