Jeans: A Faded Blue Planet

Jeans: A Faded Blue Planet

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 3, 2010

Runtime

0h 56m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

Jeans, une planète en bleu

Production Companies

Les Films du Tambour de soie, ARTE

Director

Thierry Aguila

Description

A legendary garment, mass-produced, which witnessed the Industrial Revolution and clad cowboys on the western frontier, is now a fashion statement worldwide for men and women, young and old: an icon of modernity which has lasted for 150 years. With flying colors, the jeans have sailed through early marketing, the Internet, the world of collectors, the end of the Cold War, and now globalization. Their eternal popularity begs a question: Why?