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Text 7. Origins of Jeans
Jeans were invented in Genoa, Italy when that city was an independent Republic, and a
naval power. The first jeans were made for the Genoese Navy because it required an all-
purpose pant for its sailors that could be worn wet or dry, and whose legs could easily be
rolled-up to wear swabbing the deck and for swimming. These jeans would be laundered by
dragging them in large mesh nets behind the ship, and the sea water would bleach them
white. The first denim came from (french:de) Nоmes, France ... hence the name denim. The
French word for these pants was very similar to their word for Genoa; this is where we get
the term 'jeans' today.
Jeans were developed in America in 1853, when Levi Strauss came to San Francisco to
open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business. One of Levi's
customers was Jacob Davis, a tailor who frequently purchased bolts of cloth from the Levi
Strauss & Co wholesale house. After one of Jacob's costumers kept purchasing cloth to
reinforce torn pants, he had an idea to use copper rivets to reinforce the points of strain,
such as on the pocket corners and at the base of the button fly. Jacobs did not have the
required money to purchase a patent, so he wrote to Levi suggesting that they both go into
business together. After Levi accepted Jacobs offer, on May 20, 1874, the two men received
patent #139,121 fro m the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the blue jean was
born.
Jeans have been often compared to four-wheel drive vehicles and hiking boots, because
they can go anywhere. Levis are known for their rugged construction, personal "shrink-to-
fit", and vers atility. Originally worn by miners , farmers , and cowboys , Levis are now worn
in all walks of life.
Text 8. Moustache
A mous tache (sometimes spelled mus tache in the United States) is an outgrowth of
hair above the upper lip. Most men with a normal or strong beard growth must tend it daily,
by shaving the hair of the chin and cheeks, to prevent it from soon reverting to a full beard.
This necessity has engendered the invention of quite a wide variety of accoutrements
designed for the care of a gentleman's moustache. Included are: moustache wax, moustache
nets (snoods), moustache brushes, moustache combs and moustache scissors.
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