Andy Warhol has said “I want to die with my blue jeans on.”(Brainyquote, n.d.). A lot of people today share Warhol’s affection for jeans. Denim is a staple of the modern wardrobe. It is comfortable, practical, and fashionable. However, jeans weren’t always common and popular. Denim has first been popularly used when designer Levi Strauss figured out a way to make denim affordable in 1936. Since then, denim has been through an interesting revolution. All kinds of people, including cowboys in 1950’s, Robert Plant from Led Zeppelin, and Marilyn Monroe, a famous and iconic in “The Misfits” wore denim. (Sweet, M., May/June 2013) Today, denim is fabric manufactured for high-fashion designers and affordable department stores as well. According to “How Everyday Things Are Made” (2008), turning cotton fibers to amazing blue, durable fabric takes three complex stages.
The initial step in making denim is converting the cotton fibers to yarn. When farmers deliver the cotton fibers to the factory, workers who are receiving the cotton separate the fibers. The fibers are then fluffed and cleaned so they can be assembled and made to strands of yarn. After that, the workers align the fibers in parallel strands and remove the undesirable, short or defected fibers. Then, a certain …show more content…
The first stage is making yarn, where the crop is separated, fluffed, cleaned, and separated again. The second stage is coloring the yarn, where the wax and oil are removed, the yarn is dyed and heated, and then it’s waxed and steamed. Finally, the dyed yarns turns into garments, where the yarn is woven, shrunk, inspected, and sent to a different factory, warehouse, or a designer brand’s workplace. This how Levi Strauss made jeans. This how 1950’s cowboys’ pants were made. This is how Robert Plant’s stage outfit was made. This is how Marilyn Monroe’s denim jacket in the “Misfits” was made. This is want Andy Warhol wants to be wearing in his
The initial step in making denim is converting the cotton fibers to yarn. When farmers deliver the cotton fibers to the factory, workers who are receiving the cotton separate the fibers. The fibers are then fluffed and cleaned so they can be assembled and made to strands of yarn. After that, the workers align the fibers in parallel strands and remove the undesirable, short or defected fibers. Then, a certain …show more content…
The first stage is making yarn, where the crop is separated, fluffed, cleaned, and separated again. The second stage is coloring the yarn, where the wax and oil are removed, the yarn is dyed and heated, and then it’s waxed and steamed. Finally, the dyed yarns turns into garments, where the yarn is woven, shrunk, inspected, and sent to a different factory, warehouse, or a designer brand’s workplace. This how Levi Strauss made jeans. This how 1950’s cowboys’ pants were made. This is how Robert Plant’s stage outfit was made. This is how Marilyn Monroe’s denim jacket in the “Misfits” was made. This is want Andy Warhol wants to be wearing in his