History of Jeans

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:21.

Ancient (BCE-40 CE)
Consumer Technology
Contemporary (Post-WWII)
Middle Ages (5th-15th Century)
Modern (18th-20th Century)
Non-Profit
Primary Source

URL:

http://www2.gol.com/users/bobkeim/Garment/jhistory.html

Author:

NI Global Issues for Learners of English

Excerpt:

The word jeans comes from a kind of material that was made in Europe. The material, called jean, was named after sailors from Genoa in Italy, because they wore clothes made from it. The word 'denim' probably came from the name of a French material, serge de Nimes: serge (a kind of material) from Nimes (a town in France).