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jeans| Denim trousers, traditionally blue, originally cut from jean cloth (‘jene fustian’), a heavy canvas made in Genoa, Italy. In the 1850s Levi Strauss, a Bavarian immigrant to the USA, made sturdy trousers for goldminers in San Francisco out of jean material intended for wagon covers. Later a French fabric, serge de Nîmes (corrupted to ‘denim’), was used. Denim jeans became fashionable casual wear in the 1950s in the USA and have since been produced in a wide variety of styles by many designers. |
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| He described his assailant as white, in his 40s, 5-feet, 9-inches, 140 pounds, with ``dirty dreadlocks'' and wearing a gray shirt and dirty bluejeans. In addition to Valtra's traditional color options (red, blue, green and yellow), there were models sporting new color combinations, metallic colors (blue, red, green and gray) and even customized designs that included denim bluejeans, the hides of various cattle breeds and several other unique units. The covers of IBM's annual reports accurately reflect its internal change: Blue-suited men walking through a maze of computers have been replaced by smart-looking young women in bluejeans. |