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Wearing jeans is so common and popular today, and it is no wonder. Jeans are so durable and trendy. and they don't cost very much. Everyone enjoys the simplicity and comfort for work, for everyday wear and even for formal events. People are wearing jeans for times at home relaxing, as work clothes, for social occasions and even a night out on the town. Jeans withstand the test of time so you can really wear them just about anywhere.

Who Invented Jeans?

No one person invented jeans. Rather than being created at one point in time, they evolved over 400 years into the form and design we are familiar with today.

Traditional jeans are made of a woven cotton fabric called denim. Denim is a rugged cotton twill material with a distinctive diagonal weave that makes it very tough and very versatile.

Before the 1600's there was a distinctive cotton cloth developed in India called "dungaree". This name derives from the area near Bombay where it was made and sold. "Dungaree" became a popular fabric for making clothes for Portuguese sailors on trading vessels plying the Spice Route. It was normally dyed indigo blue, as it still is today. The Portuguese introduced this material to other parts of the world.

By the mid 1600s a similar cloth was being woven in France near the city of Nimes. This popular fabric was called "serge de Nimes." The name was shortened to "de Nimes" which was eventually pronounced "denim." That is how we got the name we use today.

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.

You can't get any better than that!

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