Ever wonder where the term "Canadian Tudo" comes from? Well, wonder no more. Crooner Bing Crosby (ask your grandpa, young’uns) was an avid fan of Levi’s. He wore the jeans (and matching jacket) on the ranch, on album covers, and just about any place he could. However, one of those places he couldn’t was a certain Canadian hotel. After hunting with a friend in the Great White North, the story goes, Crosby and his friend wanted to check into a swanky Vancouver hotel for the night. However, they were told that they couldn’t be admitted. Why? They were wearing denim.

As Levi’s historian Lynn Downey tells it on One Trip Pass:

You see, in the 1950s, denim had a very bad reputation, thanks to Marlon Brando, James Dean and all those other malcontents who were upsetting the social order by not conforming to America’s postwar obsession with suburbs, picket fences and men in grey flannel suits. Not only that, denim still retained its work wear, laborer origins.

Luckily for the two of them, a bellhop recognized Bing Crosby and they were allowed to stay the night. However, when he got back home and told the tale, Levi’s got word and decided it wouldn’t happen again, by giving him something very special.

Levi’s bestowed Bing Crosby with a denim tudo jacket, made from the same denim as the 501, with details like peaked lapels and even a lapel flower made from Levi’s red tabs with a lone rivet in the center. Inside the jacket was a special leather patch warning hotel men everywhere to treat the wearer of this special garment with respect. Now, Levi’s Vintage Clothing is paying homage to the original "Canadian Tudo" for Spring 2014.

They’ve recreated Crosby’s denim tux right down to the red tab lapel flower and interior leather patch. However, this time there’s a set of matching pants—inverted selvedge lines stand in for formal grosgrain side stripes on the trousers. For hardcore denim nerds and fans of clothing history (or Bing Crosby, for that matter), it’s a welcome and knowing nod to the past.