Vintage Levi's jeans fetch 160,000 yen at high-end shop in Tokyo

Vintage Levi's jeans fetch 160,000 yen at high-end shop in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Cinch Tokyo, a jeans shop in the city's fashionable Minami Aoyama district dealing exclusively with high-end models of traditional Levi's jeans, is drawing many fans, with around 1,500 items on display including a revived 1917 model priced at 157,500 yen.

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