The French town of Nimes is credited with inventing denim — “de Nimes,” get it? The word “jeans” originates from the French word for Genoa — Genes — where sailors wore denim trousers. But at the end of the day where it really happened was with Levi's making trousers for miners in San Francisco,” said Jon Patrick, who writes the blog the Selvedge Yard….
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All-American blue jeans began with fabric developed in France
Your attention, please: One of the easiest ways to spruce up your wardrobe this spring is with a splash of color. It doesn't have to go on your lips or over your shoulder. This season, the place for bold color is on the bottom.
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Blast of bright hues give jeans pizzazz
Motor City Denim jeans, by metro Detroit designer Joe Faris, are headed to stores. The line already is available at Caruso Caruso in Birmingham. And on Aug. 18, it’s scheduled to show up at Bachrach stores at Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi and the Somerset Collection in Troy.
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In the ’70s you had your bellbottoms and in the ’80s your tight designer jeans. In the ’90s, you went from distressed grungy to dressy denim, and then came the skinny-jean revolution in the 2000s.
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Never flashy but always reliable, John Hiatt keeps delivering the goods on “Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns” ( * * * out of four stars, out Aug. 2 on New West), another collection of evocative, deeply felt songs.
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Michigan is encouraging companies to look beyond the auto industry to help the state thrive. So one supplier who specializes in making protective cloth coverings for the robots used in auto plants is expanding into the fashion world — producing blue jeans inspired by the Motor City.
Finding jeans that fit correctly, hide flaws and don’t put your underwear on parade with every move remains one of life’s great challenges. Women are constantly on the search for denim that slims, trims, lengthens and makes them look like they simply slipped the jeans on with ease, rather than getting greased up and stuffed in.
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Could it be shape, not size nor style, that really counts in flattering jeans?
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Levi’s puts Curves into women’s jeans
In a midtown Manhattan showroom, fashion blogger Amelia Pontes picked up a pair of “jeggings” (jeans tight enough to be leggings) from a table filled with trendy jeans in boot cut, boyfriend and skinny styles.
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