Jeans: A Faded Blue Planet (2010)

  • NR
  • 11/03/2010 (BE)
  • Documentary, History
  • 56m

Overview

A legendary garment, mass-produced, which witnessed the Industrial Revolution and clad cowboys on the western frontier, is now a fashion statement worldwide for men and women, young and old: an icon of modernity which has lasted for 150 years. With flying colors, the jeans have sailed through early marketing, the Internet, the world of collectors, the end of the Cold War, and now globalization. Their eternal popularity begs a question: Why?

Thierry Aguila

Director, Writer

Cast

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac's headshot

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac

Self
Hisao Manabe's headshot

Hisao Manabe

Self
Tom Novembre's headshot

Tom Novembre

Self - Narrator (voice)
Lynn Downey's headshot

Lynn Downey

Self

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