A Fascinating Apparel Of The Twentieth Century
A wonderfull garment
Blue jeans,
indubitably a hundred percent American innovation in the world of fashion, has
now become a symbol of the young generation. Worn today by men, women, boys,
and girls all over the world, it is the raiment that was quite unfamiliar to
the inhabitants of the old world as a casual dress before the previous century.
Today, the universities, colleges, schools, hotels, public parks, offices etc.
around the world witness the immense popularity of the costume in the young
generation. Be it T. V. commercials or ads in magazines or newspapers, whether
of cold drinks or ice-cream, mobile phone sets or cell phone services, young
boys and girls are seen singing and dancing, clad in blue jeans.
In the last decade of the previous century while the fashion traveled from its
birth place---the United States---to the Asian and other countries of the east,
its major target were the university campuses where young students cordially
embraced this new item of cloth. Elderly people would raise their eyebrows upon
seeing boys with unshaven chins wearing a dress quite new for the grandmas and
grandpas, strolling upon streets and in the markets.
Popularity in Women
The
charming blue costume has especially been embraced by the women all over the
world. From the rosy white and ebony skinned girls and women belonging to
Canada and the U.S. A. , Latin America, and Europe to the white and olive
skinned Asian girls, there is a craze among them of wearing the wardrobe day
and night in order to look smart and active in it. The reason for the so much
popularity of blue jeans is its amazing property of conforming exactly to the
body of its wearer. All kinds of other pants remain the same after having been
worn. As for its market in the U.S. alone, more than four hundred and fifty
million pairs are sold annually.
Jeans are shown as a staple dress of young teen girls of the western society by
a majority of writers in their novels and short stories for girls. You would
surely have seen the images of the globally reputed B.B.G. or Blue Bra Girl in
news papers and on the Internet. Severely beaten and thrown upon ground by the
Egyptian police, lying upon her back at the Tahrir Square, the upper part of
her body is exposed except a blue colored brassier, and the lower part is
dressed in dark blue denim.This unique piece of cloth has been a strong
representative of freedom for all mankind ever since the two great wars.
Besides, it has also served as a symbol of unity for the people living on both
sides of the Iron Curtain. When in 1980, the Berlin Wall was being demolished,
people were jumping joyfully around the wall. People from both sides of the
wall whether men or women, all were wearing a common costume that had brought
them together, and that were the blue jeans.
It was only during the 1970s that girls were allowed by the society to wear
denim at schools in the United States. Before that period, women could not wear
jeans except as a work wear. And now since the turn of the century, switching
from bell bottom jeans introduced by Hippie Culture during the 1960 s, to the
drainpipe jeans and the skintight or boot-cut pencil jeans, young boys and
girls are seen at parks, clubs, and markets, playing, chatting, and shopping
wearing the modern apparel, the heart of the young generation. Several new styles evolved; such as, embroidered jeans, painted
jeans etc. In 1980s, with the coming of the Kelvin Klein ad slogan, the
photograph of the most reputed model and actress of the decade---Brook shield
could be seen in every living room, purring: nothing can come between me and my
Kelvins.
Charming lady of the 89s, Brook Shield, in her Calvins
New Trends
Since around 2007, the
trend of wearing skinny, hip tight jeans has prevailed and is not going to end,
perhaps, forever. Australian women seem to be at extreme in their love for
skinny jeans. It was during the fall of 2016, a women in her thirties was
brought to the Royal Adelaide Hospital suffering from pain and nerve blockading
in legs . According to her statement, she was helping one of her closest
relatives who was shifting to another town in packing. During her packing
activity, she squatted on the floor all the day wearing tight pencil jeans.
When in the evening, she started her journey back home in severe cold, the poor
women was unable to walk anymore after going a few steps. She sat down by the
road helplessly until some wayfarer came to rescue her upon her calling. The
women whose name is kept secret remained in hospital for four days. The
physicians at the hospital asserted that she had fallen pray to compartment
syndrome.
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