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Etymology

'Denim' means from Nimes 

Serge de Nimes was a sturdy French fabric, and jeans takes its name from Genoa, the Italian port that shipped it.

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Arts

Coco Chanel made black the colour of style

Black was the colour of mourning until her 1926 little black dress. Vogue predicted it would become a uniform for women everywhere, and it did.

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Brands

The Patent That Invented Jeans

Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis patented riveted work trousers in 1873, and those copper rivets are why jeans still exist in the form we wear today.

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