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The Levi's rivet invention is one of the most critical turning points in fashion and industrial history. It was the crucial element that enabled the durability of denim to be fully realized. Without that small piece of metal reinforcement at the stress points—the pockets and the base of the fly—the jeans would have remained expensive, constantly-failing work pants.

The anonymous Mexican seamstress didn't just fix a pair of pants; she defined the foundation of Levi's as we know it today.