Size 27 inseam 31 The 501 The Original. Full stop. The 501 is not a jean. It is the jean — the blueprint every other denim brand has spent 150 years trying to replicate. What you’re holding is a USA-made example from an era when Levi’s still sourced their cotton domestically, still cut and sewed on American soil, and still answered to a standard of construction that simply doesn’t exist in modern manufacturing. The denim is heavier. The cotton is longer-staple, meaning tighter fibers, a denser weave, and a fabric that ages with you rather than breaking down. The hardware — copper rivets, engraved buttons — was built to outlast the decade. Levi’s closed its last American factory in 2003. These exist in fixed supply. That supply shrinks every year. A new pair of 501s costs $100. This is not a new pair of 501s.