DENIM: A Visual History of the World`s Most Lege

Now republished in a smaller and more affordable format, Denim is a pictorial exploration of the rich history and culture of the fabric that has become a universal talisman of youth and modernity. It tells how the first pair of jeans came about and documents the material's rise from humble beginnings as workwear in 19th-century America, through its love affair with 1940s Hollywood and its adoption by a rebellious generation of teenagers in the 1950s, right up to its emergence as a high-fashion fabric in the 1990s.