Ngokumangalisayo, siphantse singacingi ngeenkcukacha zempahla yethu yemihla ngemihla! Iinkcukacha ezifana nee-rives eziqhelekileyo kwi-jean, okanye iilogo kwihempe, zibonakala ngathi, phambili, ingeniso ebalulekileyo. Kukucaphukisa okuncinci.
Ngapha koko, zonke ezi zinto zincinci zaziyile ngononophelo ukwenza ubomi bube lula kuthi! Ngaba ungakholelwa? Emva koko funda inqaku! Kutheni ufuna ipokotho encinci kwi-jean? Ifashoni iyahluka, iJeans ihleli. Kodwa bambalwa bayazi ukuba nayiphi na, nkqu neenkcukacha ezincinci kwi-jean, inenjongo esebenzayo kakhulu. Ukuqala kwee-jean ze-jeans zehlabathi ze-1853.
Kulapho ke ukuba uLedy Straumpass, kunye nomzala kaDavide, waba ngabanini wevenkile "uLevi Stuss & Coussing Yayilixesha lezihlambisi. Uninzi lwabantu abaleka ukuya eCalifornia, ngethemba lokuba zizityebi kwimigodi yegolide. ISan Francisco yayiqhutywa ngokoqobo nabasebenzi, kwaye bafuna i-orable, impahla entle nengabizi. Yayiyi-jean ukuba i-jeansing jeans ilungelelaniswe kwaye ithungiwe, kwaye ipokotho encinci yonxantathu yenzelwe ukumfihla impumelelo - i-nugget. Kutheni ufuna umnqamlezo kwi-jean?
Kudala siqhelekile ukuba siqeqeshe, kwaye singazicingeli kwaphela. Kodwa enyanisweni, banebali labo. Njengoko sele sifumanise, uLevi Strauss wayengumntu onobulumko. Ukufundisisa ngo-1829 ukuba abasebenzi kufuneka balungiselele iimpahla zabo, kuba uhlala etyhutyha emthungo, ngoko nangoko "wathengisa" i-rims. Kutheni ufuna i-flap ilaphu kwiimpahla ezintsha?
Uninzi lwabantu luqinisekisa ukuba incasa yelaphu, ukusuka apho iimpahla ziqhotyoshelwe kwimveliso egqityiweyo ukuze ilandelwe, kwimeko leyo, yayingaphantsi kwe-patch. Ngapha koko, ayinjalo. Iflethi yomcimbi iyafuneka ukuze uqonde ukuba "uziphethe" ilaphu xa uhlanjwa kunye ne-ironing. Eyona ntsingiselo intsingiselo! Ukuzila kwihempe: Ngoba? 0 Le nto incinci inenjongo yayo. Ihempe enjalo i-hinges yaqala yavela kwiminyaka engama-60 yenkulungwane yokugqibela. Abavelisi bachaza ukuba i-loop yayiyimfuneko ukuze ixhonywe ihempe kwigumbi lokunxiba zemidlalo. Intshukumo enjalo yoyilo ivunyelwe ukugcina into egudileyo.
Kuthiwa ukuba ezihempe zayo zaye zenzeka ngoko nangoko kubafundi beeyunivesithi ze-Elite. Abantu abancinci bade bafumana indlela ngoncedo lwe-loop ebonisa abajikelezileyo malunga nokuba uqeshiwe iintliziyo zabo, okanye ukhululekile. Kwimeko yokuqala, i-lop inqunyulwe. Kutheni ufuna amaqhosha kwikhola? Ngubani umntu onokuthi acinge ukuba i-bugs yokuqala kwiilekele zaqala ukunxiba abadlali bePolo? Ngaphandle kwento yokuba ikhola ingayibongwa ngoncedo lwePIN, okanye isitatshi, iimbaleki zazithandwa ngamaqhosha. Sekunjalo! Abazange banqwenele izinto zokuhamba, njengezingcungcutheka kwaye azikwazanga ukugqiba njengePIN.
Xa, ngo-1896, uJohn I. unike ii-odolo zokuqalisa ngokuveliswa kweekhola ezifanayo zehempe ezisemgangathweni.
Nje ukuba abazalwana base-Brooks bakhuphe ibhendi yokuqala yehempe emhlophe ngekhola efakwe kuyo, le nto yathandwa. Mhlawumbi ngokuyinxenye kuba ukusukela ngoku kubafazi akusafuneki kwikhola egudileyo kwihempe zomyeni wakhe, kwaye uye kuzo zonke izikhonkwane ezifanelekileyo.