The New York Times: The Mad Scientists Of Levi’s

If you are here to see the man in charge of Levi’s Eureka Innovation Lab, a test kitchen of denim in a former mill 10 minutes from the company’s Embarcadero-area headquarters here, look for what appears to be a blue manicure. Bart Sights, 51, takes his Levi’s 29 inches by 34 inches and speaks in a soft Kentucky lilt, but his most distinguishing characteristic is the deep blue of his fingernails, a color that, depending on the day, may be creeping up his hands and forearms, too. Read more at The New York Times.