Denim: The Fabric That Built America, 1935–1944 bench adorned with a stylized portrait

adorned with a stylized portrait of a person on its spout

Acquainted at an early age with French saddle makers and small leather goods makers

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Denim: The Fabric That Built America, 1935–1944 bench adorned with a stylized portraitThere is perhaps no other fabric so inextricably associated with a country as is denim with the United States of America. First popularized by Levis iconic jean designs in the mid 1800s, denim quickly became the material of choice for working class Americans, spurring an influx of other brands making workwear with the durable and ubiquitous fabricfrom Wrangler and Lee to OshKosh and Carhartt. In the 1950s, denim moved from a work fabric to