In 1873, a tailor named Jacob Davis contacted Levi Strauss, a San Francisco dry goods business owner, about rivets he fastened to pants to reinforce their pockets. Davis and Strauss filed a patent for ...

or the first pair of blue jeans, according to Levi’s website. In today’s age, the little red Levi’s tag on the back pocket is in all capital letters, except for the “e.” However ...