But denim was also symbolic ... jeans after a Nevada tailor named Jacob Davis created pants using duck cloth—a denimlike canvas material—purchased from the San Francisco businessman Levi ...

White jeans are a staple that don't have to be boring. Here, we've rounded up 20 outfit ideas using garments of various colors, textures, and shapes that turn the classic denim piece into a statement.

Davis was using a brown canvas fabric reinforced with ... of the free world and – given that US-made jeans were outlawed – of rebellion. Denim persisted as a symbol of rebellion after the ...