Happy May 20th
May 20th is a day to celebrate.
Today, May 20th is “Be A Millionaire Day?” Well I am a long way from being a millionaire and I can’t celebrate “Pick Strawberries Day,” which is also celebrated today. I think it is a little too early to be picking strawberries, so maybe I’ll just go buy some strawberries at the grocery store wearing my blue jeans. Did you know that today is Blue Jeans Day too? Today marks the 135th anniversary of a patent.
On this day in 1873, Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis received a U.S patent for blue jeans. Jeans have come a long way from 1873. They are now a high-fashion item. Victoria Beckham the ex – Spice Girl even launched her own designer jeans line.
I don’t think that the Bikini Jeans, the latest trend in Japan and Brazil were what Levi Strauss had in mind when he invented blue jeans. I don’t think they had these Evisu Bondage Jeans were what he had in mind either.
Can you believe that these jeans sell for $407.37 on Amazon? Talk about expensive jeans. (Shop at Amazon
These are not the most expensive pair of jeans ever sold. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the most valuable jeans are a 155-year-old pair of Levis 501, that were bough on Amazon in 2005. They sold for $60,000.
Celebrate May 20th by wearing your favorite pair of blue jeans. What is your favorite pair of jeans?
Source: The World’s Most Expensive Jeans
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7 responses so far ↓
Wrote: May 20, 2008 at 9:49 pm
My favorite: Capezio jeans that I bought at Value Village for $9.95 + tax at Value Village
Wrote: May 21, 2008 at 1:07 am
I guess if I change my pounds to yen, I am a millionaire. A broke millionaire naturally, but nonetheless…
Wrote: May 21, 2008 at 12:40 pm
—and also on this day, Clara Barton, founded the american red cross (had you visiting my site prior to wriing your blog you would have known that) I of course had to read YOUR blog to learn it was Levi Strauss day, and strawberry day—so that just goes to show ya—-the power of the written word—and better yet having the brains to read. Another thoughtful blog from ya—cool.
Wrote: May 21, 2008 at 3:58 pm
those are wicked pants… Now who in the right mind would pay that?
Wrote: May 21, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Gary I posted this May 20th. lol Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in Washington, D.C. on May 21. Now don’t you go getting ahead of me.
Mr. D not you.
B- you can get some good deals at Value Village.
Sy better broke and happy than rich and miserable.
Wrote: May 21, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Jeans should be the official uniform for the human race
But those ones you have pictured there … I mean I wouldn’t want to try and run away in those! lol
Wrote: May 22, 2008 at 7:31 pm
I agree with DrowseyMonkey — the invention of jeans is pretty much the best thing that’s ever happened to mankind.
I wear jeans everyday to work, thanks to a casual office environment, and it’s the biggest reason why I never want to leave my job