Posted
on October 4, 2013
(First Friday of October)
This
is pretty cool: Lee's jeans and the American Cancer Society have
teamed up to encourage companies to begin a casual-dress day at work
to raise money for research on breast cancer.
It
works like this: employees chip in $5 or more to fight breast cancer,
and in return they are allowed to go to work in their jeans today!
Since
National Denim Day began in 1996, it has raised more than $89 million
to find better treatments for and diagnosis (or even prevention) of
breast cancer!
What
is denim?
Denim
is a super sturdy fabric made of cotton twill. It's strong because
the weft passes under two or more warp threads rather than just one.
This gives the fabric a characteristic diagonal pattern. If you're wearing jeans right
now, you can check it out. |
| This is normal weave, not twill. Notice that each weft passes over just one warp thread at a time. |
What
makes indigo (dark blue) denim different from other twill fabric is
that only the warp threads are dyed. That's why jeans are white on
the inside—and it's why jeans wear and fade in such a cool way!
To
find out why denim is called denim, and why jeans are called
jeans (plus other interesting
facts and stats), check out this earlier post.
It's
fun to reuse, repurpose, and upcycle jeans and other denim
items!
Also
on this date:
Plan
Ahead:
And
here are my Pinterest boards for November
holidays, November
birthdays, and historical
anniversaries in November.
