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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Lifestyle
- Yahoo
Levi's Showcases Historic Queer Symbols in New Pride Collection
Weeks after Levi Strauss & Co. shareholders shut down an attempt to dismantle the company's diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, Levi's unveiled its 2025 Pride collection and campaign dedicated to togetherness and the importance of safe spaces for all LGBTQIA+ people. The new collection empowers wearers to 'express their authentic selves while honoring the collective strength found in communal spaces,' Levi's stated. More from Sourcing Journal Linen and Loose Fits Top Summer Denim Trends Beyoncé Reimagines the Classic Levi's Logo Tee Teens Want Baggy Jeans and Levi's For the collection, the San Francisco-based brand, which makes an annual $100,000 donation to Outright International, a global organization working to advance human rights for LGBTQIA+ people all over the world, pulled from the history of queer iconography. The Pink Triangle, a symbol of pride, remembrance, and resistance in the LGBTQIA+ community, is featured on a mesh top and graphic tee. A denim cap and the Pride One Family Trucker features the phrase 'I know you know.' The jacket also boasts a rainbow-themed bandana patchwork design on the back. Black denim coordinates include the Levi's Pride Icon Skirt and the Pride Denim Moto Jacket. The Pride 468 Loose Shorts comes in a vintage light wash and has a black and pink tab on the back pocket. A Western bandana combines Levi's signature motifs with queer symbols. A canvas tote features a patchwork star design used throughout the collection. Additionally, Levi's is partnering with San Francisco–based tattoo artist José Luis Sanabria of Castro Tattoo to create a limited-edition Levi's Tailor Shop collection of eight embroidered patches and four stamp designs. Sanabria is known within the Queer community for cultivating a safe, inclusive space for self-expression through the art of tattooing. The Levi's Tailor Shop Pride Collection by José will be available starting June 1 at U.S. and Canada Levi's Tailor Shop locations, while supplies last. The collection is brought to life in a Pride campaign called 'Meet You In The Park' and by a cast that embodies the spirit of community. The cast includes country musician Shayne Gottlieb, co-founder of They Move, a community movement practice in L.A.; Nora Foss, an artist, musician, chef, and operations specialist; Malia Spanyol, owner of Mother, a queer neighborhood bar in San Francisco; Sadyr Diouf, a DJ, producer, model and actor; and Alicia Sadler, a writer, director, artist, producer and art director.
Fashion United
14-05-2025
- Business
- Fashion United
United Repair Centre and Levi's partner to launch denim repair service
Amsterdam-based United Repair Centre has announced a partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. to deliver repair services for the brand's denim products. The collaboration aligns with Levi's circularity goals and reflects a growing industry focus on sustainable, repair-driven fashion models. The new service, launched under the ' initiative, emphasizes durability, craftsmanship, and social impact. It aims to extend the life of Levi's garments through high-quality, tailored repairs, encouraging consumers to maintain and value their existing clothing. At the operational level, the repair work is led by United Repair Centre's tailoring team, including lead tailor Ramzi, who brings extensive experience from the denim production sector in Syria. His role underscores the initiative's focus on both skilled labor and inclusive employment practices. The collaboration highlights the continued shift among major apparel brands toward post-purchase services and circular business strategies, as consumers increasingly prioritize sustainability and transparency.
Mint
09-05-2025
- Business
- Mint
San Francisco Mayor Taps Billionaires for Homeless Shelter Beds
(Bloomberg) -- San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has turned to some of the country's wealthiest philanthropists to advance his agenda on homelessness while the city faces a daunting budget deficit. The $37.5 million fundraising haul includes $10 million from Charles and Helen Schwab's foundation and another $10 million from Crankstart, the personal foundation of billionaire venture capitalist Michael Moritz. Lurie, an heir to the Levi Strauss & Co. fortune, has made philanthropy a key part of his tenure, saying the city's business leaders and ultrarich should play a key role in addressing the homelessness crisis. Earlier this year, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors gave the mayor permission to raise as much as $10 million from individual donors even if they have business before the city. 'This work is about so much more than money alone,' Lurie said in a statement. 'It's about breaking away from failed strategies and building more effective systems and services to break the cycles of homelessness, addiction, and government failure — and reclaim San Francisco's place as the greatest city in the world.' The money will be used to meet a key campaign promise: staffing 1,500 shelter beds to help bring people off the street and into drug and mental health treatment. Lurie is turning to the wealthy as San Francisco faces a more than $800 million budget deficit over the next two years, which could force cuts to jobs and programs throughout the city. His homelessness fundraising also includes $11 million from Tipping Point, the anti-poverty non-profit that he founded; $6 million from prominent San Francisco philanthropists Keith and Priscilla Geeslin; and $500,000 from the New York-based Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. For Moritz, a former Sequoia Capital leader, the donation is part of more than $300 million in spending since 2020 in civic and political causes. Lurie was elected in large part due to public anger over homelessness and public drug use. Dissatisfaction with the city's downtown spaces permeated San Francisco's tech and financial elite, who found common cause with small business groups and many middle-class residents. The mayor poured more than $9 million of his own money into his campaign. 'This fundraising effort is an encouraging indicator of the collective will in our city to make progress on a crisis that has afflicted our communities for too long,' said Bilal Mahmood, a district supervisor who unseated the board's most progressive member last year. 'I look forward to continued progress to address our homelessness and behavioral health crisis.' --With assistance from Biz Carson. More stories like this are available on
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Jury returns win for Levi Strauss in sex discrimination case
This story was originally published on HR Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily HR Dive newsletter. Dive Brief: A California jury on Monday cleared retailer Levi Strauss of sex discrimination charges filed by a former executive (Bois v. Levi Strauss & Co.), finding she did not prove her sex and pregnancy were substantial motivating factors for her lack of promotion. The executive, who was hired as a manager in 2012 and promoted to director level by 2017, alleged in a June 2023 complaint that she was passed over for further promotions due to her pregnancy, gender, and age, while eight other colleagues with less or equal experience in the role were promoted around her. She also alleged violations of the Equal Pay Act. Last July, a judge tossed the worker's age discrimination and equal pay claims, finding she provided no evidence for the former and the latter law did not apply, but allowed the other claims to proceed to a trial. Dive Insight: The former executive, who resigned from her role in 2023, filed her lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and the California Equal Pay Act. It proceeded to trial on several Title VII and FEHA claims, with the other charges being thrown out. The jury reached its verdict after a brief deliberation, according to court documents. In her complaint, the former executive alleged her manager passed her over for a promotion shortly after she disclosed her pregnancy, saying the decision was due to her 'work capacity,' which she took to be a thinly veiled reference to her pregnancy and the subsequent leave and obligations of raising an infant. In a response to the complaint filed with the court in July 2023, Levi Strauss denied these allegations, along with the others; however, the judge found genuine dispute of material fact warranting a trial. The outcome is somewhat unusual for an employment law case. Employers often choose to settle in advance of a trial, due to the trial's potential cost and the perception that jurors tend to side with employee plaintiffs — among other reasons. HR Dive coverage of recent jury verdicts includes a $300,000 award for a SkyWest Airlines parts clerk who endured sexual harassment (brought down from $2.7 million), a $22.1 million award to a Wells Fargo director who was laid off after a work-from-home accommodation request, and a $12.7 million award to a Catholic worker who was refused a religious exemption for a COVID-19 vaccination and then fired. Neither Levi Strauss & Co. nor an attorney for the plaintiff immediately responded to requests for comment.
San Francisco Chronicle
05-05-2025
- Business
- San Francisco Chronicle
Levi's sues after ‘Sans' Francisco labels reveal massive fake jeans operation
Levi Strauss & Co. has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that a New York company orchestrated a sprawling counterfeit operation involving more than 90,000 fake Levi's-branded products. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California, names Premier Brands Group, Inc. and its owner, Alan Chartash, as defendants. Levi Strauss accuses the company of trafficking large volumes of counterfeit apparel — jeans, jackets, shirts and other items — bearing forged Levi's trademarks and falsely representing the goods as genuine. Levi's claims the fake documents were riddled with obvious errors, and the garments themselves were poorly made — some even containing tags referring to 'Sans' Francisco. 'LS&Co. has never been 'Sans' Francisco,' the company noted. Founded during the California Gold Rush in 1853, Levi Strauss is one of the world's largest and most recognized apparel brands, with its headquarters still in San Francisco. According to the lawsuit, Premier Brands sourced counterfeit merchandise from known producers and resold the products under the guise of legitimate inventory redistribution. The company's website claims it 'specializes in the redistribution of consumer products globally,' but Levi's alleges that the business model was a cover for trafficking in fakes. Levi Strauss is seeking damages, as well as a permanent injunction to halt what it calls a deliberate and harmful infringement of its intellectual property. The company says the scheme targeted its brand directly and caused significant damage to its 'fame, goodwill, recognition, and reputation for top quality and style.'
