Most of us pull on a pair of jeans without a second glance, barely registering the tiny metal pieces near the pockets. Small, round, and usually matching the rest of the hardware, they blend right in. To many people, they look like purely decorative accents meant to make denim appear rugged or “authentic.” But those little metal dots aren’t just style choices. They’re rivets — and without them, jeans wouldn’t have survived the heavy use that shaped their history.
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