(1) London 1993-8

In the late 1800’s the denim jacket was created, it was mainly worn by your typical workers such as miners and other hard grafting jobs. They were the perfect garment because of the heavy-duty fabric.

The image to the left shows a teenager of the 90’s wearing denim on denim, this shows that it was to become a general trend in years to come also suggesting the jacket was a universal item of clothing, loved by all walks of life.

(2) Jim Goldberg wearing the original jacket, comparing it to West’s version

‘Kanye sold a jacket inspired by a homeless teen for $400 ’ The title in which Vice used for this article is completely wrong in my opinion. I don’t believe it was inspired as the jackets are identical.

There’s a difference.

Members of the public were not impressed, as it seemed someone’s pain and suffering was effortlessly turned into money in a very insensitive and greedy way. Initally the jacket was a canavas of all emotions the teen experienced from his drug abuse to family issues and the general loneliness of being homeless and I think for someone to exploit this is selfish.

(3) Spotted at Glastonbury

In conclusion, this small article on the Daily Mail shows celebrities Cara Delevingne and Brooklyn Beckham casually wearing denim jackets at Glastonbury festival. It shows that your classic Levi Strauss or even Primark denim jacket is stills a necessity in this day and age.

To conclude,it’s important to pay attention to plagiarism as at the end of the end of the day it could be you happen to you in the future and it’s disheartening when someone gets credit for your hard work.

Bibliography

(1)Manandhar,N,(2014) what we wore a people’s history of British style,page 67,1st edition,Slovakia,Prestel

(2) Watamanuk,T,(2016),available from:https://i-d.vice.com,[accessed 22nd October]

(3)Griffiths,C,(2017), Daily Mail,25th June