'''Jeans''' were originally [[pants]] worn at work. They were traditionally made from [[denim]] but also from a variety of material including [[corduroy]], the preferred fabric of [[liberal]] intellectuals. Jeans are believed to have devoloped from 16th century Indian dungarees. Modern jeans were invented for Californian miners in the 1850s by a fellow called [[Levi Strauss]] who lived in [[San Francisco]]. Today minors and adults across the world wear jeans. An enduring symbol of American freedom. | '''Jeans''' were originally [[pants]] worn at work. They were traditionally made from [[denim]] but also from a variety of material including [[corduroy]], the preferred fabric of [[liberal]] intellectuals. Jeans are believed to have devoloped from 16th century Indian dungarees. Modern jeans were invented for Californian miners in the 1850s by a fellow called [[Levi Strauss]] who lived in [[San Francisco]]. Today minors and adults across the world wear jeans. An enduring symbol of American freedom. |