Comments on: Walt Whitman and Blue Jeans http://historying.org/2009/10/29/walt-whitman-and-blue-jeans/ thoughts on scholarship and history in a digital age Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:55:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jack http://historying.org/2009/10/29/walt-whitman-and-blue-jeans/#comment-578 Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:22:38 +0000 http://historying.org/?p=951#comment-578 I’ve just saved this write-up in Diigo, thanks.

]]> By: AP Human Geography » Blog Archive » The Beginning of Blue Jeans http://historying.org/2009/10/29/walt-whitman-and-blue-jeans/#comment-469 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:48:14 +0000 http://historying.org/?p=951#comment-469 [...] fashion of blue jeans also traveled to parts of Asia and other areas of the world. Throughout over 130 years since the product’s invention, blue jeans have become a global product, reaching almost all [...]

]]> By: Jana http://historying.org/2009/10/29/walt-whitman-and-blue-jeans/#comment-460 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:00:20 +0000 http://historying.org/?p=951#comment-460 Oh, well I’m a wanna-be hipster so it works for me, too. :)

]]> By: Cameron Blevins http://historying.org/2009/10/29/walt-whitman-and-blue-jeans/#comment-459 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:52:01 +0000 http://historying.org/?p=951#comment-459 Thanks! Although, I’m hoping that the fact that the commercial appeals to me doesn’t make me part of the artistic, cynical, hipster crowd.

]]> By: Jana http://historying.org/2009/10/29/walt-whitman-and-blue-jeans/#comment-458 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:27:38 +0000 http://historying.org/?p=951#comment-458 Thanks for sharing the ad–it was beautiful to hear Walt’s own words (and got me to wondering why I’d never heard that recording before, despite being a huge fan of his work). The Wrangler ad, on the other hand–ugh.

I suspect that Levi is attempting to appeal to the young artistic, and quite cynical, hipster crowd that tends to live/work/hang out in urban spaces. They’ve done a good job.

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