Denim jeans as all season wear
Denim was first produced in the city of Nîmes in France and was originally called the serge de Nîmes. The word denim is an English colloquialism of the French term: “denim.”
Denim became popular in the United States during the Gold Rush in 1853 when Levi Strauss opened up a shop in San Francisco selling dry goods along with buttons,
How Is Denim Made?
After cotton fibres are harvested and spun into yarn, the yarns are dyed. The jeans are often indigo-dyed, making them the classic blue colour for denim. Cotton denim is woven either on a shuttle loom or a projectile loom.
- A shuttle loom produces what’s called selvedge denim. The weft thread is passed through the warp threads in
- a back and forth motion, with no breaks in the weft. This creates a very smooth and sturdy selvedge edge.
- A projectile loom produces non-selvedge denim because there is a single weft thread for every row and not one thread is woven throughout. This creates a more delicate edge that needs to be sewn to keep from fraying.
Different Types of Denim
- Indigo denim: Indigo denim is achieved by dying the warp threads with indigo dye and white threads are used as the weft. As a result, most blue jeans are blue on the right side, as the fabric is warp facing, and the interior is lighter blue, almost white.
- Stretch denim: Stretch denim weaves spandex or another elastic component to give the fabric some added give and flexibility. Stretch denim is often used for skinny jeans.
- Crushed denim: This type of denim
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