History of Levis Jeans

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Levi’s Jeans is the best UK’s Jeans

Jeans were first created in 1873 in Genoa Italy when the city was an independent republic. The first jeans were made for the Genoese Navy because it required the trousers for it sailors that could be worn wet or dry for any type of purpose. These jeans would be laundered by dragging them in large nets behind the ship and the seawater turns them totally clean. The French word for these trousers was “anchored”. The French “bleu de genes” from the Italian “blu di genova. These were the beginning words for these trousers but today these trousers are known as Jeans.  

Jeans were developed in America around 1872. Levi Strauss was a Bavarian dry goods merchant who lived in San Francisco. One of his Levi’s customers was Jacob Davis. He was a tailor who continuously purchased plenty of cloth from Levi Strauss. He had an idea to use copper stuff to make them more decorated and more stylish such as on the pocket corners. Unfortunately Jacob didn’t have enough money to complete his idea. So he wrote a letter to Levi to suggest him that they both together could go into a business.

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Strauss accepted his suggestion on May 20, 1873, the two men received a special machine for the improvement in their trousers around the pockets from United States. So in this way jean was invented.

Blue Jeans

Blue Jeans were worn by workers. During the 1950s, the teenagers and young adults became suggestive to wear blue jeans for conformity in the United States. However some adults considered it as unruly; for example, some movie theatres refused to admit those people who wore blue Jeans. During 1960s, the wearing of blue jeans became more acceptable and ...

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