| Americans were the first to understand that | | | | tried to achieve Levi’s advertising success, |
| high-quality advertising is worth investments. In | | | | but the only one that ever managed to come |
| 1917 the Lee Company used a baseball star Ruth | | | | close to Levi’s level and even overcome it |
| for their first advertising campaign – he wore | | | | was Diesel. |
| their custom jeans everywhere and received | | | | And several facts: |
| good profits for it. But that was just the beginning | | | | The biggest truly customized jeans in the world |
| of the jeans advertising history. After the World | | | | were made in Peru in 2008. Their length is 43 |
| War II the largest American jeans producing | | | | meters and the weight is 7,5 tons. The gigantic |
| companies which were of course Levi’s, Lee | | | | jeans have pockets, buttons and even a belt the |
| and Wrangler invested enormous amounts of | | | | length of which is about 30 meters. These jeans |
| money in advertising. The result was the rapid | | | | entered the Guinness Record Book as the largest |
| growth of the product popularity. | | | | jeans in the world. |
| The next jeans advertising shake-up took place in | | | | The largest custom jeans were made by the Blue |
| the late 1970s as customized designer jeans were | | | | Bell Co in 1946. They were meant for Robert Earl |
| launched out. That was when the famous | | | | Hughes who was 20 years old and weighed about |
| provocative Calvin Klein jeans promo appeared. In | | | | 700 pounds (300 kg). |
| this promo 15 year-old Brooke Shields said: | | | | The smallest jeans were made for the famous |
| “You wanna know what comes between me | | | | doll couple – Barbie and Ken. This doll family |
| and my Calvins? Nothing!” The great scandal | | | | has several models made for them by famous |
| which burst out after the promo had appeared | | | | world designers. The oldest and at the same time |
| increased the profits and the popularity of the CK | | | | the most expensive jeans in the world are the |
| Company to a great extent. But the best jeans | | | | Levi’s custom jeans produced in 1879. They |
| advertising is considered to be the one called | | | | are kept in a special Levi’s Co Archives safe |
| “The Laundrette”. This promo was | | | | and are priced at $125000. In 1879 their price was |
| created for Levi’s by the BBH Company (the | | | | about $10. |
| UK) in 1986. Nick Cayman who was | | | | The most expensive regular jeans were made by |
| Madonna’s boyfriend of that time starred in | | | | the Levi’s Co too. The price of these jeans is |
| that promo. | | | | $85000. They were decorated by gold, diamonds |
| Many custom jeans producing companies have | | | | and rubies and were launched in 2003. |