History tells of a Giuseppe Garibaldi wearing a pair of “Genes” -or Genovesi in Italian- during his landing at Marsala with his thousand men, most of whom were also wearing “Genes”.
It would appear it was the tradesmen of Nimes (from which the word denim comes) who began exporting them to America for the first time, where Mr Levis Strauss began to produce them on an industrial scale from 1856, adding the metal buttons and rivets to them.
Denim is more than just a fabric, being so steeped in history.
Courtesy : www.mihistoriauniversal.com
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