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Levi’s

Buy Better Wear Longer

AGENCY

AKQA

PROD. Co.

Iconoclast

DIRECTOR

Megaforce

CATEGORY

The fashion industry is flooded with empty sustainability slogans, But Levi’s stands apart — they’ve been thinking about longevity and durability for over 150 years. Their products aren’t designed to be disposable; they’re made to be lived in, loved, and passed on.

For this campaign, we brought that philosophy to life through the story of a single pair of jeans. Told from the jeans’ point of view, the film traces their journey across different owners and eras, stitching together a tapestry of memories and lives. It’s a poetic take on Levi’s promise to “Buy Better, Wear Longer,” turning it into a deeply human, emotional narrative.

How we did it.
To stay authentic to the product, we didn’t fake a thing. Instead, we took a single pair of 501® jeans and aged them for real, using proprietary laser technology to replicate exactly how they’d look after being worn by seven different people over multiple lifetimes. A true blend of craft, innovation, and a little bit of movie magic.

Global scale reach. The integrated campaign rolled out across 83 markets worldwide, showing up everywhere from retail floors to digital, social, out-of-home, and experiential activations. A true global journey, worn and seen everywhere. In the end, we delivered around 1,000 assets telling one big, timeless story.