Playboy After Hours

May, 1993

Mr. Green JeansSure, denim's comfortable to wear, but did you know you can write on it? Stefan Watson--owner of a specialty paper company and neighbor to the Levi Strauss factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico--found the plant was discarding a million pounds of cotton scrap a year. He bought the remnants and last year produced 100,000 pounds of quality Denim Paper. Now Levi Strauss uses paper made from the seat of its pants for letterhead stationery and memos. The jean giant no longer discards any d...