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Denim

A Visual History of the World's Most Legendary Fabric
Paul Trynka
Paperback
Now republished in a smaller and more affordable format, Denim is a pictorial exploration of the rich history and culture of the fabric that has become a universal talisman of youth and modernity. It tells how the first pair of jeans came about and documents the material's rise from humble beginnings as workwear in 19th-century America, through its love affair with 1940s Hollywood and its adoption by a rebellious generation of teenagers in the 1950s, right up to its emergence as a high-fashion fabric in the 1990s. The authors have dug deep into the archives to unearth many rare, previously unpublished pictures ranging from archive photographs from the early days when brands such as Levi's Lee and Wran

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