8 terrible jeans that prove denim has gone too far

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It’s official: Denim has gone too far. 

Jeans were accidentally created when French designers in the 1700s attempted to recreate a thick textile called serge. Instead, they made “serge de Nimes” — now known as denim. 

The fabric was industrialized when Levi Strauss brought the fabric to the United States in 1853, manufacturing it into sturdy trousers that would withstand both harsh mining conditions and rugged expeditions into the wild, wild west. Blue jeans were as much the counterculture zeitgeist of the 1960s and 1970s as rock music and anti-war efforts, cementing its status as a fashion staple.  Read more…

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