Ripped Jeans For Men Definition
Source(Google.com.pk)A young man named Levi Strauss immigrated in 1851 from Germany to New York to be with his older brother, who ran a dry goods store. In 1853 he moved to San Francisco to establish his own dry goods business.In 1872, Jacob Davis, a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth from the Levi Strauss & Co. wholesale house, wrote to Strauss asking to partner with him to patent and sell clothing reinforced with rivets.[1] Davis' idea was to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of stress, such as on the pocket corners and at the bottom of the button fly. After Strauss accepted Davis's offer, the two men received U.S. Patent 139,121, for an "Improvement in Fastening Pocket-Openings," on May 20, 1873
An oft-told "attractive myth" is that Strauss initially sold brown canvas pants to miners, eventually dyed them blue, turned to using denim, and after Davis wrote to him, Strauss added rivets to his blue jeans. However, this story is false and probably due to the discovery of jeans made of brown cotton duck (a type of bottomweight fabric), which was one of the early materials used by Davis and Strauss after 1873.[1] Finding denim a more suitable material for work-pants, they began using it to manufacture their riveted pants. The denim used was produced by an American textile manufacturer (popular legend states the denim was obtained from Nimes, France).
Americans spent more than $14 billion USD on jeans in 2004 and $15 billion in 2005.Americans bought $13.8 billion USD of men's and women's jeans in the year ended April 30, 2011, according to market-research firm NPD Group
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Evolution of the garment
Copper rivets for reinforcing pockets are a characteristic feature of blue jeans.
The blue denim fabric of jeans.
Initially, jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by factory workers. During this period, men's jeans had the zipper down the front, whereas women's jeans had the zipper down the right side. Fewer jeans were made during the time of World War 2, but 'waist overalls' were introduced to the world by American soldiers, who sometimes wore them when they were off duty. By the 1960s, both men's and women's jeans had the zipper down the front. Historic photographs indicate that in the decades before they became a staple of fashion, jeans generally fit quite loosely, much like a pair of bib overalls without the bib. Indeed, until 1960, Levi Strauss denominated its flagship product "waist overalls" rather than "jeans".After James Dean popularized them in the movie Rebel Without a Cause, wearing jeans became a symbol of youth rebellion during the 1950s. Because of this, they were sometimes banned in theaters, restaurants and schools. During the 1960s the wearing of jeans became more acceptable, and by the 1970s it had become general fashion in the United States for casual wear.
The word dungarees, to identify heavy cotton pants such as overalls
can be traced to a thick cotton country-made cloth, Dongari Kapar, which was
sold in the quarter contiguous to the Dongari Killa, the fort of what was then
known as The word entered English with
just this meaning in 1696 (OED). Dongri Fort was rebuilt in 1769 as Fort
George, Bombay, where the first cotton mill was established in 1854. Dyed in
indigo, the traditional cloth was used by Portuguese sailors and cut wide so
that the legs could be swiftly rolled up when necessary. Thus, dungarees have a
separate history.
Dry or raw denim, as opposed to washed denim, is a denim fabric
that is not washed after being dyed during its production. Over time, denim
will generally fade, which is often considered desirable.
Most denim is washed after being crafted into an article of
clothing in order to make it softer and to eliminate any shrinkage which could
cause an item to not fit after the owner washes it. In addition to being
washed, non-dry denim is sometimes artificially "distressed" to
achieve a worn-in look.
Much of the appeal of dry denim lies in the fact that with
time the fabric will fade in a manner similar to factory distressed denim. With
dry denim, however, such fading is affected by the body of the person who wears
the jeans and the activities of their daily life. This creates what many
enthusiasts feel to be a more natural, unique look than pre-distressed denim.
To facilitate the natural distressing process, some wearers
of dry denim will often abstain from washing their jeans for more than six
months, though it is not a necessity for fading.
Selvage denim (also called selvedge denim) is a type of
denim which forms a clean natural edge that does not unravel. It is commonly
presented in the unwashed or raw state. Typically, the selvage edges will be
located along the outseam of the pants, making it visible when cuffs are worn.
Although selvage denim is not completely synonymous with unwashed denim, the
presence of selvage typically implies that the denim used is a higher quality.
The word "selvage" comes from the phrase
"self-edge", the natural edge of a roll of fabric. In this case, denim
made on old-style shuttle looms. These looms weave fabric with one continuous
cross thread (the weft) that is passed back and forth all the way down the
length of the bolt. As the weft loops back into the edge of the denim it
creates this “self-edge” or Selvage. Selvage is desirable because the edge
can’t fray like lower grade denims that have separate wefts which leave an open
edge that must be stitched. Shuttle looming is a more time-consuming weaving
process that produces denim of a tighter weave resulting in a heavier weight
fabric that lasts.
Shuttle looms weave a more narrow piece of fabric, and thus
a longer piece of fabric is required to make a pair of jeans (approximately 3
yards). To maximize yield, traditional jean makers use the fabric all the way
to the selvage edge. When the cuff is turned up the two selvage edges, where
the denim is sewn together, can be seen. The selvage edge is usually stiched
with colored thread: green, white, brown, yellow, and red (red is the most
common). Fabric mills used these colors to differentiate between fabrics. Most
selvage jeans today are dyed with synthetic indigo, but natural is available in smaller niche denim labels.
Loop dying machines feed a rope of cotton yarn through vats of indigo dye and
then back out. The dye is allowed to oxidize before the next dip. Multiple dips
create a deep dark indigo blue.
In response to increased demand for jeans in the 1950's,
American denim manufacturers replaced the old shuttle style looms with modern
projectile looms. The new looms produced fabric faster and wider (60-inches or
wider), yet lighter and less durable. Synthetic dyeing techniques along with
post-dye treatments were introduced to control shrink and twist.
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