This month, journalist Emma McCarthy charts the rise and rise of the most noteworthy jean of all time, the Levi's 501 ... cut for women. In 1954, there was also a very brief dalliance with a zip fly ...

The jeans we’ve written the most about, Levi’s Wedgies, are at an almost Prime Day price. A 501 (the original true-blue jean) you don’t have to search a thrift bin to find. If you want a 501 ...