| When you're shopping for jeans, you may come | | | | the crotch and the waistband. Low rise jeans have a |
| across some strange terms that you typically don't | | | | smaller rise, while regular jeans have a larger one. |
| encounter in your everyday life. Here are some of the | | | | Rivets: Rivets are those metal tabs that go through |
| most common jeans-related terms you'll find. | | | | crucial spots in the jeans to make sure that that there |
| Abrasion: Jeans companies such as Seven For All | | | | is not too much stretching and that holes to not |
| Mankind put many of their styles of jeans through an | | | | develop at those points. |
| aging process before they're sold. Abrasion is one of | | | | Sandblasting: In the factory, jeans are sometimes |
| the steps of this process. It involves using pumice | | | | blasted with sand in order to cause an overall worn |
| stones or other rough materials to give the denim a | | | | appearance. |
| holey, faded, and worn look. | | | | Stone wash: Stone washed jeans are put into a |
| Crosshatch denim: Crosshatch denim is medium-weight | | | | washing machine with pumice stones in order to make |
| fabric with a crisscrossed texture. | | | | the fabric softer. |
| Finishing: Finishing is the entire process performed on | | | | Twill: A standard jeans texture characterized by very |
| jeans between the assembly and the shipping stages. | | | | small diagonal lines. It's one of the most common types |
| For example, abrasion is included in this stage, as are | | | | of jeans textures, with many variations. |
| pre-shrinking treatments and other aging effects. | | | | Wash: The wash of a jean refers to the color and |
| Five pocket jeans: Most pairs of jeans have the | | | | texture of the jeans fabric. There are many factors |
| standard four pockets-two in front and two in the rear. | | | | that go into a wash. It can be created by the basic |
| Five-pocket jeans have that extra fifth change pocket, | | | | type of denim and how it is manufactured, but the |
| usually within the right front pocket. | | | | wash can also be affected by finishing processes. For |
| Grinding: Grinding is another part of the finishing | | | | example, some jeans are made to have softer |
| process. Unlike abrasion, which focuses primarily on the | | | | washes, while others are made to be have a certain |
| surfaces of the fabric, grinding works to age the | | | | color or shade. |
| seams, loops, hems, pockets and waist bands. | | | | Weight: Weight refers to the relative heaviness or |
| Herringbone: Herringbone is a type of weave that has | | | | lightness of the denim material. Jeans come in all |
| a smooth and balanced zigzagging texture. | | | | different weights. Lighter ones are usually best for |
| Indigo: Indigo is a blue dye that is used to color many | | | | summer, while heavier ones are usually better for the |
| types of jeans. | | | | colder months. |
| Natural fibers: Natural fibers are used to make | | | | Whiskering: Whiskering is a process used to create |
| non-synthetic fabrics. They're usually used by | | | | small creases and ridges around the crotch and hips, |
| environmentally forward-thinking jeans makers. | | | | which gives the denim an aged look. |
| Rise: The rise of a pair of jeans is the length between | | | | |