How Jeans Are Made

Did you know that jean denim is made from a thread that is too blue?  For this reason, indigo-dyed threads and white threads are blended in the weaving of the denim!  It's usually a mix of 3 blue threads to one white thread. Additionally, it's usually made with a diagonal twill weave--the warp (vertical threads, threaded through the machine) is blue, and the weft (threads which are horizontally woven through the warp to create your fabric) is white, which makes the outer face of the fabric predominantly blue and the underside white.  Take a look at your jeans, and see!

Did you know that the origin of the fabric name, "denim," derives from a blue fabric that was called "serge de Nîmes" ("in/of Nimes," a city in France)?

How about that finished jeans are ground, sanded, sprayed with stains, laser-cut, and washed with volcanic rocks to give you the classic, worn denim looks we know and love?

Check out this neat Youtube video that illustrates "How Jeans Are Made," and a brief History of the American Jean, which was developed by Levi Strauss to replace a chaffing canvas version of his "waist overalls."