Check Out The 142 Years of Blue Jeans History
2015.08.25
Jeans. We've been wearing them for a very long time. And they've come a long way. Over 142 years that is. Here's checking out its long and colorful history, along with how it all came about, and finally, ending up where we are at today.
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Cuffs were widening and waists were climbing higher. And before we knew it...
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How long will this last for?
1873 — The Original Blue Jean
The first pair of jeans were called “XX” – the name of the first denim used to make them, which was the best denim in the U.S.,” according to Levis. “It came from the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester, New Hampshire. It was so famous we decided to name the pants after them.”![blue1.jpg blue1.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue1.jpg)
1910s — “Dungarees”
Jeans got their own suspender straps, or “dungarees” (aka overalls). No one was making jeans for women back then, so they had to make do with castoffs from the men.![blue2.jpg blue2.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue2.jpg)
1920s/30s — Work Pants For Cowboys and Farm Folk
Blue jeans were fairly high-waisted and wide-legged so that they wouldn’t be restrictive during manual labor.![blue3.jpg blue3.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue3.jpg)
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1940s — Women Get Theirs
“It wasn’t until women began working in factories, doing traditionally men’s work, that safety reasons required women to start wearing pants,” explains Vintage Dancer. “At first they just had to make do with wearing men’s pants but with a growing all-women workforce in the early 1940’s pants had to be designed for women.”![blue5.jpg blue5.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue5.jpg)
1950s — Jeans Become “Cool”
Jeans had stopped being just “work pants” and started becoming part of a youthful fashion statement. Narrow fit, zippered flys. More fashionable.![blue8.jpg blue8.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue8.jpg)
1960s — New Colors, New Cuts
Jeans had fully come into their own as a fashion statement. They were no longer one-size-fits-all work pants. They came in multiple colors.![blue10.jpg blue10.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue10.jpg)
Cuffs were widening and waists were climbing higher. And before we knew it...
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1970s — Bell Bottom Mania
It featured a high, tight waist and taper leg that flared out at the cuff. And when it got too hot for bell bottoms, you just cut them into hot pants.![blue12.jpg blue12.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue12.jpg)
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1980s — (Dis)Stressed To The Max
Cuff size returned to normal, but stonewashing and professional “ripping” had become all the rage.![blue14.jpg blue14.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue14.jpg)
1990s — Mom Jeans For All
The worst time for jeans ever was in the 90s when it was high-waisted, bunchy in the front, tight in the back and unflattering in just about every capacity.![blue15.jpg blue15.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue15.jpg)
Then Jnco’s happened.
Nooooo!![blue16.jpg blue16.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue16.jpg)
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2000s — Waistlines Get Low
Jeans fashion quickly learned its mistakes from the 90s and began correcting itself. In the 2000s, waistlines started to get low.![blue18.jpg blue18.jpg](/files/attach/images/3004/561/932/014/blue18.jpg)
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2010s — Skinny jeans.
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How long will this last for?
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