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2. 1960s in fashion - Wikipedia

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   Early hippies, derisively referred to as freaks by the older generation, also used elements of roleplay such as headbands, cloaks, frock coats, kaftans, corduroy pants, cowboy boots, and vintage clothing from charity shops, suggesting a romantic historical era, a distant region, or a gathering of characters from a fantasy or science fiction ...

3. Bedford cord - Wikipedia

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   Bedford cord, named after the town of New Bedford, Massachusetts, a famous 19th century textile manufacturing city, is a durable fabric that resembles corduroy. The weave has faint lengthwise ridges, but without the filling yarns that make the distinct wales characteristic of corduroy. It can have the appearance of narrow-width stripes with ...

4. Levi Strauss & Co. - Wikipedia

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   Levi Strauss & Co. (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ ˈ s t r aʊ s / LEE-vy STROWSS) is an American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's (/ ˈ l iː v aɪ z / LEE-vyze) brand of denim jeans.It was founded in May 1853 [9] when German-Jewish immigrant Levi Strauss moved from Buttenheim, Bavaria, to San Francisco, California, to open a West Coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business.

5. 1945–1960 in Western fashion - Wikipedia

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   In the 1950s, pants became very narrow, and were worn ankle-length. Pants cropped to mid-calf were houseboy pants ; shorter pants, to below the knee, were called pedal-pushers . Shorts were very short in the early 1950s, and mid-thigh length Bermuda shorts appeared around 1954 and remained fashionable through the remainder of the decade.

6. Levi Strauss - Wikipedia

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   Levi Strauss was never married, and died on September 26, 1902 in San Francisco. His estate was worth about $30 million (equivalent to $855 million in 2023). [1] Levi's nephew Sigmund Stern's only child, Elise Fanny Stern, [19] married Walter A. Haas, the son of Abraham Haas, whose descendants are the current owners of Levi Strauss & Co. [20]

7. A Pocket for Corduroy - Wikipedia

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   A Pocket for Corduroy was made into a short television movie in 1986. [4] An American Sign Language (ASL) version of A Pocket for Corduroy was released through Scholastic Corporation/Weston Woods in 2009. This version includes the original story, artwork, voice-over, music and read along captions. [5]