The word jeans comes from a kind of

material that was made in Europe. Jeans

were invented by Jacob Davis in 1871.

1940's

18th
Century
Jean cloth was made from a
mixture of things at first,but in
the eighteenth century as trade,
slave labor, and cotton
plantations increased, jean cloth
was made completely from
cotton.
1872
1980's
During the World War 2, jeans
were introduced to the world by Jeans finally became high
American soldiers. After the war, fashion clothing.More and
Levi began to sell their clothes 1960's more designers started
outside the American West. Rival making their own styles of
companies, like Wrangler and jeans. And more brands
Different styles of jeans came out.
Lee, began to compete with Levi.
were made.In many non-
western countries, jeans
Levi Strauss became a symbol of
started making 'Western decadence' and
copper-riveted were very hard to get.
Jeans.

Jeans History Timeline

1930's
1970's
19th
Century Hollywood made lots of 1950's Jeans started to be 1990's
western movies. made more and more
The famous Gold Rush Cowboys - who often in sweatshops in
began,and gold miners wanted wore jeans in the Jeans became popular In the worldwide
countries in the
durable clothes. In 1853, a man movies-became very with young people. It was recession of the 1990's,
South.
called Leob Strauss started a popular. the symbol of the the sale of jeans has
wholesale business supplying teenage rebel in TV and stopped growing.
clothes. Then he changed his movies.
name from Leob to Levi.