5 facts about jeans that you don't know
5 facts about jeans that you don't know Meaning of word jeans: "jeans" is short for blue jeans which are invented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss in 1873. Word denim come from: The word jeans and denim come from two European ports that had been making similar fabrics since middle ages In Nimes, France, weavers had been trying to reproduce a cotton corduroy made famous in Genoa, Italy. They instead came up with their own sturdy fabric, called "serge de Nimes," later shortened to "denim." Blue color of jeans: the blue color of jeans came from indigo plants Rivets on the pockets: Copper rivets on the pockets are not for style, they were originally designed to make seams of miners pants more durable. Small pockets in jeans: In 1800s, there were no wrist watch , cowboys used to wear their watches on chains and kept them in their waistcoats. For comfort Levi's introduced small pocket where they could keep their...