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Encyclopedia > Wrangler Jeans

Wrangler is one of the oldest and most popular jeans brands in the world. The brand is owned by the VF Corporation, who also own Lee, JanSport and The North Face, amongst others. Blue Jeans Jeans are trousers made from denim. ... VF Corporation NYSE: VFC is a American apparel corporation. ... Lee is a famous brand of denim jeans founded in 1889, headquartered in Merriam, Kansas, and owned by the VF Corporation. ... The JanSport Logo JanSport is a popular brand of backpacks. ... The North Face is an outdoor product manufacturing company. ...

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Wrangler Jeans were first made by Blue Bell, who acquired the brand when they took over Casey Jones in the mid-1940s. Blue Bell employed Bernard Lichtenstein ('Rodeo Ben'), a Polish tailor who worked closely with cowboys, to help design jeans suitable for rodeo use. Wrangler Jeans were born. The popular 13MWZ style, introduced in 1947, is still available worldwide. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Blue Bell Ice Cream is a brand of ice cream made by Blue Bell Creameries out of Brenham, Texas, with plants in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and Sylacauga, Alabama. ... // Events and trends The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in... A tailor is a person whose occupation is to sew clothes custom-fit to individuals, and to repair clothes. ... A cowboy (Spanish vaquero) tends cattle and horses on cattle ranches in North and South America. ... Steer roping Rodeo is a traditional folk North American sport with influences from the history of Mexican vaqueros (cowboys) and American cowboys. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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Jeans - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (748 words)
Jeans were first created in Genoa, Italy when the city was an independent Republic and a naval power.
The first jeans were made for the Genoese Navy because it required all-purpose trousers for its sailors that could be worn wet or dry, and whose legs could easily be rolled up to wear while swabbing the deck.
Acceptance of jeans continued through the 1980s and 1990s to the point where jeans are now a wardrobe staple, with the average American owning 7 pairs.
Jeans (897 words)
The first jeans were made for the Genoese Navy because it required an all-purpose pant for its sailors that could be worn wet or dry, and whose legs could could easily be rolled-up to wear swabbing the deck and for swimming.
Jeans were developed in America in 1853, when Levi Strauss came to San Francisco to open a west coast branch of his brothers' New York dry goods business.
Wrangler Jeans are traditionally worn as western wear, and are popular among professional cowboys and people who prefer true western style jeans.
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