Denim Originiated in India!

Denim originated from an Indian fabric known as dungaree!

Denim origin from Dungaree of IndiaYes, dungaree was inspiration for today’s most loved fabric denim. Dungaree is an indigo dyed thick cotton fabric. In the beginning, dungaree fabric was made with indigo warp and undyed white weft 2×2 twill weave. Hence the fabric had the unique shaded effect with shaded indigo in right side and faded bluish white in wrong side.

Read more about Denim origin in Wikipedia.

P.S. – ‘Fashion Facts’ is a series to share the amazing fashion/textiles facts.

Sindhu

A nature lover and dreamer who expresses herself as an artist, fashion designer and blogger. Persued B.Sc fashion design at Karavali College (Mangaluru University 2003 - 2006) with first rank. Former lecturer for fashion designing at Gloria College, Puttur for five years (2006-2011). Blogger since 2013.

4 Comments:

  1. Wow, I did not know this. Thanks for sharing, Sindhu ?

    • Kiran, It was a wow moment for me too when I came to know about Denim’s origin in India. I checked repeatedly if I was reading wrong ?

  2. That’s an amazing fact…so even Denim has an Indian touch!

Your words make my day! Thank you!