SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                      FORM 8-K
                                  CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2001

                                 Levi Strauss & Co.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       DELAWARE                   333-36234                 94-0905160
(State of Incorporation)  (Commission File Number)          (IRS Employer
                                                        Identification Number)

           1155 Battery Street
        San Francisco, California                               94111
(Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)

     Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (415) 501-6000








     ITEM 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.

     On January 10, 2001,  Levi Strauss & Co. issued a press release  announcing
fourth quarter and fiscal year 2000 financial results.  The text of that release
was filed as an exhibit to a Form 8-K dated January 10, 2001, and is included as
an exhibit hereto.

     In the press release, certain previously reported financial information for
the fourth  quarter  and  fiscal  year 1999 was  reclassified  to conform to the
fiscal  year  2000  financial  statement  presentation.   Licensing  income  was
reclassified to operating  income from other income to better reflect  operating
performance. Licensing income was $11.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal
year 2000,  $8.3  million  for the fourth  quarter  of fiscal  year 1999,  $32.4
million for fiscal year 2000 and $24.4  million for fiscal year 1999.  Long-term
tax liabilities  were  reclassified  to non-current  deferred tax assets to more
appropriately  classify  the timing  difference  associated  with  undistributed
foreign  earnings  as  a  valuation  allowance.   Amounts  associated  with  the
restructuring  initiatives were reclassified from property, plant and equipment,
net  to  restructuring   reserve  liabilities.   The  reclassified  amounts  are
considered immaterial to the financial statements.

     Previously  filed  historical  financial  information  for periods prior to
fiscal year 2000 will reflect the foregoing  reclassifications  when the Company
files its Annual Report on Form 10-K.

     Attached  hereto as  Exhibit  99 is a copy of Levi  Strauss  & Co.'s  press
release  dated January 10, 2001 titled "Levi  Strauss & Co.  Fourth-Quarter  and
Fiscal 2000 Financial Results Show Substantial Progress in Business Turnaround."

ITEM 7.  EXHIBIT.

99        Press Release dated January 10, 2001.








                                                     SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  January 11, 2001
                                            LEVI STRAUSS & CO.


                                          By  /s/ William B. Chiasson
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                                              William B. Chiasson
                                              Title:  Senior Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer









                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number                    Description
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99                    Press Release dated January 10, 2001