THE STORY OF JEANS

Gold Rush

• Gold in California.• The west coast.

Levi Strauss

• Levi Strauss (a German immigrant)

• 24, San Francisco• Wasn’t looking for

gold• Wholesaler

THE START

• Selling a lot of cloth in Nevada

• A tailor called Jacob Davis

• Made strong clothes for gold miners and railway workers

Denim

• Was made from cotton

• Very strong• Also soft• Comfortable• Came from Nimes,

France

Trousers weren’t strong enough

• Decided to make trousers stronger

• Copper rivets • A patent• Buisness partners

The success of jeans

• The next 100 years, jeans as work clothes

• 1950’s-film stars and (like James Dean)pop stars (like Elvis Presley)

• Became very fashionable

Jeans today

THE END

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