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It is totally OK to do it. You're not knocking off someone else's garment. It remains theirs, and you do your modifications on top of the original.
It's no different than thrifting (or buying) a Fruit-of-the-Loom tee shirt, screenprinting it, and selling it with your own label. You are using the thrifted garments as a base for your customized product.
Tons of boutique designers all over the planet do it. Even Levi's has a store in NoLIta where they produce limited edition custom versions of their own vintage products.
People are customizing Nike and Adidas all over the place, too!
Sometimes the big labels encourage it.
Just be sure to market them as "customized Levi's®" with your own label stitched on. The only reason the big brands would get pissed off would be if you acted like the garment was your own end-to-end design. Or if it was a counterfeit garment that you tried top pass off as the real thing.
Have fun!