From its roots in slavery to its connection to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion and hiphop, jeans are the canvas on which the history of American ideology and politics is writ large.

RIVETED: THE HISTORY OF JEANS reveals the fascinating and surprising story of this iconic American garment. At any given moment, half the people on the planet are wearing them. They have become a staple of clothing the world over, worn by everyone from presidents and supermodels to farmers and artists. More than just an item of apparel, America’s tangled past is woven into the indigo blue fabric.

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00:00 Prologue
2:49 Origins of Denim
4:39 Girl Botanist
9:33 Slave Cloth
12:27 Rivet Man
15:52 War of the “Waistoveralls”
20:11 Cowboy Craze
23:18 Dude Ranch Duds
27:30 OffDuty/OnDuty Denim
30:27 “What’ve ya got?”
33:04 The Birth of Cool
34:31 Denim fights back
37:16 Rebels WITH a Cause
40:41 Hippie Chic
43:20 Disco and Designer Denim
46:40 Take it Back
50:02 Epilogue

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