Everywhere you can see pinpricks of light through the dark curtain of night. Viktor, Mike and the others are far out in the Nevada desert, heading down into the old, abandoned mine. Inside the mine shaft, their headlamp shines across uneven walls and sways with their steps. They breathe through face masks as they dig and search. This is the latest of many expeditions they have done together. If they're lucky, they find a pair of jeans in the underground that haven't seen the light of day for well over a hundred years.

They came from the most miserable and dangerous working environments to later conquer the fine salons in all corners of the world. From having been functional and rustic work clothes to becoming fashion clothes that are today worn as status symbols. True Fit – A Collected History of Denim is the story of the origin and evolution of jeans. One hundred years of jeans' history also reveals that the garment forms an essential part of American cultural heritage.

Viktor Fredbäck is a Swedish jeans collector who goes to the Nevada desert and digs up 19th century jeans from old silver mines. This is also the story of his great passion and his historical puzzle. Through the book True Fit – A Collected History of Denim, he presents his world-unique collection for the first time.

Never before have vintage jeans been displayed in this way. With the help of newly taken images of models in period environments, the garments come to life again. We also get to follow a series of exciting life destinies that are linked to the garments through the eras. We meet the miner, the entrepreneur, the rodeo clown, the sailor and many others who get to give voice to their part of the garment's multifaceted history.