Examination № WW-0247 · 8 July 2026
Scan report
Maker
Care
Hardware
Weave
The garment
Signature by Levi Strauss & Co. — 504 Relaxed Jeans
Concession sub-brand denim, five-pocket relaxed cut, mid-indigo wash.
- Maker
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- Era resolved
- 2000s
- Fibre
- 100% cotton
- Coverage
- 4 of 6 views
The claims — each judged on its own
Claim · Maker
Levi Strauss & Co.
External confirmation
Label typography matches the archived “Signature” concession label, corroborated against the registry — two independent sources agree, so the claim clears the bar for Confirmed.
- “Signature” wordmark and letterforms match the VFG archive scan
- Registry lists the WPL number against Levi Strauss & Co.
Claim · Fabric
100% cotton, ~11 oz indigo denim
Garment-intrinsic only
Read from the fibre-content tag alone. A single garment-intrinsic source cannot corroborate itself, so the claim is capped at Probable — no external record was available to lift it higher.
- Fibre-content tag states 100% cotton
- Right-hand twill, warp-faced weave consistent with the tag
The claim where the readings disagreed
Claim · Era — sources disagree
Conflict surfaced, not buriedA hard mark lookup contradicts the visual reading. Warp & Weft never lets a lookup silently override the eye.
Accepted · Visual + Archive
2000s
The “Signature” sub-brand launched 2003; wash, weight and cut are all consistent with early-2000s production.
Rejected · Marks lookup
discarded1941–1959
The reference table read WPL 423 as a bounded 1940s–50s window — but that ceiling is wrong.
Resolver note
The model flagged the contradiction itself — “physical evidence strongly contradicts.” Because a WPL registration number is a not-before mark that never expires, its upper bound was discarded, the lookup was overruled rather than obeyed, and the era resolved to the 2000s.
Evidence ledger — tiered by provenance
External confirmation · Gold tier
- Registry — WPL 423not-before mark, no ceiling
- Brand archive“Signature” launched 2003 — the decisive fact
- Label typographyVFG archive match
Garment-intrinsic · Supporting
- Care-symbol blockGINETEX pictograms present
- Fibre-content tag100% cotton
- Construction, by eyewide-loom, no selvedge
All three trace to one act — the maker’s labelling — so they don’t stack into independence.
Datable-marks timeline
The care-symbol block alone already rules out the rejected 1950s window.
Condition grade
Overall
Very Good
7.5/10
Fabric & fading
8.0
Seams & hardware
8.5
Cuffs & collar wear
6.5
Stains & repairs
7.0