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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Riveted: The History of Jeans Premieres Monday, February 7, 9 PM
New Documentary Explores the Evolution of the Iconic American Garment Boot cut, flare, ripped and faded. Mom jeans, dad jeans, skinny jeans. Everyone has their favorite style and their favorite pair. American Experience: Riveted: The History of Jeans, premiering Monday, February 7 at 9 p.m., is the fascinating and surprising story of the iconic American garment. “Jeans are the perfect, quintessentially American item through which to examine the complex story of America,” says American Experience executive producer Cameo George. “They reflect their times and provide a unique and unexpected starting point for discussions of race, gender, class and culture. And they’re also one of the few things we all agree on—we all love our jeans!” From its roots in slavery to the Wild West, youth culture, the civil rights movement, rock and roll, hippies, high fashion and hip-hop, Riveted explores the garment’s rich history, featuring interviews with a diverse cast of historians, authors, designers and so-called “denim heads.”
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