Introduction

Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two (twi-"double") or more warp fibers, producing the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric. A popular conception of the etymology of the word denim is that it is a contraction or derivative of the French term, serge de Nmes. Denim was traditionally colored blue with indigo dye to make blue "jeans," though "jean" then denoted a different, lighter cotton textile; the contemporary use of jean comes from the French word for Genoa, Italy (Gnes), from which the first denim trousers were made. A similarly woven traditional American cotton textile is the diagonal warp-striped hickory cloth that was once associated with railroad men's overalls, in which blue or black contrasting with undyed white threads form the woven pattern.

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The author is Final Year Student at Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology in Department Of Textile Technology.