Editing Overalls (section)

== History ==
=== Beginnings ===
The exact beginnings of the wearing of overalls are unclear, but they are mentioned in literature as early as 1776 as protective working garments commonly worn by slaves.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/jeansculturalhis00sull|title=Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon|last=Sullivan|first=James |date=November 7, 2006|publisher=Gotham Books|isbn=1-59240-214-3|location=New York|oclc=62697070|url-access=registration}}</ref>

[[File:Levi Strauss sign.JPG|thumb|Levi Strauss sign advertising overalls]]

The first evidence of overalls being mass-produced are those made by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis in the 1890s. The first "[[jeans]]" they invented were actually "waist-high overalls", consisting of denim pants with suspenders attached with buttons, but without a bib.<ref name=":0" /> From the beginning, denim overalls were popular workers' garments due to their durability. In fact, Levi Strauss & Co.'s slogan in the 1880s-1890s was "Never Rip, Never Tear".<ref name=":23">{{Cite book|title=Denim: Fashion's Forntier|last=McClendon|first=Emma|isbn=978-0-300-21914-2|location=New Haven|oclc=930798077|year = 2016}}</ref>

In 1911, [[Harry David Lee]] made the first bib overalls, made of pants with pockets with a bib and straps over the shoulders.<ref name=":0" />

In 1927, Lee's developed a "hook-less fastener" and created "button-less" overalls. [[Zippers]] replaced buttons.<ref name=":0" /> Soon after, [[Suspenders|suspender]] buttons were traded in for [[Belt (clothing)|belt]] loops to attach over-the-shoulder straps.<ref name=":0" />

=== The Overalls Movement of 1920 ===
In 1920, groups of "Overalls Clubs" formed around the United States. They took overalls as their symbol to protest the rising cost of clothing, and profiteering in the garment industry.<ref name=":2" />

=== The Great Depression ===
[[File:Tennessee Valley Authority Douglas Dam French Broad River Sevier County TN man with jackhammer 1942.gif|thumb|Man wearing overalls working with a jackhammer]]
In the 1930s, the poorest segments of the American population wore overalls: [[farmers]], [[miners]], [[loggers]], and [[railroad]] workers.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Vintage Menswear: A Collection from the Vintage Showroom|first1=Douglas|last1=Gunn|date=2012|publisher=Laurence King|last2=Sims |first2=Josh |last3=Luckett |first3=Roy|isbn=978-1-78067-203-8|location=London|oclc=866622270}}</ref> They were most commonly worn by men and boys in the [[Southern United States|Southern]] and [[Midwestern United States]]. 

[[File:Floyd Burroughs, cotton sharecropper. Hale County, Alabama LOC 3549662506.jpg|thumb|A sharecropper in Alabama wearing overalls ca. 1935]]
They can be seen in many of [[Walker Evans]]'s photographs.<ref name=":23" />

===Modern history===
[[File:Diesel Black Gold Fall-Winter 2010 112.jpg|thumb|Diesel Black Gold Fall/Winter 2010 Collection]]
Bib overalls (in different colors and textiles) became popular garments among American youth from the 1960s onward.<ref name=Batchelor2008>{{Cite book|last=Batchelor|first=Bob|url=https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=31256739555|title=American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade, Volume 3 1960-1989|publisher=[[Greenwood Press]]|year=2008|isbn=978-0-313-36416-7|volume=3|page=72|language=en}}</ref>

Overalls were especially popular among [[hip hop]] artists during the 1990s.

In the 21st century, overalls have evolved into high-fashion garments. Designers such as [[Stella McCartney]] include them in ready-to-wear collections for men, women, and children. McCartney's children's overalls sell for as much as [[US$]]138 in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stellamccartney.com/us|title=Stella McCartney – Designer RTW, Bags & accessories, Lingerie, Adidas by Stella McCartney, Fragrances, Kids|website=Stella McCartney – Designer RTW, Bags & accessories, Lingerie, Adidas by Stella McCartney, Fragrances, Kids|access-date=November 13, 2017}}</ref>