LS&Co. Unzipped
Sep 16 2010
We're Surrounded. (And It's a Good Thing.)
If there’s anything I like less than moving, I can’t think of it right now. Oh, okay. War. Pestilence. Hunger. Stuff like that. But moving isn’t far behind. Even the obligatory moving cuisine of beer and pizza can’t make the badness go away.
We’ve just wrapped up moving day at the home office of Levi Strauss & Co. Many of my colleagues and I had been holed up in temporary quarters – just across the way here at Levi’s Plaza – while workers fully renovated the main building.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped | ||
Tags: Cotton and Raw Materials, Denim, Dockers®, Dockers®, Energy, Levi Strauss & Co., Levi's®, Levi's®, Social Responsibility, Sustainability | ||
Sep 14 2010
Ari Gold's Assistant -- A Dream Job???
If there’s one job I would not want, it’s being the assistant to Ari Gold, the abrasive manager on the HBO series Entourage. I’ll leave that to actor Jonathan Keltz, who plays the role of Jake.
Even if you don’t have HBO – or a television, for that matter – you’ve no doubt heard of the cable channel’s comedy/drama take on life in Hollywood.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped | ||
Sep 10 2010
Of Explosions and Hope
The woman had moved to California from Iraq and thought she’d left the explosions behind. Then one ripped through her San Bruno neighborhood last night – killing four people and destroying 38 homes.
Of all the stories I scanned about the explosion, this one stuck with me. She left a country that has seen its share of war and upheaval, only to find death and destruction in her quiet, American neighborhood.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped | ||
Tags: Levi Strauss & Co., LS&Co | ||
Sep 07 2010
It's Time to Ban Sandblasting
One of the reasons jeans remain so popular is that each pair takes on a unique pattern of wear and tear that changes over time. It doesn’t look old – it looks “lived in.” More personal. More “you.”
A few years ago, designers realized that they could get a head start during the finishing process, creating a pair of jeans that already appears worn when you buy it.
Posted By: David Love, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Levi Strauss & Co. | ||
Tags: Levi Strauss & Co., LS&Co, News, Planet, Social Responsibility, Sustainability, Worker Rights | ||
Sep 03 2010
Wash My Jeans? Hardly.
If you hate doing laundry, you may want to limit the bottom half of your wardrobe to blue jeans…and follow Carl Chiara’s credo: The less you wash your jeans, the better your jeans become.
Carl – and his laissez faire approach to denim care – was featured in yesterday’s "Tricks of the Trade" column in The Wall Street Journal. (Business news, financial updates and, now, fashion tips. Who knew?)
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped | ||
Sep 01 2010
Wear What Fits. Rock Your Curve!
Let’s just say this – when a woman finds a pair of jeans that fits AND makes her look and feel fabulous, well, it’s nothing short of a fashion miracle.
That being the case – there were miracles galore this last Friday in Bryant Park where around 2,000 women lined up to donate a pair of jeans to Goodwill and receive a personalized fitting for a free pair of Levi’s® Curve ID jeans.
Posted By: Genevieve Sexton | ||
Aug 31 2010
Setting the Record Straight
Whether you read it in a newspaper or get it from someone “in the know,” you never really know if you have the best information unless you get it from the source.
Otherwise, it’s like that game, “Telephone,” where one person tells another, who tells another and, in the end, the facts are lost.
Posted By: Anna Walker, Senior Manager, LS&Co. Government Affairs & Public Policy | ||
Tags: Energy, Levi Strauss & Co., LS&Co, News, Public Policy, Sustainability | ||
Aug 27 2010
Most Importantly: Something Blue
Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue; for Francois Malan of South Africa, only Levi’s® blues would do.
Francois wrote a letter to our Consumer Relations team with an urgent request. He was getting married soon – on a beach in Cape Town – and he wanted the most important moment of his life to be in Levi’s® and loafers!
Posted By: Charlie Fields, LS&Co. Consumer Relations Specialist | ||
Aug 24 2010
Would You Like Pleats With That?
As one men’s fashion magazine editor put it, few sartorial areas are as tricky as pants. The choice between pleated and flat-front pants is easily one of the most problematic decisions for a lot of guys, not least because there are no clear rules.
The big question is, Which style should you really go for?
Posted By: Howard Mutti-Mewse, Dockers® Europe | ||
Tags: Dockers® | ||
Aug 23 2010
Bloggers: Levi's® Curve ID Fits!
“All asses were not created equal.”
That’s the memorable marketing phrase from the folks behind – ahem! – Levi’s® Curve ID, a new fit system for women’s denim. The words certainly resonated with New York-based fashion bloggers who recently attended an invitation-only event at the brand’s Soho store.
Posted By: Cory Warren, Editor, LS&Co. Unzipped | ||
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