Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Welcome to history class

Ok people! you guys have asking me alllll of these questions about denim and how folks in the old-n-days first maid this wonderful fabric we call de' nime. AHHHHHH the word "Denim " traces back to its origin in France. with ant further interruptions I present the "ART" Chart.

-1730-1st machine spun cotton yarn (prob in England)
-1733-John Kay patent fly shuttle loom
-1750-loom became standard
-1785-Dr. Edmund Cartwright invents Power Loom
-1828-Ring Spinning is patented (by John Thrope)
-1860-Power Looms replace hand looms
-1877-Chemical Company BASF (Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik) it prob was a synthetic indigo "pure indigo" or "indigo pure"
-1921-Cone denim patented-long chain dyeing method maid standard
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