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How old are blue jeans?

Blue jeans are 153 years old.

Blue jeans were patented on May 20, 1873. That's 153 years, 4 months and 7 days.

as of September 2026

Levi Strauss and a tailor patented copper rivets on work pants.

Blue jeans turn 175 on May 20, 2048.

If you were born before May 20, 1873, you're older than blue jeans.

Mind-bender: Blue jeans are closer in time to the first fax machine patent (1843) than to today.

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