DENIM: THE FABRIC THAT BUILT AMERICA 1935-1944

The legacy of denim in America, as seen through early FSA photographs of blue collar workers.  There is perhaps no other fabric so inextricably associated with a country as is denim with the USA.  First popularized by Levi's iconic jean designs in the mid 1800s, denim quickly became the material of choice for working class Americans, spurring an influx of other brands making workwear with the durable and ubiquitous fabric - from Wrangler and Lee to OshKosh and Carhartt.  The selection of 250 images represents an incredible feat of curation, drawing from an archive of over 170,000 images containing well known stories and untold histories, but which has never been looked at through the prism of fashion history before.

Hardcover

9" x 10.75"

240 pages