The history of jeans, from their roots in slavery to the Wild West, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop.
American Experience
Riveted: The History of Jeans
season 34 episode 1
episode aired on february 2022
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Cast of episode
- Self, author of 'Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon'
- Self
- Self, Founder and Director of the Textile History Forum
- Self, author of 'The African Lookbook: A Visual History of 100 Years of African Womanhood'
- Self, Associate Professor of History
- Self
- Self, vintage denim collector
- Self, fashion historian
- Self, author of 'What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times
- Self, Autry Museum of the American West
- Self
- Self
- Self, author of 'The Original Wild Ones: Tales of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club'
- Self, history professor, The City University of New York
- Self, Asst. Prof. of Black Visual Culture
- Self
- Self, museum director, The Fashion Institute of Technology
- Self - Host
- Self - Narrator