While you'll more than likely find a pair of jeans in every single Briton's wardrobe across the UK, many won't have stopped to question a delicate feature on them - or be simply oblivious to the small pieces of metal embedded into their pockets. These studs, otherwise known as rivets, weren't added for the purpose of decoration, as many would assume, but actually serve quite an important job.
Wondering why you'll find them on almost every pair of jeans, one Reddit user asked: "These are on all jeans. Do they serve a purpose, practical or otherwise? If not, why are they there?"
These rivets are typically found on the front and pack pockets of jeans, and are made by pressing of hammering a washer onto a metal stud through the denim itself. Their use on pockets actually dates back to 1872, when tailor Jacob Davis from Nevada, would add them onto the pockets of hard-working miners and pitmen.
