Region | Number of mills |
---|---|
China | 297 |
India | 23 |
Asia (excluding India and China) | 81 |
North America | 9 |
Europe | 41 |
Latin America | 46 |
Africa | 15 |
Australia | 1 |
Total | 513 |
'Levi Strauss had the canvas made into waist overalls. Miners liked the pants, but complained that they tended to chafe. Levi Strauss substituted a twilled cotton cloth from France called 'serge de Nimes.' The fabric later became known as denim and the pants were nicknamed blue jeans.' In French of Nimes or De Nimes shortened to Denim
...a pair of raw denim is like an individualized canvass. Indeed the fade results and any other visible marks, rips, or tears are specific you and your body ...