{"product_id":"1970s-levis-orange-tab-faded-wash-talon-zip","title":"1970s Levi's 519 Orange Tab, Straight Leg - W25\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 1970s pair of Levi's \u003cstrong\u003e519 Orange Tab\u003c\/strong\u003e - straight leg, zip fly, soft faded wash. \u003cstrong\u003eA 25 inch waist on a 32 inch inseam\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is the scarce end of vintage denim: the small sizes got worn out rather than put away, so a tiny waist with a long leg is the pair nobody can find.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlat, in inches: waist 25, hip 33, rise 10, inseam 32, thigh 20, leg opening 14.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe care tag gives up the style number, which is lucky, because the waist tag is gone.\u003c\/strong\u003e It reads \u003cstrong\u003e519-0217\u003c\/strong\u003e, the full factory designation for the seventies Orange Tab 519. Without it we would be selling an unnamed pair of Levi's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour marks, all agreeing.\u003c\/strong\u003e The \u003cstrong\u003e519-0217\u003c\/strong\u003e designation says straight leg and zip fly. The garment has a zip fly. The thigh measures 20 inches and the leg opening 14, which is a leg that narrows - a flare or a boot cut opens wider than the thigh, not tighter. And the hardware is a \u003cstrong\u003eTalon\u003c\/strong\u003e zipper, which is what Levi's ran before YKK took the market, on the \u003cstrong\u003eSF 207\u003c\/strong\u003e care label, the early-seventies form. An Orange Tab carrying a care label at all is 1971 or later.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three digits behind the care tag, 344, are the factory code.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Talon slider, stamped 42.\u003c\/strong\u003e That is a model number, not a year - these get sold as 1940s pairs on the strength of it, and they are not. We would rather tell you that than let you find out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrange Tab was Levi's fashion line rather than its workwear: the straights, the slims, the boot cuts and the flares. Red Tab got the 501.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSomebody took the waist in, and somebody let it back out.\u003c\/strong\u003e The alteration is unstitched now, so the waist has returned to its original width - the 25 inches above is the real measurement, not the altered one - but the needle holes are still there at the back, under where a belt sits. This is also where the waist tag went: on a pair of Levi's that label is sewn into the back waistband seam, which is the exact seam you open to take a waist in. The missing tag and the alteration are one event, not two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eModern size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 25 x 32 (waist x inseam, in inches).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of one. Sold as found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo returns - as is.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Levi's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44405153202263,"sku":"MT-TR-163","price":248.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0034\/8692\/files\/IMG_6669.jpg?v=1792530085","url":"https:\/\/shopmille.com\/products\/1970s-levis-orange-tab-faded-wash-talon-zip","provider":"MILLE","version":"1.0","type":"link"}