The centennial history of jeans

     The first peak of the "birth period" appeared in 1873 - the birth of the world's pair of jeans. At that time, the "gold rush" in the American West was in full swing. Due to the extremely harsh working environment of the early gold, bathing and washing clothes could only be achieved in dreams. People urgently needed a kind of sweat-absorbing, sturdy, and close-fitting clothing as their work. This demand allowed a businessman to see a business opportunity. His factory produced the earliest jeans with denim, and this work pants was later called "blue jeans", and businessman was "Levi's". 

      The stable period (1880-1930): The status of the miner's uniform was consolidated. In stage, the trend of blue jeans on the word frequency chart was relatively stable. The jeans in this stage inherited the function of the jeans at the beginning of its invention continued to be used as the work clothes of the western miners for a long time. There was no significant change in its own meaning. 

      The transition period (130-1960): The splendid transformation brought by the "farm fever" and the western film. Starting from the 1930s, jeans showed a significant growth in word frequency. In this stage, jeans gradually shifted from work pants to casual wear. With the popularity of the story of the western cow throughout the United States, jeans crossed the Mississippi River and gradually entered the bustling cities in the east. 

     In the 1950s, Hollywood movies went out the United States and swept Europe and Japan. The image of movie stars wearing jeans was deeply rooted in people's hearts. At the same time, the celebrities in the circle also began to appear in public wearing jeans. The influence of movies and fashion celebrities on American young people was huge. By 1960, about 0% of American young people had a pair of jeans. The acceleration period (after 1960): The strong assistance of fashion masters and rebellious. In this stage, the word frequency of blue jeans on the word frequency chart rose rapidly. Starting from the 1960s, the social problems and crisis left over from the war made the youth more radical. Jeans, as the vanguard of anti-war and anti-tradition, quickly became popular in the United. Jeans began to add more personalized connotations, and elements such as hole-making and aging became the trend of fashion. At the same time, the authoritative figures such fashion masters, movie stars, and celebrities in this stage all wore jeans in public places, which injected a strong propellant into the popularization and popularity of jeans