The History of Blue Jeans (Encore)

Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More

Gary Arndt

History, Education

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🗓️ 13 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation of the last 150 years has been blue jeans. They can be found all over the world, yet they have become synonymous with American culture. While modern blue jeans are definitely American, their origin actually goes back centuries earlier to Europe. Learn more about the history of blue jeans and how they became so popular on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Expedition Unknown Find out the truth behind popular, bizarre legends. Expedition Unknown, a podcast from Discovery, chronicles the adventures of Josh Gates as he investigates unsolved iconic stories across the globe. With direct audio from the hit TV show, you’ll hear Gates explore stories like the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in the South Pacific and the location of Captain Morgan's treasure in Panama. These authentic, roughshod journeys help Gates separate fact from fiction and learn the truth behind these compelling stories. InsideTracker provides a personal health analysis and data-driven wellness guide to help you add years to your life—and life to your years. Choose a plan that best fits your needs to get your comprehensive biomarker analysis, customized Action Plan, and customer-exclusive healthspan resources. For a limited time, Everything Everywhere Daily listeners can get 20% off InsideTracker’s new Ultimate Plan. Visit InsideTracker.com/eed. Subscribe to the podcast! https://link.chtbl.com/EverythingEverywhere?sid=ShowNotes -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Peter Bennett & Thor Thomsen Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following is an encore presentation of Everything Everywhere Daily.
0:04.0	Unquestionably, the most popular clothing innovation in the last 150 years has been Blue
0:12.4	Jeans.
0:13.0	They can be found all over the world,
0:15.0	yet they've become synonymous with American culture.
0:17.0	While the Blue Jeans are definitely American,
0:20.0	their origin actually goes back centuries to Europe.
0:22.0	Learn more about the history of Blue Jeans and how they became... origin actually goes back centuries to Europe.
0:22.8	Learn more about the history of Blue Jeans and how they became so popular
0:25.7	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. There's a good chance that most of you listening to this right now, regardless of where you live on earth, own a pair of blue jeans.
0:49.0	That's because blue jeans have become one of the most ubiquitous types of clothing in the world.
0:54.4	The story of blue jeans doesn't actually start in the United States.
0:57.9	It starts with the cloth used to make jeans.
1:01.4	In the 15th century, a heavy cloth that came from Genoa, Italy was known as
1:05.8	Jean Cloth. Jean Cloth was a cotton heavy fabric sometimes woven with wool in
1:11.0	addition as well. It was developed for sailors to wear wet or dry and it was also used for sales.
1:17.0	The word gene comes from the French word for Genoa.
1:21.0	Genes would import a blue dye in the form of indigo from India and used it to dye their cloth
1:26.7	The French called it blue de gens
1:29.4	So yeah blue jeans actually refers to a particular cloth even before it was ever used as a name for the pants.
1:37.0	On a related note, the Genoese may have gotten the idea for gene cloth from India.
1:41.0	The Indians had a heavy cloth known as Dungaree, which was a Hindi word.
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