Men's Vest
Clothes for Men
Inventory number
2025.4.17.1.CM.TO.C1990.USAuthor:
Levi Strauss & Co. (American, founded 1853)Description
Levi's Type III 70505 "Trucker's" jacket turned battle vest is constructed of blue cotton denim. Artifically distressed featuring cut off sleaves, the vest is embellished with metal studs around the breast pockets and under placket, with brass buttons. Above the breast pockets on both sides are sewn patches of album covers for Ride The Lighting 1984 by heavy metal band Metallica and No Prayer for the Dying 1990 by heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Band names from the various metal music scenes of the mid to late 1980s are written throughout in black and red sharpie. The front left side also features two Circle-A anarchist symbols on the collar and rib. Hand sewn onto the back is a cut-out T-shirt print of the 1989 album No More Mr Nice Guy of thrash metal band Megadeath. The print depicts a skeleton figure rising out of green toxic sludge gazing at blue men in hazmat suits next to barrels of radioactive waste. Levi's Red Tab and care labels are torn off. Button's are stamped with 333 corresponding to the factory located in the Dominican Republic.Battle jackets or vests were worn by various subcultures starting in the 1970s, prominantly punks, bikers, and metalheads. These subcultures developed adjacently, often overlapping and influencing one another musically and aesthetically. Battle jackets were typically adorned with patches and other modifications relevant to the owners interests and values, often with layered meanings, symbols, and slang. This style of Levi's Jacket was first introduced in 1962, and this specific model in 1971.
Materials
cottonDenim
Metal