Jean jacket
Chaqueta de mezclilla
- Date
- 1880 · confidence high
- Place
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Credited to
- Levi Strauss
- Field
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What it is
The denim jacket (or jean jacket) is an outer garment made of denim, introduced in the United States in the late 19th century by Levi Strauss & Co. It became an iconic piece of American fashion and a staple of western workwear.
What it led to
- Iconic piece of American casual fashion
- Worldwide popularization of denim clothing
- Variants such as the trucker jacket