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2. The History of American Jeans: From Railroad to Runway - AOL

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   From Levi Strauss' 1873 partnership with Jacob Davis to today's skinny jeans in stretch denim — and all the good, bad, ... suspender buttons and a rivet in the crotch. The rivets on the back ...

3. Jacob W. Davis - Wikipedia

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   The fabric Davis worked with was heavy-duty cotton duck cloth and cotton denim which he bought from Levi Strauss & Co., a dry goods company in San Francisco. [5] To strengthen the stress points of the sewn items he was making, Davis used copper rivets to reinforce the stitching. [3] [6] Figure from US Patent No. 139,121 Jacob W. Davis's unique ...

4. Snap fastener - Wikipedia

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   The two halves of a riveted leather snap fastener. The top half has a groove which "snaps" in place when "pressed" into the bottom half. A snap fastener, also called snap button, press button, [1] press stud, [1] press fastener, dome fastener, popper, snap and tich (or tich button), is a pair of interlocking discs, made out of a metal or plastic, commonly used in place of traditional buttons ...

5. Jeans - Wikipedia

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   Jeans are a type of trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term "jeans" refers to a particular style of trousers, called "blue jeans", with the addition of copper pocket rivets added by Jacob W. Davis in 1871 [1] and patented by Davis and Levi Strauss on May 20, 1873. Prior to the patent, the term "blue jeans" had been long in ...

6. What That’s Really For: Items With Hidden Design Features - AOL

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   Small Jeans Pocket. Surprising Use: Storing pocket watches The average pair of jeans has several purposeful features most modern wearers may take for granted. For one, the metal rivets around the ...

7. Button - Wikipedia

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   A button is a fastener that joins two pieces of fabric together by ... in particular on denim pieces such as pants and jackets. ... As they rely on a metal rivet ...

8. Wrangler (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Wrangler also celebrates 100 years of manufacturing quality denim by producing Blue Bell by Wrangler, a limited edition collection that reproduces the first Wrangler jeans right down to the last detail. Wrangler also reworks the mainstream collection, producing new fits using icons inspired by the very first jeans designed by Rodeo Ben.

9. Fastener - Wikipedia

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   Typical fasteners (US quarter shown for scale)A fastener (US English) or fastening (UK English) [1] is a hardware device that mechanically joins or affixes two or more objects together.