Jacob Davis, a tailor, partnered with Levi Strauss to create sturdy denim pants reinforced with copper rivets for laborers in 1873, inventing the first blue jeans. Jeans originated from jeane/jean cloth from Genoa, Italy and were first worn by workers in the American West. Over 100 years, jeans transformed from functional workwear to a symbol of rebellion and youth culture worn worldwide today, with over 450 million pairs sold in the US each year.

1. Jeans
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2.  History of Jeans and Denim
 Jeans are pants made from denim or dungaree cloth. They
were invented by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss in 1873 and
a worn still but in a different context. Jeans are named after
the city of Genoa in Italy, a place where cotton corduroy,
called either jean or jeane, was manufactured. Levi Strauss
came from Germany to New York in 1851 to join his older
brother who had a dry goods store.
 In 1853 he heard about Gold Rush in the West so moved to
San Francisco to establish Western Branch of the family dry
goods business. There he sold, among other things, cotton
cloth. One of his customers was Jacob W. Davis, a tailor
from Reno, Nevada. Davis made functional items such as
tents, horse blankets, and wagon covers.

3.  One day, his customer ordered a pair of
sturdy pants that could withstand hard
work. He made them from denim that
he bought from Levi Strauss & Co and
made them stronger by placing copper
rivets at the places pants rip the most:
pockets and flies. When he wanted to
patent them, he wrote to Levi Strauss,
and they became partners. They opened
a bigger factory, and that is how jeans
were born.

4. Some facts
 Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss teamed up from necessity and created an item that will influence
cultural groups for years and even today - they created jeans.
 Jeans appeared more than 100 years ago, and it changed shape, meaning and symbolism many
times over. They meant hard work, rebellion and wealth among other things.
 The first jeans came in two styles, indigo blue, and brown cotton "duck."
 The first name for jeans was "waist overalls."
 In a time when the jeans were worn by factory workers, jeans for men had zippers on the front,
but jeans for women had zippers on the side.
 Blue jeans were banned at certain places like schools, theaters, and restaurants in the ‘50s because
they were seen as a form of rebellion against conformism.
 Approximately 450 million pairs of jeans are sold in the United States every year.
 Blue jeans became popular for the first time outside of the United States, thanks to American
Soldiers in World War II wore jeans when they were off-duty.

5. My opinion
 On my way of thinking, jeans are casual wearing for
everyone all over the planet. You can wear them for
formal gathering as well as for a party. So it suits to
everyone. Recommend you to try it!

6. Thank you for
you attention!