jeans
noun /dʒiːnz/
/dʒiːnz/
[plural]- trousers made of denim (= a type of strong cotton)
enlarge image- I always wear jeans.
- a pair of designer jeans
- skinny/baggy jeans
- ripped/faded jeans
- in jeans a young man in jeans and a T-shirt
Culture jeansjeansJeans were first made in the US. They are now worn all over the world. Jeans were created during the Gold Rush in the 1840s and 1850s, when many people went to the western US to search for gold. Miners often lived in tents made out of a strong cloth and, because they needed strong clothes, they began to wear trousers made from the same cloth. The first jeans were sold by Levi Strauss, who had a store in California, and today Levi's are among the most famous jeans.Traditionally, jeans are blue, but the cloth they are made of, denim, comes in many colours. Black jeans, and stonewashed jeans that are made from denim which has been washed until it becomes lighter and softer, are also made. Many people feel comfortable in a pair of old jeans, even if they are torn at the knee. This has led to a fashion for 'ripped' jeans, which are already torn when they are sold. Different styles come in and out of fashion, including skinny jeans, bell-bottoms, flares and bootleg cut, which are between straight and flared. However, straight-leg is most popular as a style and worn by both men and women. Jeggings are tight jeans similar to leggings, which are made of cloth that stretches easily. Designer jeans can be very expensive.For a long time jeans were worn only for physical work, but in the 1960s society changed and young people began to question traditional attitudes to dress. Jeans were a symbol of these changes and became very popular. Now, people of any age wear jeans because they are comfortable, practical and relatively cheap. They can be made more or less formal, depending on what is worn with them, but some restaurants and bars which have a strict dress code do not allow in people who are wearing jeans, and some companies do not like their staff to wear jeans for work.Topics Clothes and Fashiona1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- skintight
- stretch
- tight
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- pair
- pull on
- pull up
- pull off
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Word OriginFrom Janne, the Old French name for Genoa, where the heavy cotton now used for jeans was first made.
