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It all started in 1871, Jacob Davis had a problem, he realised the pants he was making for miners weren't tough enough to stand up to the conditions in local mines, basically, everything was being torn.

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So, the blue jeans were originally created for miners, they did very well as workwear.

- denim jeans for short.

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Levi Strauss was born under the name of (Löb Strauss) in Bamberg to Jewish parents. His father was a poor peddler that died of tuberculosis when Löb was only 16 years old. His mother went with him and his two sisters to his oldest brothers that lived in New York, they traded textiles. Löb changed his name to Levi and worked in the brothers' business.

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Jacob Davis was born in a Jewish family in Riga (capital of Latvia). In 1850 he immigrated to San Francisco, where he wandered around to earn a living.

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He founded his company in 1853, but it was not until the 1870s that it began to thrive.

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In 1870 Jacob had the idea of ​​reinforcing the corners of the pockets in work trousers and the lower end of the fly with a rivet from a horse's harness.

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However, Jacob did not have the money for a patent (property right for a technical invention). That's why he asked Levi Strauss for support.

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Jacob was a tailor who had bolts of cloth supplied by Levi, one day Jacob approached Levi to ask for his assistance. Levi accepted.

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May 1873 Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis are granted patent number US139. 121. Initially, they made the studded pants out of canvas, but soon they use denim, a tough cotton fabric dyed with indigo. To this day, jeans are sewn from this particularly tear-resistant material.

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Blue jeans may have their origins in the United States, but their inventor was a German emigrant, actually a Bavarian. According to the Patent Office, pants were born in 1873, when Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis, their founding fathers, patented the pants invention.

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Davis invents the riveted seam
Strauss came to an agreement with Davis and in May 1873 acquired the patent for riveted "waist overalls" in his name for $65. In June 1873, Levi Strauss & Company sold the first pair of jeans with rivets made of blue cotton denim.

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The initially brown trousers were only later dyed blue and were given the nickname "Blue Jeans". The blue color of the jeans is created by dyeing with indigo (an Indian legume).

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Jeans have become an integral part of our lives and most of us never stop wearing the pants we love. Despite the variety of innovative materials available on the market, denim remains one of the most versatile, durable and sought-after fabrics on the market. It's one of the few pieces of clothing that transcends gender, age and social class - and most people in this country own more jeans than there are days in the week.

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A brief look at the history of denim
This versatility of denim is an incredible achievement considering that the material originally began life as a workwear fabric two hundred years ago. Denim has been reinvented over the years and used in many areas of application. Despite the recent interest in stretch pants, leggings and yoga pants in particular, and the dirty manufacturing aspects associated with denim production, the topic is not losing its relevance. Today, new forms of 'smart denim' offer their wearers unimaginable additional benefits, such as smartphone connectivity, even until recently.

FashionUnited went in search of the origins of denim. Where does the material come from and where is it going?

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Levi died unexpectedly in 1902 at home in San Francisco.

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Picture of Levi Strauss ca. 1880

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Jacob worked for the (Levi Strauss Company) till his death in 1908 just 6 years after Levi himself.

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Picture of Jacob Davis date unknown

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Gold miners wearing Levi's jeans ca. 1882

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The history of Blue Jeans

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Picture of Denim