first edition Unbound
1975 · [Californa]
by CLEAVER, Eldridge
[Californa]: Edridge Cleaver Unlimited, 1975. Unbound. Fine. Pictorial clothing label. Illustrated with a fig leaf bearing the company's initials. Measuring approximately 2¾” x 1¼”. In fine, unused condition. While living in exile in Paris, Cleaver released a line of codpiece-revival "virility pants" that he called the Cleavers. He incorporated his clothing line, Eldridge Cleaver Ltd, after returning to California, opening a factory and West Hollywood shop. An unusual and apparently uncommon piece of ephemera from Cleaver's line of “virility pants. (Inventory #: 527670)