Jeans (Jeans) - history of jeans.
Jeans history
For one and a half centuries of the existence jeans stopped being simply cheap working uniform; today it not only convenient casual clothes for people of any age and a floor, but also an inspiration subject for many fashionable designers.
The background of modern jeans traces the roots back on several centuries ago, to Europe. It is considered that the word "jeans" (jean) went from the name of the city of Genoa where local seamen with pleasure wore strong cotton trousers; later trousers from this material began to make in large numbers in England. The word "denim" designating stronger denim came from France where in the sixteenth century used fabric from the city to Them which takdeny, and was called as "serge de Nimes" (denim); silk and wool were its part.
The American weavers from local cotton made the fabric, very similar to a denim differing in high wear resistance; gradually cotton the shortcoming in which of the country wasn't, managed to force out other components from composition of fabric. Initially from jeans sewed easier clothes, and the denim was used for production of working clothes where the increased durability was required.
Most of slaves on plantations wore similar trousers from cotton, but, probably, it isn't absolutely correct to call them jeans; to emergence of that today we call "jeans", the world is obliged to the young German immigrant by the name of Livay Strauss.
Initially Strauss which arrived to California at the height of the Gold-rush thought to earn on sale of fabric for tents and vehicles, but it appeared that gold diggers much more needed usual working trousers. Then the young German decided to sew trousers which soon began to have success in gold prospectors from the material which was available for him.
Name of one more person, whose contribution to creation of jeans it is also very considerable, it is known slightly less, than the industrialist Strauss, however his role in the history of one of the products, most popular in the world, is also great is a tailor from Nevada Jacob Davies; in spite of the fact that Strauss began business on production and sale of trousers independently, cooperation with Davies provided significant increase in sales and prompt growth of the company.
Arrived to the USA from Latvia, Davies irrespective of Strauss resolved an important issue as at production of trousers to provide the sufficient durability of pockets, namely thought up to fasten the right places with metal rivets. The idea promised to make huge profit, but, of course, provided that anybody, except Davies, couldn't use it. To secure itself against similar disorders, the inventor should take out the patent, but at it it wasn't banal on it money (the demanded sum of sixty eight dollars was available to not everyone one and a half centuries ago). Then Davies decided to offer Strauss cooperation which the enterprising businessman couldn't refuse.