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slickrasta t1_jeddvgj wrote

Reply to comment by ChadGnarly in These jeans have built-in shoes by mehtulupurazz

I never understood the concept of Canadians somehow being the kings of denim. Sure we wear jeans but every time I've been to the US they wear jeans just as much. Plus I've literally never seen someone wear full denim in my life lol.

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eclecticsed t1_jedhx1a wrote

Google says it's this, but who knows if it's true.

>Lore has it that the very term Canadian tuxedo comes from a Bing Crosby episode at a Canadian hotel in 1951. Crosby and a friend were reportedly denied entry to the hotel because they were wearing jeans, which inspired Levi's to design a denim tuxedo for Crosby so that he could have a formal denim option.

I think, if that story is true, that means it just became one of those things where the origin was lost as people repeated it more and more.

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