Jeans: Quick Facts
Facts
| Also Known As | blue jeans • waist overalls • dungarees • Levi’s • denims |
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Related Topics and References
Topics
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Key People
Gloria Vanderbilt
American author, fashion designer, and socialite
Levi Strauss
American entrepreneur
Walter A. Haas
American businessman