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Brunette Girl Undresses Her White Top And Blue Jeans At The Window
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History
The word "jeans" comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue Genoa. Jeans fabric, or denim, originated independently in two places: the French town Nîmes, from which 'denim' (de Nîmes) gets its name; and in India, where trousers made denim material were worn by the sailors Dongari Killa, which came to be known as dungarees.
At the same time, denim trousers were made in Chieri, a town near Turin, during the Renaissance and were popularized in the 19th century. These trousers were sold through the harbor Genoa, which was the capital the independent Republic Genoa which was long an important naval and trading power. The Genoese Navy required all-purpose trousers for its sailors that could be worn while swabbing the deck and the denim material met this need. These trousers were laundered by dragging them in nets behind the ship, and the sea water and sun would gradually bleach them to white.
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