What are jeans: history, interesting facts

Jeans are pants made of denim fabric. The fabric has such a name, because it first began to be made in the French city of Nîmes. «From the city of Nîmes» is spelled «de Nim» in French. Once it was a garment for workers. Today, jeans come in a variety of styles: jeans-flare, puffer jeans, skinny jeans, slim fit. People wearing jeans can be seen at work in offices, on evening walks, on dates, at the movies. This clothing is in the closet of almost everyone. How did jeans appear? What interesting facts are associated with them?

History of jeans

During the «gold rush» workers needed pants that would not wear out or tear for a long time. This need was first noticed by the young entrepreneur Levi Strauss, who emigrated from Germany to New York. He and his partner Jacob Davis took out a patent on a pair of jeans and created the Levi Strauss brand. The first models differed slightly from the jeans of today. They had one pocket on the back and two pockets on the front. Levi Strauss added a second pocket on the back and a small watch pocket on a chain attached to the front.

At first, jeans were clothes for workers, however, Hollywood popularized them starting in the 1930s. Movies began to feature cowboys wearing jeans. Soon men wanted to look just as cool, and they too began to wear jeans not only to work, but also on vacation and just every day.

In parallel, women's jeans were popularized as well. In the 1930s in the famous magazine Vogue was published photo shoots with women wearing these clothes. However, for some time to wear jeans for women was considered indecent.

After the movie «Savage» in 1959, in which a gang of motorcyclists, starring Marlon Brando, wore jeans, this clothing became even more popular among young people. The characters in the film behaved defiantly, and the guys imitated them. In 1960, in connection with the movie in the U.S. schools were banned from wearing jeans, because the clothes were a sign of rebellion and defiance.

Interesting facts about jeans

A few remarkable facts about jeans:

• The first jeans were the color Indigo. The dye was made from ashes.
• Jeans became so called in the middle of the 20th century. Before that, they were just considered overalls.
• The oldest jeans were found in one of the mines. They are about 120 years old.
• Record size jeans was set in Japan. The product was 68 meters long, 35 meters wide, weighing about 3 tons. Why such big jeans were made is not known. But the world is impressed.
• Each year over 2.5 billion pairs of jeans are sewn in the world. The average U.S. resident has an average of 7 pairs of jeans.
• The average sized bale of cotton produces material for 200 pairs of jeans.
• Marilyn Monroe's famous blue jeans were purchased by designer Tommy Hilfiger for $75,000. When Britney Spears was in his office in 2005, she couldn't hide her admiration for the piece. Tommy noticed this, and gave the singer a pair of Marilyn Monroe jeans.

Now there are many companies that sew jeans. However, the leading brand in sales is Levi Strauss, with which the history of jeans began. He is considered the largest manufacturer of clothing, 73% of which - jeans.