How the word "denim" is popularly thought

There still remains the question of how the word “denim” is popularly thought to be descended from the word “serge de Nimes.” Serge de Nimes was made of silk and wool, but denim has always been made of cotton. What we have here again, I think, is a relation between fabrics that is in name only, though both fabrics are a twill weave. Is the real origin of the word denim “serge de nim,” meaning a fabric that resembled the part-wool fabric called nim? Was serge de Nimes more well known, and was this word mistranslated when it crossed the English Channel? Or, did British merchants decide to give a zippy French name to an English fabric to give it a bit more cachet? It’s likely we will never really know.

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Resulta curioso que a pesar de la historia y origen del denim, el jeans termine convirtiéndose en la prenda democrática por excelencia, en un producto genuinamente norteamericano y en el ícono de los jóvenes rebeldes de los años 50 y de las estrellas de Hollywood, para luego ser la prenda de vestir universalpor excelencia.

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Denim: from England or France?

Serge de Nimes was also known in England before the end of the 17th century. The question then arises: is this fabric imported from France or is it an English fabric bearing the same name? According to Ms. Gorguet-Ballesteros, fabrics which were named for a certain geographic location were often also made elsewhere; the name was used to lend a certain cachet to the fabric when it was offered for sale. Therefore a “serge de Nimes” purchased in England was very likely also made in England, and not in Nimes, France.

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Los jeans se convierten en los reyes de la moda urbana

En los años 7o del siglo XX, los jeans se convirtieron en la prenda de vestir de los "chicos malos de Hollywood", erepresentados por Marlon Brando y James Dean. A fines de la década, en Europa, el mundo empresarial reconoció a los jeans como piezas de diseño y a partir de ese momento, los jeans, sin dejar el color azul tradicional, se fabricaron en gran variedad de colores y formas, convirtiéndose así, en los reyes de la vestimenta urbana internacional.