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The Story of Blue Jeans

Jeans were the classic clothes of the American West.

    In 1853, a young tailor from Germany, called Levi Strauss, began working in San
Francisco; Levi sold thick canvas to miners; the miners used the canvas to make
tents.
    One day, a miner told Levi that he could not find trousers that were strong enough
for work in the gold mines. Levi decided to make some trousers out of canvas.Very
soon, he had sold all the canvas trousers he had made! They were just what miners
wanted. However, the canvas was rather heavy and stiff. Levi therefore began to look
for a different textile; soon he found a heavy textile from France; it was called serge
de Nimes. Americans just called this de Nimes, and this name soon got reduced
to denim.Denim was a bit lighter than canvas, but it was very strong; it was ideal for
miners.However, original denim was almost white, and miners did not like the color!
Their denim trousers got dirty as soon as they began working!
    Levi Strauss therefore decided to use colored denim, and he chose dark blue. In
1873,he began to make denim trousers with metal rivets to make them stronger. This
was a radical new idea: "Blue jeans" had arrived! Levi's jeans were so popular, that
his company got bigger and bigger; soon, other firms were making blue jeans too.
Miners liked them, but so did cowboys and other working men. Blue jeans became
classic American working trousers.
    After the Second World War, jeans became popular all over the world. Today, blue
jeans are made over the world – most of them in Asia. Very few jeans are now made
in the USA, because of the cost: but it is still possible to buy blue jeans that are made
in San Francisco.... if you have a lot of money to spend.Today there are hundreds of
different brands of jeans. Many top fashion brands, like Armani or Benetton, make
their own blue jeans. But for real authentic jeans, "Levi's" are still the most popular
brand.

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Instruction:
Choose the best answer by giving (X) to the correct answer!

1. What is the text about?

a. The history of blue jeans
b. The journey of Levi Strauss’s life
c. How to make a blue jeans
d. The reason why the miners need jeans

2. Where is Levi Strauss come from?

a. Germany
b. USA
c. France
d. San Francisco
3. Why the miners do not like the original denim’s color?
a. Because they do not like white color
b. Because the trousers will get dirty while they start to work
c. Because the miners prefer to choose blue color
d. Because they like colorful trousers

4. Where did Levi get the material to make denim?

a. USA
b. Asia
c. San Francisco
d. France

5. From the text above, we know that the miners need…

a. a strong and comfortable trousers to work.
b. a heavy and colorful trousers to work
c. a heavy and stiff trousers to work
d. a strong and stiff tousers to work

TRUE/FALSE
Instruction:
Indicate wether the sentence or the statement is true or false!

1. The miners usually used the canvas to make tents. (___)

2. The canvas was a bit lighter that is why Levi began to look for a different textile.
(___)
3. Armani, Benetton, and Levi’s are some brands of jeans. (___)
4. Levi changed the color of the jeans into blue. (___)
5. Most of the blue jeans now are produced in Asia. (___)

MATCHING TEST
Instruction:
Match the following definiton in column A with their profession in column B. Write
the letter of the correct answer.

Column A Column B

___ 1. A person whose job is to repair, make and a. Fashion designer

make changes to clothes
b. Miner
___ 2. A person who works in a mine
c. Model
___ 3. A person who design clothes which are
functional as well as aesthetically pleasing d. Sailor
 ___ 4. A person who wears clothes so that they e. Tailor
can be photographed or shown to possible
buyers

___5. A person who works on a ship

SHORT ANSWER TEST ITEM

Instruction:
Answer these following questions based on the text above!

1. Based on the text, who is the inventor of blue jeans?

2. Why Levi decided to change the canva into denim to make trousers?
3. What was the color of the jeans after Levi changed it?
4. Based on the text above, what are some brands of blue jeans?
5. Where you can find place that produced blue jeans in USA?