Denim

Denim is a firm, durable twilled fabric made of colored warp and white filling threads, usually cotton. It is a dark blue fabric commonly used to make durable work wear such as jeans and overalls.

It’s a sturdy cotton fabric having a twill weave that creates a refined diagonal ribbing pattern. In denim, the weft strands go under 2, or more strands, as well as the warp yarns, which seem to be more prominent on the very right side of the cotton twill cloth – which is warp-facing. Denim is distinguished from cotton duck and canvas, both of which are sturdy woven cotton fabrics, by the diagonal ribbing.

 

 

How to choose a denim jacket.

Depending on where you live especially if winter is approaching, there is no better time than the present to upgrade your wardrobe with a new denim jacket. This will keep you warm and comfortable no matter what Mother Nature throws at you. However, rather than just any jacket, one is recommended to that not os

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Denim shades

Why Are Jeans Blue?

There  are two main reasons why denim or jeans, in particular, are blue in colour we shall consider each in details The jeans are blue in colour is because of the dye. Some believe the original fabric was blue sailcloth stained with indigo from India. Unlike other traditional dyes, which infiltrate textile fibres when heated,

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a stack for denim jeans

The Origin of Jeans

While historians disagree on origin of jeans or where denim originated, the fabric was classified as a twill weave cloth with a single colored thread and one white thread. It is usually assumed that it was ‘produced’ in Nîmes, France. Serendipity had a hand in it. The fabric weavers of Nîmes discovered they had created

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Denim history as shown in black and white old school attire.

History of Denim Jeans?

The history of denim started when servicemen  from the United States transported their favourite denim pairs overseas during WWII in the 1940s. Despite the fact that the manufacturing of denim workwear dropped during the war due to a scarcity of raw materials, the end of the war marked the beginning of a change in attitude.

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