In America, we say they came from California during the Gold Rush.
It turns out that’s a marketing ploy created in the 1920’s.
People around the coastal border of Italy and France – think Genoa and Nimes – claim they’ve been making them for centuries.
Now, there’s proof. These paintings were done in the late 1600’s:
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The barber’s customer in jeans …
A woman in a jeans skirt …
A boy in a jacket … collar turned up just like me last night …
Via Kottke via The History Blog.
