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4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree. Jeans. 4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree. 4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree. So…why jeans?. Most widely produced apparel Popular for all ages Casual Available in variety of styles, colors, fabrics, prices
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4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree Jeans 4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree
4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree So…why jeans? • Most widely produced apparel • Popular for all ages • Casual • Available in variety of styles, colors, fabrics, prices • Durable, comfortable,economical, easy care
Fabrics • 100% Cotton (most common) • Blends (50% cotton/50% polyester or nylon) • Denim – Twill Woven Fabric
4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree Cotton vs. Blends • 100% Cotton Jeans • Advantages: • Comfortable • Do not pill easily (form fuzzy balls that cling to fabric) • Soft • Absorbent • 100% Cotton Jeans • Disadvantages: • High shrinkage • Blended Jeans • Added stretch • Added Durability • Dye Stability • Shrink resistance • Wrinkle resistance • Easy care Blended Jeans Disadvantages • Can be more stiff • Pill easily
Distressed Denim • Fashion style for jeans • Increased price due to special treatments • Types: acid washed,stonewashed, ravaged, aged, white washed, bleached, super bleached, prewashed • Most common treatment processes • Chemical (bleaching) • Mechanical (rubbing or abrading) • Stonewashing • Sandblasting • Whiskered
4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree What to Look For When Buying Jeans: • Cut / Style of Jeans • Legs • Rise • Shrink Resistance • Construction • Waistband, placket, Seams/stitching, Reinforcements, Zipper, belt loops • Care
4-H Cotton Boll and Consumer Jamboree Basic Construction • Seams/Stitching - Flat fell seams have two rows of stitching and are enclosed on both the outside and inside (Figure 1, a) • Serged Seams- overcast with thread to cover the raw fabric edges and thus prevent raveling. (Figure 1, b). • Reinforcements -Look for thread bar tacks or rivets at places of stress (i.e. pockets, belt loops) (Figure1, d). • Zipper –( Figure 1, e)
Styling • Boot Cut • Wide Leg • Straight Leg • Skinny • Boy Cut • Designer • Button Fly • Flared Cut • Western • Carpenter & Cargo Style • Baggy, etc.