Who invented button-fly jeans?

Jacob Davis and Levis didn't invent button fly jeans. They invented "riveted" button fly jeans which was patented it in 1873. It's all started by the necessity of mining industry, durable work pants evolved into today's jeans. read more

Jacob Davis and Levis didn't invent button fly jeans. They invented "riveted" button fly jeans which was patented it in 1873. It's all started by the necessity of mining industry, durable work pants evolved into today's jeans. read more

First, some hosiery history: The first blue jeans out of the Levi's workshop in 1873 had a button fly. Early patents of proto zippers existed at the time, but the real modern McCoy just wasn't an option. By the time zippers gained traction in America in the inter-war era, button flies were an established norm of jeans. read more