Ever notice those tiny copper buttons all over your jeans and wonder what they are for? Turns out, they might be more necessary than you think. Following is a transcript of the video. If you’ve ever ...

In the late 1800s, San Francisco merchant Levi Strauss and tailor Jacob Davis began manufacturing worker’s trousers reinforced by copper rivets—the world’s first jeans. The jeans in this photo are one ...

Jeans have a long history in the United States, since they were invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss as workmen's pants whose distinct characteristic was not the denim cloth they were made ...