Yeah, SRS; I was trying to be cute with the "phonetic" spelling.

Layah -

The rivets are probably still available without searching too hard, but most of the larger mass-market stores pretty much quit carrying them openly in my area quite a while back. In the later 50s and into the 60s, Sears, Wards, sometimes J.C. Penneys, would sort of "hide them" back in a remote corner, called the "slob section" (or officially, "workmen's clothing"). With the improved(?) threads, and machine stitching, if the seams are properly "ended" it's questionable whether the rivets actually contribute much, and there's no question they could be really hard on the furniture. Unless you're going for a "nostalgia" look, the "fashion jeans" usually leave them off.

Fashions do change, and I can still recall a conversation I overheard where several "old hands" were giving one of the "youngsters" a bit of ribbing about his "new fangled fancy pants" because they had ... hold on... ... a zipper in them. The concensus appeared to be that they'd need a new name for them, 'cause "that ain't proper in a pair o' blue jeans."

John