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Levis Davis Research Paper

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One man revolutionized the fashion industry forever. He was known as Levi Strauss (February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902 (Bellis, n.d.) commonly referred to as the creator of the blue jean. Strauss was born in Buttenheim, Kingdom of Bavaria Germany, to Hirsch Strauss and his second wife, Rebecca Haas Strauss. They were a large Jewish family. Only one of the 6 children were born with the same mother as Strauss. The rest of the children were from Strauss’s father’s first wife Mathilde Baumann Strauss. Strauss was originally named Loeb until he later changed his name to “Levy” then what we now know as** “Levi”. Much like a typical Jewish family in Germany, the Strauss family faced a lot of discrimination. Even as early 1800;s Without special …show more content…

When Strauss arrived in San Francisco he was sent to specifically sell his brothers inventory in the west coast. As his business grew, he was contacted by Jacob Davis. Davis, a tailor in Nevada, had bought cloth from Strauss for his own business and developed a special way to make more durable pants. Davis used metal rivets on the pockets and on the front fly seam to help the pants resist wear and tear. Since Davis lacked the money required to make patent for his invention he resorted to asking his fabric supplier(Levi Strauss) to pay for the patent. They worked together to create a patent for the “waist overalls” as they called it. Strauss agreed, and on May 20. 1873, US Patent No. 139,121 for “Improvements in fastening pocket openings” was issued in the name of Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss and Company. This later turned into the brand of jeans that many still wear today. As his business grew, he continued to be generous to those in need, providing the funds for 28 scholarships at the University of California in 1897.Since Strauss never married nor had kids he slowly started to give an increasing amount of equity of his business to his nephew Jacob Stern. When he had died Jacob Stern (his nephew) took the role as president of the company. Currently his business worth 4.67

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