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Croatia claims world's largest pair of jeans

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-15 08:22

ZAGREB  – A pair of jeans the size of six tennis courts, stitched together from thousands donated for charity, should be recognised by Guinness World Records as the biggest anywhere, organisers said on Sunday.

A pair of jeans the size of six tennis courts could be recognised by Guinness World Records as the biggest anywhere in the world. [Agencies]

"We've made the world's largest pair of jeans!" the Cockta Jeans Fashion project said on its website.

"People were bringing in their old jeans... and sponsors were immediately giving money for humanitarian purposes," project head Boris Juric told national television.

The denims were put on display in Croatia's capital Zagreb on Saturday after they were assembled from 8,023 unwanted pairs and auctioned off over the last few months.

They have a leg length of 45 metres (148 feet) and a total width of 34 metres and were sewn up in a local factory.

For each pair of donated jeans, the project paid seven kunas (1.30 dollars or 90 euro cents) to a local association providing therapy to disabled people.