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The History of Jeans
The first people to wear jeans were sailors in the 16th century. Sailors were gone for a long time.They had to do hard work outside in bad weather. Often their clothes had holes in them, got thinner,or lost color. They needed something strong against wear and tear. Their clothes had to last longer and stay in good condition. They found this type of cloth during their trip to India. It was made of thick cotton and was called dungaree. It was dyed indigo. Indians use the indigo plant to color this type of cloth in factories. Sailors bought dungaree cloth in outside markets, cut it, and wore it on their trips home.
The first jeans were made in an Italian city called Genoa. In the 16th century, Genoa was very powerful. Its sailors traveled all around the world. Genoa City decided to make better pants for their sailors. They used the dungaree cloth because it was sturdy and strong. The new pants were called 'geanos' or jeanos'. Sailors could use it in both wet and dry weather. They could roll up their pants when cleaning the ship. To clean the pants, they put them inside a net, threw them in
