Jeans

Author: Anna Schobert
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: In 1873, American miners wore Levi Strauss's Levi’s 501 jeans. Later, James Dean and Marlon Brando brought the cool, rebellious, and rugged spirit of jeans to an extreme, while Marilyn Monroe gave jeans a feminine and sexy charm. From then on, jeans evolved from work pants to a fashion staple. Originally designed in the 19th century by Americans to handle heavy daily labor, jeans have now entered the world of fashion, skillfully adapting to trends and constantly transforming into new styles. They have become a global sensation, dominating a significant space in the fashion industry, particularly favored by young people. Since jeans have become an indispensable part of young people's daily attire, each era has given rise to jeans with characteristics of that time. The narrative of this book begins in the 19th century and extends to the mid-1960s of the last century, describing the development of jeans in the United States through the division of three periods, and reinterpreting this simple yet complex fashion trend.