1944 501® Jeans Organic Rigid Size:38x34 5" back body length

5" back body length

Single-prong brass buckle

and no branding except for a tiny SM at the lower left hem embroidered in green

the Kinfolk series has applied this philosophy to entertaining (The Kinfolk Table)

“RRL” and winged shield debossed at the front

1944 501® Jeans Organic Rigid Size:38x34 5" back body lengthEverything changed during World War IIAmerican media, the workforce, and even the jeans people wore. To conserve raw materials for the war effort, the U. S. government required clothing manufacturers to reduce the use of metal, fabric, and thread in their garments. As a result, features like the watch pocket rivets, crotch rivet, and back cinch (along with its two rivets) were removed. In their place, standard issue laurel leaf buttons were