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How Denim Evolved in America?

EVOLUTION OF DENIM ESCAPING ITS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS THE INEXPENSIVE WORKWEAR OF THE LOWEST CLASSES, BLUE JEANS HAVE ASCENDED TO BECOME NOT ONLY A FASHION STAPLE BUT ONE OF THE MOST DYNAMIC PIECES OF CLOTHING YOU CAN BUY. HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF THE VARIOUS STYLES AND HOW THEY'VE EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS. MID-19TH CENTURY ORIGINS THE ORIGINAL BLUE JEANS CAME ABOUT IN THE MID-19TH CENTURY AND WERE KNOWN AS 'DUNGAREES'. THIS STYLE LARGELY ENDURED THROUGH WI, WHEN WAIST OVERALLS" BECAME A POST-WAR CRAZE. THE ADDITION OF COPPER RIVETS TO 1873 THIS EARLY DESIGN GAVE BIRTH TO THE BLUE JEAN AS WE KNOW IT. '30s WESTERN-STYLE JEANS WANTZ IN THE 1930s, HOLLYWOOD STARTED PRODUCING PROLIFIC NUMBER OF WESTERNS'. THE UNIFORM IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, OF CHOICE? BLUE JEANS. THE "WESTERN-STYLE' DENIM HAS WESTERN STYLE' OF THIS BECOME AS POPULAR AS THE ERA WAS CHARACTERIZED MUSIC. UPDATED VERSIONS BY A MEDIUM-WEIGHT DENIM, INCLUDE STRETCH DENIM FOR WOMEN AND MORE COMFORT-ORIENTED FITS AS OPPOSED TO THOSE READY FOR WORKING AS A RANCH HAND. '50s SKINNY JEANS KNOWN AS "STOVEPIPE' JEANS, THESE WERE THE PREDECESSOR то THE MODERN 'SKINNY JEAN' AND FIRST MADE THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE LIKES OF MARLON BRANDO AND ELVIS STARTING IN THE 1950s. IN THE 1960s, WOMEN ADOPTED THIS "MALE" FASHION AS A SYMBOL OE INCREASED SEXUAL AGENCY AND LIBERATION. '60s BELL-BOTTOM JEANS THOUGH NOT ORIGINALLY MADE OF DENIM FABRIC, THE BELL-BOTTOM STYLE HAS ORIGINS DATING BACK TO THE EARLY 1800s, WHEN THE U.S. DURING THIS ERA, PERSONALIZING NAVY ADOPTED THEM AS ITS YOUR JEANS BECAME A HUGE TREND OFFICIAL UNIFORM. (A PREDECESSOR TO DISTRESSED DENIM, NO DOUBT): EMBROIDERY, BELL-BOTTOMS BECAME AN PATCHES AND RHINESTONES OFFICIAL FASHION CRAZE FOR BOTH DOMINATED THE SCENE. MEN AND WOMEN. NOW MADE OF DENIM, THIS DESIGN FLARED OUT TO AN OPENING REACHING UP TO 18" IN CIRCUMFERENCE AND BECAME SYNONYMOUS WITH THE HIPPIE AND COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENTS OF THE ERA. '70s SKINNY JEANS HAD BECOME THE FASHION STATEMENT OF SOCIETY'S OUTLIERS, BEING HEAVILY FAVORED IN THE UK PUNK SCENE. '80s SAW THE SKINNY JEAN ADOPTED BY THE ANDROGYNOUS-LEANING GLAM METAL SCENE GROWING OUT OF LOS ANGELES. '90s AFTER ALMOST DISAPPEARING IN THE BELL-BOTTOMS WERE RE-BRANDED 1990s WITH THE RISE OF GRUNGE AND AND INTRODUCED TO THE FEMALE HIP-HOP CULTURES (WHICH FAVORED FASHION MARKET AS 'BOOT-CUT' OR BAGGIER DENIM), SKINNY JEANS MADE A "FLARE' JEANS. THOUGH THE RETURN IN THE 2000s. FASHION ICON EXPANSIVE LEG OPENING WAS LESS KATE MOSS AND THE RISE OF INDIE ROCK PROMINENT, THE STYLE INSPIRATION SAW SKINNY JEANS TAKEN TO A WHOLE IS CLEARLY APPARENT. NEW LEVEL. THE FUTURE OF DENIM EVEN THOUGH IT'S CLEAR THAT DENIM TRENDS ARE AS CYCLICAL AS ANY FASHION, DENIM IS ENTERING A NEW AGE. SCRATCH 'N SNIFF: JAPANESE STRETCHING WITHOUT LOSING SHAPE: AE'S DENIM X' DENIM MAKERS HAVE DEVELOPED AND OTHER BRANDS ARE MAKING HUGE STRIDES IN SPECIAL SCENT CAPSULES THAT STRETCH DENIM THAT WON'T SAG AFTER A FEW ARE BAKED INTO THE DENIM TO WEARS. PREVIOUSLY, DENIM COULD ONLY STRETCH GIVE YOUR JEANS SCENTS LIKE ON EITHER THE WARP OR WEFT ONLY, BUT NOW A MINT AND RASPBERRY. FULL FOUR-WAY STRETCH CAN BE ACHIEVED. ENVIRONMENTAL DENIM: JEANS ARE A THIRSTY FASHION PRODUCT, WITH THE FINISHING PROCESS ALONE TAKING UP TO 50 GALLONS OF WATER PER PAIR. INCREASINGLY, BRANDS ARE LOOKING TOWARDS 'WATERLESS' DENIM IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE SUSTAINABILITY AND REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. #AEOSTYLE AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS HTTP://BLOG.AE.COM/2014/11/17/EVOLUTION-OF-DENIM/ ITTERS

How Denim Evolved in America?

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There is no way to imagine how our fashion trends would have been if denim garments weren't introduced in the mid 19th century as workmen's clothing. For more than a decade jeans made their way to eve...

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