TIL people wore denim jeans in the 1800s

I take it you’re not from the US?

We’re taught about this all of the time here. Levi went west to sell supplies to the gold miners. He tried to sell canvas for tents and a customer said that he’d buy pants made out of the material if they existed. Boom…Levi’s are born.

Heck…I’ve heard the tale brought up at jobs before even

Levis suck now. The material isn’t the same as the 1980s jeans that lasted forever.

I’m lucky enough to live in a part of the US where our regional culture doesn’t revolve around blue jeans, alcoholism and spousal abuse, sorry my bad

Hey, any reason would do to let your hate and stereotypes out, right?

Sheesh…I live in Massachusetts and our regional culture doesn’t revolve around those things either.

Lol…we do revolve around education though, as well as not being douches that would write “sorry my bad” without realizing that made them look like douches

I have a feeling the troll enjoys any kinda of reaction. Good or bad

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Probably because they still cost as much as they did in the 80s

I have some all-cotton denim jeans from Levi’s. Those are good but the kind that are heavy on the spandex/elastic material just don’t last that long.

I’m sorry where the fuck did that come from? I learned it in California where it happened, and it was framed as the story of how the Californian Gold Rush and ensuing immigration led to innovation by those immigrants in creating brands we recognize and value today, like Ghirardelli chocolate and Boudin Sourdough Bread. It’s an immigrant success story and emblematic of the best case scenario of what America has to offer. I’m sorry you don’t think that’s important just because some of the people who wear these pants are shitty, but those people probably aren’t teaching that they were invented by a Jewish immigrant either.

I can't find a source for this, but I recall hearing that jeans used to have an asbestos or asbestos derivative woven into them as well, which made them a lot stronger, but, you know, asbestos

you are correct because it increases fireproof

and this once again just shows that companies will say whatever they think will yield the most money. Their support for any cause is hollow.

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Considering spontaneous combustion of jeans were a thing back in early 20th century I get why asbestos liners were used.

I personally would rather have the stretchy jeans for comfort though. I switched over a few years ago, now regular denim feels like my legs are binded together. They absolutely don't last as long though.

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Ah like the Black Owned we have today :)

I’d say it’s been over the last 20 years. Expensive, but the pair would last years. Now they’re more expensive, thinner materials, zipper sucks, inconsistent sizing.

I buy Amazon brand now. Not because they’re better quality, but I’m paying a price that’s more commiserate with the quality.

You sure? Because you sure are judging people blindly just like someone who liked all those things would.

Or did your tiny little ego get hurt because you learned something you didn’t already know?

Yes.

For example these shallow companies gladly show the pride flag on their US twitter accounts, but their russian/middle eastern accounts never do.

Piss easy to "do the right thing" when doing the right thing is profitable and widely accepted in the society. Oh how noble of them. Such courage!

Maybe you love it, but I detest it. It's hollow and disingenuous. All they do is follow the money. And if hating on a minority group/LGBTQ was profitable they'd do it in a heartbeat.

Companies are not peoples friends.

Jews can't discriminate?

Where I live in Vancouver, Canada there's a fairly large sugar processing plant owned by the Rogers family - it's been around for over a century.

We had a similar level of anti-Chinese sentiment here in the early 20th Century, and at the time they had a slogan for their factory:

"Like our sugar itself, the only hands which touch it are white".

Good times...

Because it's made in China now?

Bro you post in r/Philadelphia. The fuck do you mean your culture doesn't revolve around alcoholism and violence?

Because you are buying preshrunk jeans. Buy the original 501's button fly. They will last for years.

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Just look at pride month to see this in action

Long before Starbucks there was a chain of coffee shop/lunch places called "Chock Full o' Nuts". To allay white racist anxieties because they had black employees, their motto was "Where human hands never touch the food you eat".

Edit: spelling

Yeah the LVC lines are suuuper expensive, but great

The line from Tombstone rings true to history.

"And I'm the president of the non-partisan Anti-Chinese league!"

It should be pointed out that Chock Full o’ Nuts not only was dedicated to equal opportunity employment, it also hired Jackie Robinson as a VP of HR, had no problem with him being a civil rights activists while in their employ, and donated funds to the NAACP. You can call William Black’s efforts bubbling, but for the time the company’s hiring practices were ahead of the curve.

Also not sure that the main driver on the food never touched by human hand was a race issue. They used tongs to cook and assemble meals and advertised that fact.

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Did they also make brown sugar?

Yeah they're usually just doing it for money, but that means that the population that will think higher of a company with pride logos outweighs the group that will avoid pride. Even if they're not really doing it for moral reasons, companies are okay with turning away homophobes. And that makes me happy.

Not the avowed meaning, but it was pretty clear to patrons at the time. But certainly true they were "ahead of the curve". In the era few blacks were "front of the house" in any restaurants.

Stretchy jeans rule!

Yeah that makes me happy as well, thanks for putting a positive spin on it :)

Is it made by white labor? /s

I'm not sure why you were downvoted. There's no difference.

Had it been the early 1800s that slogan might have been quite progressive, no?

Based. Progress in increments is better than no progress at all.

Too bad hehe cheap goods go brrrrrrrr

Get some raw selvidge denim.

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Paging Mr.Brownstone...

Stretchy pants.

They just playing both sides.

There custom line is amazing, I don't wear jeans but I always buy them for my husband. Each year he's goes a Levi's store for a fitting, and then I order 5 pairs for him. He says they are the most comfortable pair of jeans he's ever had.

I have a pair in black from a thrift store and it's amazing how well they hold up.