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Nov 2020
24m 41s

Denim Wars | From Freak to Chic | 4

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It's the late '60s and Levi's is seeking to stay on trend by tuning into the flower-power movement taking over San Francisco. 

But keeping up with the ever-shifting tides of fashion is harder than it looks and soon Europe will be taking jeans onto an unfamiliar battleground: the catwalk.

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