Brand Names

Brand Names

Postby Vanessa » Wed Jun 30, 2010 1:52 pm

1. Levi Strauss was who started the Levi Strauss Company in 1853. He founded the company when he came from Buttenheim.

2. James Dean popularized them in the movie Rebel Without a Cause, wearing jeans by teenagers and young adults became a symbol of youth rebellion during the 1950s.

3. Traditionally, jeans are dyed to a blue color using indigo dye. Some colours that can be achieved however are pink, blue, yellow, black, and white. These colors are achieved by coloring other fabrics to resemble jeans. Approximately 20 million tons of indigo are produced annually for this purpose, though only a few grams of the dye are required for each pair of these trousers.

4. Nike produces footwear, clothing for different sports and equipment.

5. In the mid-90s, a Nike ad linked to some of the NBA players that make a game more fun, forming a police department that fought against the game boring.

6. Rayban founded in 1937 by Bausch&Lomb. They introduced for the United States Army Air Corps.
Vanessa
 

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