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  • Writer's pictureAdil Afsar

Denim - A boisterous fabric which boom the fashion streets

Updated: Jun 7, 2021


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Denim - A fabric which changed streets character forever !

The fashion world has always been on their toes to deliver something revolutionary to streets. They have been the real cause of creating chaos among the youth to update themselves with the trend weather it comes to fashion or technology. The world of fashion specially the attire and garments have played a great role in changing the characters on the streets and the street character itself. And therefore, the fashion industry have been on the upfront in engaging several movements the city and the country go through weather its about celebration or revolt. one such fabric which have changed the entire sense of dressing of the people on the streets is " Denim". This amazing fabric used for making jeans was a commendable product in its properties and the behavior it exhibits and therefore compels one's attention to the amazing facts about the fabric. Below are some amazing facts worth your time requiring ones attention reasoning to be grateful to this marvelous creation.

#Fact1 - Jacob Davis, A Nevada tailor first sewed denim to make jeans with picket pocket with rivets at the ends to avoid seam tears. Unfortunately he didn't able to file patent due low financial conditions.

#Fact2 - The Bavarian born businessman Levi Strauss take the Jeans to great heights in 1853 in California doing wholesale for gold-rush miners. They also managed to get the patent for the picket pocket idea 20 years later.

#Fact3 - Denim pick up huge popularity in America in 1950's as symbol of teenage rebellion specially after the movie " the rebel without the cause " and "the wild one ". some schools even banned denim at that time.

#Fact4 - Denim jeans combined with blue Indigo color is always a all time hit. But the Indigo dye used at that point of time was used because of being the only natural dye that durable till the synthetic dye came into existence.

#Fact5 - The small pocket provided on one side of the picket pocket was originally designed to keep a pocket watch with rivets at the ends for protection against the seam tear.

The denim have revolutionized the whole world when it comes to fashion by providing a fabric with which people connect and explore it in diverse ways to create different emotions and moods for different occasions changing characters on the street redefining streets character too.

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