Do you enjoy levi's blue jeans? blue jeans popular all over the world, but do you know how they got started? levi strauss in germany in the mid 1800's and to the united states. he lived in new york city and the dry-goods business. in 1853 he moved to the usa. many of 6) customers were cowboys and miners. they needed stong clothing. strauss a special fabric from france that was comfortable. it "serge de nimes," which to the word denim. another man jacob davis bought large amounts of the denim fabric from levi strauss. he was a tailor who made pants for hard-working men. one of his customers was continually tearing the pockets off his pants. so jacob davis decided to put rivets on certain parts of the pants them the customer loved the new pants so much that he told all his friends. jacob davis soon realized that rivets was a great business idea, and he didn't want anybody that idea. he went to the businessman levi strauss and told him his idea. he said, "if you to pay for the patent, we the profits." the new riveted pant business levi strauss and company. 1) wear, 2) become3) be born4) emigrate5) learn6) levi strauss7) find8) call, 9) shorten10) name11) make,12) strong13) use14) steal15) agree,16) share17) call