Speaking of jeans, people naturally think of 1849 gold rush in America. At that time, the first immigrants who set foot on the American mainland were poor and had to work hard. Strenuous labor makes clothes wear easily, especially in 1849, when miners flocked to California, which formed the famous gold rush at that time. Because cloth breaks easily, people are eager to have a durable dress. At this time, some factories use Genoa canvas to produce work pants, so they call that canvas Genoa canvas, which means "Genoese". Later, the trousers made of that canvas were simply called Genoese. Later, it evolved into "jeans", a kind of durable jeans. Levi's, a Jew, is recognized as the inventor of jeans.

1850, the 50 1 jeans produced by Levi's Company, which he founded, is the world-famous originator of jeans. In the mid-1930s, jeans, which were worn by almost everyone in the agricultural areas in the midwest of the United States, were first brought to the bustling cities east of the Mississippi River, and jeans began to enter the ranks of popular clothes.

During World War II, the American authorities designated jeans as uniforms of the American army, and a large number of jeans went deep into the hinterland of Europe with the allied forces. After the war, soldiers returned to the United States, and a large number of accumulated jeans were sold locally in limited quantities. These trousers are very popular in the local area because they are beautiful, practical, durable and cheap. As a result, local European overalls manufacturers are scrambling to imitate the original products of the United States, thus making jeans popular and popular throughout Europe. The film and television entertainment industry in Hollywood has played an important role in promoting the international fashion trend of jeans. In the famous movies during the 1950s, such as Rebellion for No Reason and Family Dream, the protagonists in the movies all wore comfortable and generous jeans. Under the influence of big-name stars who led the trend, jeans became the fashion symbol at that time. In 1960s and 1970s, the popularity of rock music and the influence of hippie lifestyle on teenagers made jeans more popular. At this time, jeans also entered the upper class, and aristocratic families competed to wear jeans. Among them, Princess Anna of England, Queen Fahd of Egypt, King Hassan II of Morocco, King Hussein of Jordan and former French President Pompidou all like to wear jeans. More dramatically, former US President Jimmy Carter also participated in the presidential election in jeans. Since then, the value of this humble denim suit has soared by a hundredfold, enduring for a long time.

In people's impression, the classic jeans should be like this: indigo blue, pure cotton twill, tight hip, low waist and short crotch design, slightly smaller trouser legs, buttons, stitching, patch pocket, nails and other decorations. However, the earliest jeans were not what people thought. Levi's, the originator of jeans, introduced 50 1 jeans, which can be said to be a classic of jeans. Let's review the evolution and development process of jeans from birth to classic:

1855- The earliest jeans had only one back pocket and no York.

1872—— It is the first time to reinforce the stressed parts of jeans with metal rivets.

1873- Jeans changed from gray to indigo. The back pocket is decorated with orange double arch stitches.

1886- changed the pattern of waist tag from dwarf to horse. 1890- plus a watch bag and a back York.

1893- whitcomb jobson invented the zipper.

1905- With the second back pocket, jeans are fixed in the form of five pockets.

1922- Add a belt loop at the belt.

1926-Lee Company produced the world's first zipper jeans.

1937- The rivet in the back pocket is hidden inside.

194 1 year-the rivet on the lower part of the front placket of jeans was cancelled. During World War II, the bow of the back waist and the rivet of the watch pocket were removed, and the double arch seam of the back pocket was replaced by a printed similar pattern. A laurel leaf replaced the sign of "l. s&"; Company terms.

1947- Arched suture reappearance.

1950- In order to keep up with the fashion trend, the trouser legs were cut into thinner styles.

1955- Start production of 50 1 zipper jeans.

1959- Pre-shrunk jeans developed.

1966- Fix a short strip trace instead of a rivet at the corner of the back pocket.

197 1 year-the red sign was changed from "Levi's" to "Levi's".

1983- due to the improvement of loom technology, the width of the door is widened and the red hem disappears. In the 1990s, with the rapid development of science and technology, the technology of making jeans has been greatly improved, and with the accumulation of time, jeans have today's perfect structure.

The exact date of the birth of jeans is1May 20th, 873. On this day, the Patent and Trademark Office granted two immigrants, Levi Strauss and jakob davies, their work clothes patents. This kind of overalls is made of a kind of denim, which has been reinforced when sewing, and the trouser pockets and trousers doors are all made of brand-new copper buttons. The idea was put forward by Davis, a tailor in Nevada. Davis is a customer of Strauss. Strauss was then the owner of a small department store. Strauss hopes to use this new trousers style to meet the requirements of gold miners, because gold miners often complain that their trousers can't hold gold particles inside.

Because this kind of trousers that can hold things is so popular, he has to apply for a patent for it soon, but to realize this dream, Davis still needs 62 dollars. Davis came to Strauss's house for help when he was in trouble. The shrewd businessman Levi Strauss gave him the money without saying a word. Because he knew in his heart, as Davis assured him, because of the huge economic potential of this new work clothes, the two of them would definitely make a lot of money.

No matter how clever these two businessmen are, they didn't expect their future income to be so much. Not only that, with the passage of time, the clothes they designed were no longer the clothes worn by people who did rough work, but began to spread to other places, and finally people all over the world put them on. From shepherds, workers and students to wealthy entrepreneurs, athletes, artists and members of the royal family, they all wear this kind of clothing.

As Levi's website said, it wasn't that miners didn't wear pants made of coarse cloth before, but the latest one was that the first batch of jeans used metal buttons. This is the real jeans that people all over the world see today. However, the first batch of trousers that were firmly sewn and welcomed by workers were named "denim tight waist overalls" because they were really called "jeans" after 1960. At that time, the generation who went out to work especially liked to call it that. At the time of sale, because the company lost all its historical files in a major earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. People can only be sure that it was a day in 1873. It was 130 years ago. Levi Strauss didn't live long enough for his company to try its best to recover from the earthquake. He died a few years before the earthquake. Davis didn't live to that time either. Many years ago, he sold some shares in the company.

1, according to the type of pants, can be divided into:

◆ Straight type: the most basic style of jeans, such as Levi's S501,EDWIN503, Lee 10 1 and other brands.

Slim-fit and narrow: styles that emphasize graceful posture, such as Levi's606, EDWIN502, Lee30 1.

Small horn trouser leg type: considering the convenience of wearing high-top shoes, the trouser leg is slightly larger, such as Levi' s 5 17, EDWIN 10 1F, Lee 102 and other brands.

Horn trouser leg type: a popular style in 1970s, with huge trouser legs below the knee, such as Levi's646 and other brands.

◆ Classic red cloth side pants: such as EDWIN505 brand.

◆ Feet pants: popular in recent years, pay attention to the leisure degree of pants.

2, according to the waist line, can be divided into:

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◆ High-waisted jeans: The waistband is located above the navel, which was widely popular in China in 1970s and 1980s.

◆ Mid-waist jeans: The belt is located below the navel and above the hip bone, which is the most common jeans style today.

◆ Low-waist jeans: the belt is below the hip bone. Low-waist jeans are mostly women's styles, but men's jeans that pursue sexy effects are often low-waist or medium-low-waist styles.

3. According to the weight per unit area of denim, it can be divided into:

◆ Lightweight jeans: jeans that weigh less than 8 ounces per square yard of denim.

Medium jeans: jeans weighing more than 8 ounces per square yard and less than 13 ounces.

◆ Heavy jeans: jeans that weigh more than 13 ounces per square yard of denim.