Jeans are named after the city of Genoa in Italy, a place where cotton corduroy, called either jean or jeane, was manufactured. Statistically, every American owns, on average, seven pairs of blue jeans. For a birthday of blue jeans is considered May 20, 1873, a date when Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss and Co. obtained a patent for blue jeans. Almost immediately, coal miners in California adopted them as their “unofficial uniform”, as they stood up extremely well to the rigors of the mines Eversince it appeared in the 1800s,it has changed shape, meaning and symbolism many times over. They meant hard work, rebellion and wealth among other things. Find out many interesting facts about jeans Jeans were first colored with indigo because darker color better hides the dirt. In a time when the jeans were worn by factory workers, jeans for men had zippers on the front, but jeans for women had zippers on the side. Stretch denim is a type of denim that is used for skinny jeans. It ...
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