Blue Jeans and Denim

Jeans has become one of the most popular casual wear in the world. There is nothing more than the needs of consumers; it is estimated that more than 800 million pairs of blue jeans are produced worldwide. According to the market research company NPD Group, Americans purchased $ 13.8 billion of jeans in the year to April 30, 2011. According to another document, North America accounts for 39% of world jeans purchase, followed by Western Europe by 20%, Japan and South Korea by 10%, and other countries by 31%.

"In our department it is full of jeans and black dust," said the 2013 report "Blue Jeans Breath: Health Damage in China's Denim Factory". "Dyspnea". Dust is generated from denim blasting and realizes a worn appearance. Although such acts are banned, they continue to exist behind locked doors, and workers continue to die of silicosis and fatal lung disease. Silicosis is not the only thing facing modern factory workers. According to the 2014 survey of clothing workers in Bangladesh, "most people" are causing health problems due to musculoskeletal disorders, hepatitis, and lack of clean drinking water. In Tansy Hoskin's book "Stitched Up", she revealed that about 40,000 fingers in China's Pearl River Delta are being cut due to occupational accidents each year. Of course, this week marked the second anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh.

The color and fabric of denim jeans can be traced back to Levi Strauss & co. Indigo is an organic dye with a unique blue "denim" color from the plant Indigofera tinctoria, which is used in India for about 4,000 years. France, denim fabric of Nimes. Previously it was called "Serge De Nimes" (denim). For several years before women's jeans appeared, Western cowgirl was wearing Levi 501 for men. Like men, they need sturdy and sturdy pants that can withstand the hard work done in meadows. In 1934, Levi Strauss & Co. "Lady Levi's" created the first pair of women's jeans called. They target women working in ranch and are sold only in the western provinces of the United States. With the popularity of "Dude Ranches", Mrs Levis's sales began in the 1930s and 1940s, but women's jeans were sold nationwide until the 1950s.