Painted cream jeans with cut outs

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A pair of painted cream jeans with cut outs and slashes. The straight leg jeans are slightly tapered at the bottoms. The jeans open in the in center front with a metal tack button and zipper. The button is embossed with the text [LEVI STRAUSS & CO. CAL SF]. The waistband has four belt loops at the front, three of the belt loops are painted blue. Two pockets are placed on each side of the hips. The front and back sides of the jeans have been cut to create holes and openings. The holes are made by cutting out and removing parts of the denim, leaving geometric shaped holes. The larger openings are created by vertical and horizontal cuts in the denim, resulting in rectangular and triangular flaps. Some of the flaps have been further cut into smaller strips.

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