If it seems like blue jeans have been around for a long time, that's because they have. The popular pants were first patented 143 years ago on May 20, 1873. A year earlier, in 1872, Jacob Davis first ...

Levi Strauss & Co. has reopened the doors to its San Francisco museum, The Vault, offering a look at how Levi's jeans and denim have shaped music, fashion and culture for over a century. Loureen ...