A FAREWELL TO CONE MILLS WHITE OAK®

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May 2019

After 112 years in operation, Cone Mills White Oak^® closed its doors in 2017, bringing an end to a long-standing partnership between Levi’s^® and the North Carolina mill. Cone Mills was one of the last producers of American selvedge denim and had been supplying Levi’s^® with its XX 501^® selvedge denim since back when Woodrow Wilson was in office (1913, give or a take a few years).

To celebrate the end of an era, Levi’s^® Vintage Clothing created two limited-edition pieces made from White Oak^® denim: a 1955 Levi’s^® 501^® Jean and a 1953 Type II Trucker Jacket. Both styles feature six different Shrink-to-Fit^™ fabrics recreated just for us by the mill. This is the first and the last time all six fabrics are included in a single garment — and in a limited run of 150 of each piece.

As an extra tribute, all White Oak^® 501^® Jeansand every White Oak^® 1953 Type II Trucker Jacket will include a special commemorative box made out of white oak wood.