Jeans history

While the west was being settled, large factories sprang up back east that gave many women new opportunities. Women who worked in textile mills were called “Mill Girls.” However don’t the term fool you. The employable age was between 14 to 35 years old. And rule #1 was that they be single women. One ... Read more

#Jeans were invented by #LeviStrauss and #JacobDavis in the year 1873 in #SanFrancisco. #history

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May 20, 1873 -- Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent blue jeans

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Blue jeans have become so ubiquitous around the world that they have become almost synonymous with American style. What was once a sturdy, workman’s textile has proliferated to become an essential component of the fashion industry.

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Before the 1940s, women simply did not wear pants as a normal part of their wardrobe. 1930s women's loungewear included Beach Pajamas, overalls, culottes and sailor pants, but these were were only acceptable for at home, sport or vacationing activities. Going into the 1940s, loungewear and workwear blended together to create the first decade of

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