70’s Levi’s 646 USA Orange Tab Bell Flare Jeans #8 (Modern 2)
70’s Levi’s 646 USA Orange Tab Bell Flare Jeans #8 (Modern 2)
Early 1970’s Vintage Levi’s 646 Orange Tab Bboot Flare Ankle Jeans
Made in the USA - Button Code #8
Best Fits Modern Women’s Size 2 or 26
Measured Size: 28 x 29
(Tagged Size 29x33)
Material: 100% Cotton
Color: Medium Wash Denim
Waist: 28” flat (= 26 in modern women’s sizing)
Hips: 17” flat
Rise: 11.5
Leg Opening: 9.5” flat
Inseam: 29”
- Orange Tab 646
- Bell Flare
- Super High-Rise
- Zip-Button Fly
- Brass Talon #42 Zipper
- 4-Pocket Styling (no coin pocket)
Excellent vintage condition. No rips, holes or stains. These have been hemmed so the bell bottom flare is less dramatic than typical and more like a boot flare cut than bell bottoms.
MORE INFO:
THE INSTANT HIT: BELL BOTTOMS
The Levi’s 646 Bell Bottom launched in 1969 as “the jeans with the famous fit,” made with pre-shrunk cotton and “styled long and lean with a flare for fashion.” Today, bell bottoms are back on our radar. They’re slim through the hip and thigh with a flared leg opening.
The orange Tab was added in the 1960s as a way of differentiating other, more experimental kinds of Levi's® clothing — such as bell-bottoms and boot cuts. Today, the Levi's® clothing with orange Tabs are considered collectibles!