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  2. Joe Dudley - Wikipedia

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    Joe Louis Dudley Sr. (May 9, 1937 – February 8, 2024) was an American businessman and hair-care entrepreneur. He was the president and chief executive officer for Dudley Products Inc., a manufacturer and distributor of hair and skin care products for the African American community.

  3. The History of American Jeans: From Railroad to Runway - AOL

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    The official "birthday" for blue jeans is May 20, 1873. This was the day that Levi Strauss and a tailor named Jacob Davis received the patent for their process of reinforcing pants with rivets.

  4. Jacob W. Davis - Wikipedia

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    Strauss agreed, and on May 20, 1873, US Patent No. 139,121 for "Improvements in fastening pocket openings" was issued in the name of Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss and Company. [8] That same year, Davis started sewing a double orange threaded stitched design onto the back pocket of the jeans to distinguish them from those made by his ...

  5. Samuel B. Fuller - Wikipedia

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    Joe L. Dudley Senior of Greensboro, North Carolina had a similar business, the Dudley Products Company, which was a major distributor of Fuller products and also offered products of its own and kept the Fuller Products name alive after the end of S. B. Fuller's career.

  6. 50 years ago, you got jeans at Army-Navy stores ... - AOL

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  7. Harry David Lee - Wikipedia

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    Lee was born in 1849 in Vermont and attended school in South East Randolph, he moved to Galion, Ohio, in 1867 where he worked as a hotel clerk and parlayed early business success selling circular knitting machines into the purchase of Central Oil Co. of Galion. Later the Standard Oil Company purchased the refinery and he remained for a time as ...

  8. Seventh-grader gets duct tape on legs for ripped jeans - AOL

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    A seventh grader in violation of her school's dress code reportedly had to put duct tape on her bare legs to cover up what was showing through the holes in the denim.

  9. Wrangler (brand) - Wikipedia

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    Wrangler is an American manufacturer of jeans and other clothing items, particularly workwear. The brand is owned by Kontoor Brands Inc., which also owns Lee . Its headquarters is in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina , in the United States , with production plants located throughout the world.