No.1 Overalls

• The vintage piece we came across this time is Levis' No. 1 Cloth Ticket Bib overalls from 100 years ago.
• They're made with 12.5oz XX denim and riveted for true workwear finish.
• While looking at the actual vintage piece, I also had the opportunity to read an advertisement from that time.
• It goes:
• "We've been making riveted waist overalls for 50 years,
• and now we've produced overalls with the same quality."
• It also said that they used thick XX denim and riveted all the parts that could break with wear.
• However, looking back at the history of overalls and chore jackets since the 1930s, the thickness of XX denim may have been a bit too much for overalls.
• Depending on the work you do, the rivets could have got in the way.As a result, bar tacks may have become the standard method of reinforcement.
• But there's no doubt that the XX denim produced this fabulous fade that just can't be achieved with 10oz fabrics.
• In a sense, the sewing specifications were too much as well.
• Perhaps that's why it never became a staple from both standpoints of manufactures & customers.
• However, We can think this way: because the Jeans king brand, Levis, was unable to become an absolute presence in the chore jackets & overalls category, store brands produced a wide variety of interesting workwear.
• That's how I feel.
• We encourage you to try these TCB overalls and experience what overalls made with XX DENIM were like.
• Because the fabric is based on XX DENIM from the 1920s, and TCB 20s fabric is used on these overalls.
• We think that our 20's fabric is one of the most accurately reproduced TCB custom-made fabrics.
• Some find them a bit too light but in the vintage jeans time, there were no 15, 16, 17, let alone over 20oz denim.
• Even we, who have worn jeans for more than 20 years, find it a bit uncomfortable wearing the heavy-oz denim.
• It's just my own thoughts but maybe this 12~14oz fabric is best to balance the durability and the comfortableness and this soft & comfy fabric was the reason why people back then loved jeans

• Brand: TCB Jeans
• Category: Denim Shirt
• Color: Silver
• Material: Denim
• Made in: Japan

View at retailer