Riveted jeans
The work trousers that were reinforced with copper rivets and became the world's most common garment.
The tailor Jacob Davis in Nevada came up with the idea of putting rivets in the pockets of work trousers. He lacked the money for a patent and contacted Levi Strauss, who sold the cloth. They were granted a patent in 1873.
The trousers were made for miners and farmers. In the twentieth century they became the uniform of youth and spread all over the world.
Materials: Denim (heavy cotton twill) and copper rivets
Manufacture: Factory-sewn; the rivets are set at the corners of the pockets, where the seams easily give way.
The rivets at the pocket corners.
The heavy diagonal weave of the cloth.
Double seams in contrasting thread.