Skirt
1980s
Australia
By ‘The Real McCoy’
This skirt is made from a medium weight chambray/oxford cloth woven cotton fabric.
Other information
The word Denim comes from the name of a sturdy fabric called serge, originally made in Nîmes, France, by the Andre family. Denim was originally called serge de Nîmes, it was then soon shortened to Denim.
Denim is a rugged cotton twill textile, in which the weft passes under two or more warp fibers. This produces the familiar diagonal ribbing identifiable on the reverse of the fabric, which distinguishes denim from cotton duck. It is a twill-weave woven fabric that uses different colors for the warp and weft. One color is predominant on the fabric surface. Because of this twill weave, it means the fabric is very strong.
Source: http://www.denimblog.com/2010/02/the-history-of-the-wonderful-fabric-denim/
http://www.levistrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/A-Short-History-of-Denim2.pdf
http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/lifestyle/anonymous/denim