Ferrer History

From Barack Obama to The Ramones, from John Wayne to a common criminal, from hippies to high fashion model, denim is as American as baseball and apple pie. It always seems to find its way back into style. Rudei Karrer, the curator, of the denim museum in Zurich, Switzerland, Ruedi Karrer, is not into denim as in terms of style trends and fashion but he just loves denim. Karrer is more evolved with the history of denim as well as running this museum. “Denim is one of the world’s most popular trends,” said Karrer, “I figured if someone was going to do a museum about it, it was going to be me.” The museum first opened its doors in Zurich, Switzerland in 2001. Over 12,000 loved denim items have found a safe place to survive for ever in a real-life exhibit, instead of an online-only medium. At the end of the 1960s, the Karrer family of 12 received two Levi’s pants from the 50s out from a cloth donation parcel. Ruedi Karrer, got quickly hooked on raw denim, “It’s an obsession that has continued ever since that moment,” said Karrer. In an unsuccessful attempt to imitate a then-popular Italian type of corduroy, the Andre family in the French City of Nimes developed a new, particularly durable twill fabric called serge. This serge de (from) Nimes was shortened to “denim.” Fast-forward about a century to 1848, when …show more content…
“Starting as a simple workman’s garment, jeans have retained basically the same structure throughout their existence,” said style expert Edward Barsamian. Jeans have evolved into a variety of styles more than their creator could have possibly imagined. Originally the blue jeans came about in the mid-19th century and were known as “dungarees,” this style was largely worn during World War II. The addition of copper rivets to this early design gave birth to the blue jean as we know