Denim has been one piece of garment that can never go out of fashion. For decades and even centuries, a pair of denim pants has been a constant in every wardrobe.
No matter how many seasonal trends may come and go, denim jeans or a jacket are two things that everyone can swear by. Many people even keep their denim garments intact for years. It is one item that doesn’t fade off that easily, thankfully.
But a recent piece of denim has left the internet in shock.
A pair of Levi’s jeans from the 1880s got sold for $76,000 at an auction in New Mexico. The buyer, however, had to pay $87,400 with a buyer’s premium factored in.
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On October 1, Kyle Haupert, a 23-year-old vintage clothing dealer from San Diego, bought the pair of jeans at an auction.
The antique Levi’s pair was in an old mine years ago, reported Long John, a denim magazine that first broke the news about the auction. As per the report, it was used by a miner and featured suspender buttons on the waistbands and a single back pocket.
How was Denim invented?
In the late 17th century, weavers in Nimes, France, accidentally made the first modern denim, a course, sturdy, cotton fabric, while trying to replicate the process of producing another popular heavy-duty fabric called serge.
May 20, 1873, was marked as the birth of the blue jean by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis who then obtained a U.S. patent on the process of putting rivets in men’s work pants for the very first time.
Jeans were originally created as practical work wear, and their indigo color was chosen so that they would better hide the dirt when worn by miners and laborers.
