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Who Created Blue Jeans?
French Connection Blue Dress
There is no one "inventor" of jeans. Believe it or not, they evolved over a long period of more than 400 years. They started out as versatile and rugged pants worn by sailors and turned into the everyday uniform now worn by millions of habitancy around the world.
Jeans are made of denim which is a durable woven cotton fabric that appeals to most people. There are many reasons: denim has long-lasting durability, it is comfortable, it comes in varying hues, it is versatile and it is not terribly expensive. Denim jeans can be worn for hard bodily labor, out to dinner, or any type of performance in between.
This distinctive fabric was popularized in Europe. But a similar thick cotton cloth had been made in India since before the 1600s. That older material was called dunagree - the origin of the term "dunagarees" - which was normally dyed in indigo blue and sold in the district near Dongarii Fort on the outskirts of the Indian city of Bombay. Bombay was a major port on the leading spice route between Europe and China. Portuguese sailors on trading vessels were the first regular users of dungaree clothing, and they introduced it to other points along the trading routes.
Not too many years later the fabric was being manufactured in Europe, more or less as the thick cotton material we know well today as "denim". In France in the 1600s denim was woven near the city known as Nimes where the cloth was called serge. It became known as "serge de Nimes" which was finally shortened to "de Nimes" and anglicized to "denim".
These distinctive denim pants becamed known as "jeans" because of their connection to the port of Genoa in Italy. In the 17th and 18th centuries Genoa was a major naval base and their navy was outfitted with blue denim uniforms. They became known as "jeans" because the French word for Genoa is "Genes" and the pants became identified with the Genoese Navy. The durable denim clothes were ideal for sailors who essentially had to live in their clothes 24 hours a day. The jeans were ideal for any environment and could be cleaned by dragging them behind the ship in a fishing net.
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