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The American jeans maker Levi Strauss has cemented its place in the history of denim, but the material actually originated in France. A small textile business in the city of Nimes is trying to revive an industry that thrived there in the 19th century. The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Joshua Thorpe has been to southern France to see efforts to resurrect production of denim, a textile originally known locally as Serge de Nimes. (Picture: A French textile cutter working on denim to make jeans in Nimes. Copyright Joshua Thorpe).
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